diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index 6514ec40..4cefb9ff 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ h2. Developer Dependencies
 * Shoulda: Test framework (Ruby)
 * RR: Mocking (Ruby)
 * RedGreen: Nicer test output (Ruby)
+* RDiscount: Discount Markdown Processor (Ruby)
 
 h2. License
 
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index c426b2a0..f83cfa71 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ require 'RedCloth'
 require 'rdiscount'
 require 'kramdown'
 
-require 'test/unit'
-require 'redgreen'
 require 'shoulda'
 require 'rr'
 
+require 'test/unit'
+require 'test/unit/ui/console/testrunner'
+class Test::Unit::UI::Console::TestRunner; def guess_color_availability; true; end; end
+
 include Jekyll
 
 # Send STDERR into the void to suppress program output messages
diff --git a/test/suite.rb b/test/suite.rb
index 17a707b6..98923ca1 100644
--- a/test/suite.rb
+++ b/test/suite.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+require 'rubygems'
+gem 'test-unit'
 require 'test/unit'
 
 # for some reason these tests fail when run via TextMate
 # but succeed when run on the command line.
 
-tests = Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/test_*.rb"]
+tests = Dir[File.expand_path("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/test_*.rb")]
 tests.each do |file|
   require file
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_tags.rb b/test/test_tags.rb
index 3f25e5c2..7cbc12e1 100644
--- a/test/test_tags.rb
+++ b/test/test_tags.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/helper'
 
 class TestTags < Test::Unit::TestCase