diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab5f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+--color
+--format
+progress
+--backtrace
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/parser/functions/merge_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/parser/functions/merge_spec.rb
index 9218b9d..db7d837 100644
--- a/spec/unit/puppet/parser/functions/merge_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/puppet/parser/functions/merge_spec.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ describe Puppet::Parser::Functions.function(:merge) do
   describe 'when calling merge on the scope instance' do
     it 'should require all parameters are hashes' do
       expect { new_hash = scope.function_merge([{}, '2'])}.should raise_error(Puppet::ParseError, /unexpected argument type String/)
-
     end
 
     it 'should be able to merge two hashes' do