diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c99d2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--require spec_helper
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/application_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/application_controller_spec.rb
index ddec1b6..b282967 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/application_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/application_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe API::ApplicationController do
   include UserControllerHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/playlists_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/playlists_controller_spec.rb
index 84599e7..e6d7746 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/playlists_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/playlists_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe API::PlaylistsController do
   include UserControllerHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/sessions_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/sessions_controller_spec.rb
index 546a97c..6a1d373 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/sessions_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/sessions_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe API::SessionsController do
   describe 'POST create' do
     let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/tracks_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/tracks_controller_spec.rb
index 7aa8059..fcd4f3d 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/tracks_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/tracks_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe API::TracksController do
   include UserControllerHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
index ce533c5..4f6d530 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe ApplicationController do
   let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb
index 03dd7c4..dc5dd32 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/home_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe HomeController do
   include UserControllerHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/playlists_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/playlists_controller_spec.rb
index be881dd..2918d62 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/playlists_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/playlists_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe PlaylistsController do
   include UserControllerHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/sessions_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/sessions_controller_spec.rb
index 4ba28b2..b58c989 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/sessions_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/sessions_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe SessionsController do
   describe 'GET new' do
     it 'responds successfully' do
diff --git a/spec/controllers/sounds_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/sounds_controller_spec.rb
index 8f37a3c..d91d1e3 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/sounds_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/sounds_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe SoundsController do
   include UserControllerHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/tracks_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/tracks_controller_spec.rb
index f92aca9..015b241 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/tracks_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/tracks_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe TracksController do
   include UserControllerHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index c1a5ed4..9713962 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe UsersController do
   let(:attributes) { FactoryGirl.attributes_for(:user) }
 
diff --git a/spec/features/home_spec.rb b/spec/features/home_spec.rb
index 9e2c3ca..300ef9f 100644
--- a/spec/features/home_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/home_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 feature 'Home page' do
   include UserIntegrationHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/features/playlists_spec.rb b/spec/features/playlists_spec.rb
index df070c4..9cef26e 100644
--- a/spec/features/playlists_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/playlists_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 feature 'Playlists' do
   include UserIntegrationHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/features/tracks_spec.rb b/spec/features/tracks_spec.rb
index 487a07a..ef24f6e 100644
--- a/spec/features/tracks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/tracks_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 feature 'Tracks' do
   include UserIntegrationHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/features/user_sign_in_spec.rb b/spec/features/user_sign_in_spec.rb
index 32a4069..27a2899 100644
--- a/spec/features/user_sign_in_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/user_sign_in_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 feature 'User sign in' do
   scenario 'redirects to the home page when not signed in' do
     visit root_path
diff --git a/spec/features/user_sign_up_spec.rb b/spec/features/user_sign_up_spec.rb
index 67762e1..21a618f 100644
--- a/spec/features/user_sign_up_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/user_sign_up_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 feature 'User sign up' do
   let(:user) { FactoryGirl.build(:user) }
 
diff --git a/spec/integration/api/api_sign_in_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api/api_sign_in_spec.rb
index 76398de..9dcd5a5 100644
--- a/spec/integration/api/api_sign_in_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/api/api_sign_in_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'API sign in' do
   let(:user)  { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
 
diff --git a/spec/integration/api/cross_origin_request_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api/cross_origin_request_spec.rb
index 9339c57..2fef15b 100644
--- a/spec/integration/api/cross_origin_request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/api/cross_origin_request_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'API cross origin request' do
   include UserIntegrationHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/integration/api/playlists_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api/playlists_spec.rb
index d6135dc..aa74836 100644
--- a/spec/integration/api/playlists_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/api/playlists_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'API playlists' do
   include UserIntegrationHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/integration/api/tracks_spec.rb b/spec/integration/api/tracks_spec.rb
index 063812d..e2e7277 100644
--- a/spec/integration/api/tracks_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/api/tracks_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'API tracks' do
   include UserIntegrationHelpers
 
diff --git a/spec/models/playlist_spec.rb b/spec/models/playlist_spec.rb
index d44ec06..bd2a018 100644
--- a/spec/models/playlist_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/playlist_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe Playlist do
   subject         { playlist }
   let(:playlist)  { FactoryGirl.build(:playlist) }
diff --git a/spec/models/sound_spec.rb b/spec/models/sound_spec.rb
index f622428..4f73646 100644
--- a/spec/models/sound_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/sound_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe Sound do
   subject     { sound }
   let(:sound) { FactoryGirl.build(:sound) }
diff --git a/spec/models/track_spec.rb b/spec/models/track_spec.rb
index 04aade9..ebd99e6 100644
--- a/spec/models/track_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/track_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe Track do
   subject     { track }
   let(:track) { FactoryGirl.build(:track) }
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index a8d21fd..3d6a08e 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe User do
   subject(:user) { FactoryGirl.build(:user) }
 
diff --git a/spec/routing/options_requests_spec.rb b/spec/routing/options_requests_spec.rb
index b2315fa..7eea63f 100644
--- a/spec/routing/options_requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/routing/options_requests_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe '/api OPTIONS requests routing' do
   it 'routes to API::ApplicationController#cor_preflight' do
     expect(options: '/api/some_route')
diff --git a/spec/views/home/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/home/index.html.haml_spec.rb
index 2cb84fd..897e959 100644
--- a/spec/views/home/index.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/home/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'home/index' do
   before do
     assign :playlists,  [mock_model(Playlist, name: 'Electro')]
diff --git a/spec/views/playlists/edit.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/playlists/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
index a610cb8..cbcc8d1 100644
--- a/spec/views/playlists/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/playlists/edit.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'playlists/edit' do
   let(:playlist) { mock_model(Playlist).as_new_record.as_null_object }
 
diff --git a/spec/views/playlists/index.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/playlists/index.html.haml_spec.rb
index c0fd106..7119988 100644
--- a/spec/views/playlists/index.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/playlists/index.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'playlists/index' do
   before { assign :playlists, [mock_model(Playlist, name: 'Electro')] }
 
diff --git a/spec/views/playlists/new.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/playlists/new.html.haml_spec.rb
index d18fb37..9e7aadd 100644
--- a/spec/views/playlists/new.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/playlists/new.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'playlists/new' do
   let(:playlist) { mock_model(Playlist).as_new_record.as_null_object }
 
diff --git a/spec/views/sessions/new.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/sessions/new.html.haml_spec.rb
index 23d5721..2dabddb 100644
--- a/spec/views/sessions/new.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/sessions/new.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'sessions/new' do
   it 'renders a form to sign in' do
     render
diff --git a/spec/views/tracks/new.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/tracks/new.html.haml_spec.rb
index 117d893..48470b9 100644
--- a/spec/views/tracks/new.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/tracks/new.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'tracks/new' do
   let(:track) { mock_model(Track).as_new_record.as_null_object }
 
diff --git a/spec/views/tracks/show.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/tracks/show.html.haml_spec.rb
index 7e4b9fb..69c1171 100644
--- a/spec/views/tracks/show.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/tracks/show.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'tracks/show' do
   let(:track) { FactoryGirl.create(:track) }
 
diff --git a/spec/views/users/new.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/users/new.html.haml_spec.rb
index 9ad8cc3..2a32c29 100644
--- a/spec/views/users/new.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/users/new.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'spec_helper'
-
 describe 'users/new' do
   let(:user) { mock_model(User).as_new_record.as_null_object }