diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 737e2e5..79c2885 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ begin
     gem.summary = %Q{Rate limiting for Rails action controllers.}
     gem.description = %Q{Rate limiting for Rails action controllers.}
     gem.email = "ssayles@users.sourceforge.net"
-    gem.homepage = "http://github.com/ssayles/curbit"
+    gem.homepage = "http://github.com/codemariner/curbit"
     gem.authors = ["Scott Sayles"]
     gem.add_development_dependency "thoughtbot-shoulda"
   end
diff --git a/curbit.gemspec b/curbit.gemspec
index 770a539..108a262 100644
--- a/curbit.gemspec
+++ b/curbit.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by jeweler
-# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
-# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run `rake gemspec`
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+# Instead, edit Jeweler::Tasks in Rakefile, and run 'rake gemspec'
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
@@ -9,49 +9,47 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Scott Sayles"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-01-26}
+  s.date = %q{2011-02-16}
   s.description = %q{Rate limiting for Rails action controllers.}
   s.email = %q{ssayles@users.sourceforge.net}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
     "LICENSE",
-     "README.rdoc"
+    "README.rdoc"
   ]
   s.files = [
-    ".gitignore",
-     "LICENSE",
-     "Manifest",
-     "README.rdoc",
-     "Rakefile",
-     "VERSION",
-     "curbit.gemspec",
-     "init.rb",
-     "lib/curbit.rb",
-     "test/conditional_controller_test.rb",
-     "test/custom_key_controller_test.rb",
-     "test/custom_message_format_controller.rb",
-     "test/standard_controller_test.rb",
-     "test/test_helper.rb",
-     "test/test_rails_helper.rb"
+    "LICENSE",
+    "Manifest",
+    "README.rdoc",
+    "Rakefile",
+    "VERSION",
+    "curbit.gemspec",
+    "init.rb",
+    "lib/curbit.rb",
+    "test/conditional_controller_test.rb",
+    "test/custom_key_controller_test.rb",
+    "test/custom_message_format_controller.rb",
+    "test/standard_controller_test.rb",
+    "test/test_helper.rb",
+    "test/test_rails_helper.rb"
   ]
-  s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/ssayles/curbit}
-  s.rdoc_options = ["--charset=UTF-8"]
+  s.homepage = %q{http://github.com/codemariner/curbit}
   s.require_paths = ["lib"]
-  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.5}
+  s.rubygems_version = %q{1.3.7}
   s.summary = %q{Rate limiting for Rails action controllers.}
   s.test_files = [
     "test/conditional_controller_test.rb",
-     "test/custom_key_controller_test.rb",
-     "test/custom_message_format_controller.rb",
-     "test/standard_controller_test.rb",
-     "test/test_helper.rb",
-     "test/test_rails_helper.rb"
+    "test/custom_key_controller_test.rb",
+    "test/custom_message_format_controller.rb",
+    "test/standard_controller_test.rb",
+    "test/test_helper.rb",
+    "test/test_rails_helper.rb"
   ]
 
   if s.respond_to? :specification_version then
     current_version = Gem::Specification::CURRENT_SPECIFICATION_VERSION
     s.specification_version = 3
 
-    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::RubyGemsVersion) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
+    if Gem::Version.new(Gem::VERSION) >= Gem::Version.new('1.2.0') then
       s.add_development_dependency(%q<thoughtbot-shoulda>, [">= 0"])
     else
       s.add_dependency(%q<thoughtbot-shoulda>, [">= 0"])
@@ -60,3 +58,4 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
     s.add_dependency(%q<thoughtbot-shoulda>, [">= 0"])
   end
 end
+
diff --git a/lib/curbit.rb b/lib/curbit.rb
index d68f691..adc70ef 100644
--- a/lib/curbit.rb
+++ b/lib/curbit.rb
@@ -75,9 +75,20 @@ def rate_limit_opts_valid?(opts = {})
         true
       end
     end
-
-
-    private 
+    
+    private
+    
+    def write_to_curbit_cache(cache_key, value, options = {})
+      Rails.cache.write(cache_key, value, options)
+    end
+    
+    def read_from_curbit_cache(cache_key)
+      Rails.cache.read(cache_key)
+    end
+    
+    def delete_from_curbit_cache(cache_key)
+      Rails.cache.delete(cache_key)
+    end
 
     def curbit_cache_key(key, method)
       # TODO: this won't work if there are more than one controller with
@@ -114,7 +125,7 @@ def rate_limit_filter(method, opts)
 
       cache_key = curbit_cache_key(key, method)
 
-      val = Rails.cache.read(cache_key)
+      val = read_from_curbit_cache(cache_key)
 
       if (val)
         val = val.dup
@@ -128,7 +139,7 @@ def rate_limit_filter(method, opts)
         if started_waiting
           # did we exceed the wait time?
           if Time.now.to_i > (started_waiting.to_i + opts[:wait_time])
-            Rails.cache.delete(cache_key)
+            delete_from_curbit_cache(cache_key)
             return true
           else
             get_message(opts)
@@ -139,25 +150,25 @@ def rate_limit_filter(method, opts)
           if val[:count] > opts[:max_calls]
             # start waiting and render the message
             val[:started_waiting] = Time.now
-            Rails.cache.write(cache_key, val, :expires_in => opts[:wait_time])
+            write_to_curbit_cache(cache_key, val, :expires_in => opts[:wait_time])
 
             get_message(opts)
 
             return false
           else
             # just update the count
-            Rails.cache.write(cache_key, val, :expires_in => opts[:wait_time])
+            write_to_curbit_cache(cache_key, val, :expires_in => opts[:wait_time])
             return true
           end
         else
           # we exceeded the time limit, so just reset
           val = {:started => Time.now, :count => 1}
-          Rails.cache.write(cache_key, val, :expires_in => opts[:time_limit])
+          write_to_curbit_cache(cache_key, val, :expires_in => opts[:time_limit])
           return true
         end
       else
         val = {:started => Time.now, :count => 1}
-        Rails.cache.write(cache_key, val, :expires_in => opts[:time_limit])
+        write_to_curbit_cache(cache_key, val, :expires_in => opts[:time_limit])
       end
     end