diff --git a/spec/author_list_spec.rb b/spec/author_list_spec.rb
index 0f26e61..6c8d96e 100644
--- a/spec/author_list_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/author_list_spec.rb
@@ -1,52 +1,51 @@
 
 
 require_relative 'spec_helper'
-require 'minitest/spec'
 
-require 'timecost'
+require 'timecost/author_list'
 
 describe TimeCost::AuthorList do
-	let(:author_list) { TimeCost::AuthorList.new }
-	let(:author_first) { "foo@example.com" }
-	let(:author_second) { "bar@example.com" }
+	let(:list) { TimeCost::AuthorList.new }
+	let(:first) { "Foo <foo@example.com>" }
+	let(:second) { "Bar <bar@example.com>" }
 
 	describe '.new' do
 		it "can be created without arguments" do
-			assert_instance_of TimeCost::AuthorList, author_list
+			assert_instance_of TimeCost::AuthorList, list
 		end
 	end
 
 	describe '.add' do
 		it "must accept adding authors" do
-			assert_respond_to author_list, :add
+			assert_respond_to list, :add
 
-			author_list.add "foo@example.com"
-			author_list.add "bar@example.com"
+			list.add first
+			list.add second
 		end
 
 		it "must assign a different id to different authors" do
-			author_list.add "foo@example.com"
-			author_list.add "bar@example.com"
-			id_foo = author_list.parse "foo@example.com"
-			id_bar = author_list.parse "bar@example.com"
+			list.add first
+			list.add second
+			id_foo = list.parse first
+			id_bar = list.parse second
 			refute_equal id_foo, id_bar
 		end
 	end
 
 	describe '.alias' do
 		it "must accept aliases for authors" do 
-			assert_respond_to author_list, :alias
+			assert_respond_to list, :alias
 
-			author_list.add author_first
-			author_list.alias author_first, author_second 
+			list.add first
+			list.alias first, second 
 		end
 
 		it "must assign the same id to aliases authors" do
-			author_list.add author_first
-			author_list.alias author_first, author_second
+			list.add first
+			list.alias first, second
 
-			id_foo = author_list.parse author_first
-			id_bar = author_list.parse author_second
+			id_foo = list.parse first
+			id_bar = list.parse second
 			refute_equal id_foo, id_bar
 		end
 	end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index f31447e..e208137 100755
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 
 #require 'mark'
+#
 require 'minitest/unit'
 require 'minitest/autorun'
+require 'minitest/spec'
 require 'minitest/pride'
 
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift('../lib')
+
 #if __FILE__ == $0
 #  $LOAD_PATH.unshift('lib', 'spec')
 #	    Dir.glob('./spec/**/*_spec.rb') { |f| require f }