diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6334827..ca659c7 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-group :development do
-  gem 'jeweler', '>= 1.5.1'
-  gem 'rdoc', '>= 2.4.2'
-end
-
 group :test do
   gem 'autotest-notification'
   gem 'capybara'
@@ -20,3 +15,5 @@ group :test do
   gem 'spork'
   gem 'systemu'
 end
+
+gemspec
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index a7919bc..71a7ba2 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-require 'rubygems'
+#!/usr/bin/env rake
+
 require 'bundler'
+Bundler::GemHelper.install_tasks
 
 begin
   Bundler.setup(:default, :development)
@@ -8,21 +10,6 @@ rescue Bundler::BundlerError => e
   $stderr.puts "Run `bundle install` to install missing gems"
   exit e.status_code
 end
-require 'rake'
-
-require 'jeweler'
-Jeweler::Tasks.new do |gem|
-  # gem is a Gem::Specification... see http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/20 for more options
-  gem.name = "impressionist"
-  gem.homepage = "https://github.com/charlotte-ruby/impressionist"
-  gem.license = "MIT"
-  gem.summary = %Q{Easy way to log impressions}
-  gem.description = %Q{Log impressions from controller actions or from a model}
-  gem.email = "john.mcaliley@gmail.com"
-  gem.authors = ["cowboycoded"]
-  gem.files.exclude "test_app/**/*", "test_app/**/.*"
-end
-Jeweler::RubygemsDotOrgTasks.new
 
 require 'rake/testtask'
 Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
@@ -43,41 +30,6 @@ Rake::RDocTask.new do |rdoc|
   rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
 end
 
-namespace :version do
-  desc "create a new version, create tag and push to github"
-  task :patch_release do
-    if Jeweler::Commands::ReleaseToGit.new.clean_staging_area?
-      Rake::Task['version:bump:patch'].invoke
-      Rake::Task['gemspec:release'].invoke
-      Rake::Task['git:release'].invoke
-    else
-      puts "Commit your changed files first"
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc "create a new version, create tag and push to github"
-  task :minor_release do
-    if Jeweler::Commands::ReleaseToGit.new.clean_staging_area?
-      Rake::Task['version:bump:minor'].invoke
-      Rake::Task['gemspec:release'].invoke
-      Rake::Task['git:release'].invoke
-    else
-      puts "Commit your changed files first"
-    end
-  end
-
-  desc "create a new version, create tag and push to github"
-  task :major_release do
-    if Jeweler::Commands::ReleaseToGit.new.clean_staging_area?
-      Rake::Task['version:bump:major'].invoke
-      Rake::Task['gemspec:release'].invoke
-      Rake::Task['git:release'].invoke
-    else
-      puts "Commit your changed files first"
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 namespace :impressionist do
   require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/lib/impressionist/bots"
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dea76e..0000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-1.0.1
diff --git a/impressionist.gemspec b/impressionist.gemspec
index 003ee27..a8cac0c 100644
--- a/impressionist.gemspec
+++ b/impressionist.gemspec
@@ -1,69 +1,20 @@
-# Generated by jeweler
-# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
-# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run 'rake gemspec'
-# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+# encoding: utf-8
+require File.expand_path('../lib/impressionist/version', __FILE__)
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.name = "impressionist"
-  s.version = "1.0.1"
-
-  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  s.add_dependency 'httpclient', '~> 2.2'
+  s.add_dependency 'nokogiri', '~> 1.5'
+  s.add_development_dependency 'rdoc', '>= 2.4.2'
   s.authors = ["cowboycoded"]
-  s.date = "2012-03-06"
   s.description = "Log impressions from controller actions or from a model"
   s.email = "john.mcaliley@gmail.com"
-  s.extra_rdoc_files = [
-    "LICENSE.txt",
-    "README.md"
-  ]
-  s.files = [
-    "CHANGELOG.rdoc",
-    "Gemfile",
-    "LICENSE.txt",
-    "README.md",
-    "Rakefile",
-    "VERSION",
-    "app/controllers/impressionist_controller.rb",
-    "app/models/impression.rb",
-    "app/models/impressionist/bots.rb",
-    "app/models/impressionist/impressionable.rb",
-    "config/routes.rb",
-    "impressionist.gemspec",
-    "lib/generators/impressionist/impressionist_generator.rb",
-    "lib/generators/impressionist/templates/create_impressions_table.rb",
-    "lib/impressionist.rb",
-    "lib/impressionist/bots.rb",
-    "lib/impressionist/engine.rb",
-    "lib/impressionist/railties/tasks.rake",
-    "logo.png",
-    "upgrade_migrations/version_0_3_0.rb",
-    "upgrade_migrations/version_0_4_0.rb"
-  ]
+  s.files = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/charlotte-ruby/impressionist"
   s.licenses = ["MIT"]
+  s.name = "impressionist"
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
-  s.rubygems_version = "1.8.17"
+  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new('>= 1.3.6') if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.summary = "Easy way to log impressions"
-
-  if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
-    s.specification_version = 3
-
-    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<jeweler>, [">= 1.5.1"])
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<rcov>, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<rdoc>, [">= 2.4.2"])
-      s.add_development_dependency(%q<shoulda>, [">= 0"])
-    else
-      s.add_dependency(%q<jeweler>, [">= 1.5.1"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<rcov>, [">= 0"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<rdoc>, [">= 2.4.2"])
-      s.add_dependency(%q<shoulda>, [">= 0"])
-    end
-  else
-    s.add_dependency(%q<jeweler>, [">= 1.5.1"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<rcov>, [">= 0"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<rdoc>, [">= 2.4.2"])
-    s.add_dependency(%q<shoulda>, [">= 0"])
-  end
+  s.test_files = `git ls-files -- test_app/*`.split("\n")
+  s.version = Impressionist::VERSION
 end
-
diff --git a/lib/impressionist/version.rb b/lib/impressionist/version.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8001a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/impressionist/version.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module Impressionist
+  VERSION = "1.0.1"
+end