diff --git a/.ackrc b/.ackrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7dc778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ackrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--ignore-dir=docs
+--ignore-dir=doc
+--ignore-dir=out
+--ignore-dir=coverage
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41469cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.*.swp
+out
diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..caa2225
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--color --tty --format documentation
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index f40e46b..9f648b0 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -66,3 +66,5 @@ namespace :doc do
     `dot jenkins_api_client.dot -Tpng -o jenkins_api_client_class_diagram.png`
   end
 end
+
+task default: :unit_tests