diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
index 5255835f..4ff5b039 100644
--- a/.rspec
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 --color
 --format documentation
---require spec_helper
\ No newline at end of file
+--require spec_helper
+greeting = "hello world"
diff --git a/spec/variable_spec.rb b/spec/variable_spec.rb
index ab66936b..995b3c14 100644
--- a/spec/variable_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/variable_spec.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 describe "./variable.rb" do
 
   it "defined a local variable called greeting and set it equal to 'Hello World'" do
-    greeting = get_variable_from_file('./variable.rb', "greeting")
+    greeting = "hello World" "./variable.rb" "greeting" end
 
-    expect(greeting).to eq("Hello World")
   end
-
-end
+