diff --git a/eppo_core/src/bandits/eval.rs b/eppo_core/src/bandits/eval.rs
index 30b23d7b..558e3ea7 100644
--- a/eppo_core/src/bandits/eval.rs
+++ b/eppo_core/src/bandits/eval.rs
@@ -98,13 +98,11 @@ impl Configuration {
             //
             // This should normally never happen as it means that there's a mismatch between the
             // general UFC config and bandits config.
-            //
-            // Abort evaluation and return default variant, ignoring `assignment.event` logging.
             log::warn!(target: "eppo", bandit_key; "unable to find bandit configuration");
             return BanditResult {
-                variation: default_variation.to_owned(),
+                variation,
                 action: None,
-                assignment_event: None,
+                assignment_event: assignment.event,
                 bandit_event: None,
             };
         };
@@ -116,12 +114,10 @@ impl Configuration {
         else {
             // We've evaluated a flag but now bandit evaluation failed. (Likely to user supplying
             // empty actions, or NaN attributes.)
-            //
-            // Abort evaluation and return default variant, ignoring `assignment.event` logging.
             return BanditResult {
-                variation: default_variation.to_owned(),
+                variation,
                 action: None,
-                assignment_event: None,
+                assignment_event: assignment.event,
                 bandit_event: None,
             };
         };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 79d9936d..8cb131b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "npm run with-server 'npm-run-all test:*'",
     "test:rust": "cargo test",
-    "test:ruby": "cd ruby-sdk && bundle exec rspec",
+    "test:ruby": "cd ruby-sdk && bundle exec rake test",
     "with-server": "start-server-and-test start-mock-server http://127.0.0.1:8378",
     "start-mock-server": "npm start --prefix ./mock-server"
   },
diff --git a/ruby-sdk/Rakefile b/ruby-sdk/Rakefile
index 745c2c50..aaf945ce 100644
--- a/ruby-sdk/Rakefile
+++ b/ruby-sdk/Rakefile
@@ -43,21 +43,6 @@ task :clean do
   system 'rm *.gem'
 end
 
-test_data_dir = 'spec/test-data/'
-temp_dir = "#{test_data_dir}temp/"
-git_data_dir = "#{temp_dir}sdk-test-data/"
-branch_name = 'main'
-github_repo_link = 'https://github.com/Eppo-exp/sdk-test-data.git'
-file 'test-data' do
-  rm_rf test_data_dir
-  mkdir_p temp_dir
-  sh "git clone -b #{branch_name} --depth 1 --single-branch "\
-  "#{github_repo_link} #{git_data_dir}"
-  cp "#{git_data_dir}rac-experiments-v3.json", test_data_dir
-  cp_r "#{git_data_dir}assignment-v2", test_data_dir
-  rm_rf temp_dir
-end
-
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:test) do |task|
   root_dir = Rake.application.original_dir
   task.pattern = "#{root_dir}/spec/*_spec.rb"