diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd90eb63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--require ./hearth/spec/spec_helper
+-I ./hearth/lib
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tasks/test.rake b/tasks/test.rake
index aa935158b..696919453 100644
--- a/tasks/test.rake
+++ b/tasks/test.rake
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 namespace :test do
   desc 'Run specs in hearth'
   task 'hearth' do
-    Dir.chdir('hearth') do
-      sh('bundle exec rspec -I lib')
-    end
+    sh('bundle exec rspec hearth/spec -I hearth/lib')
   end
 
   desc 'Run generated and hand written specs for the white_label sdk'