diff --git a/spec/base_spec.rb b/spec/base_spec.rb
index 5b9acb5..0221104 100644
--- a/spec/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/base_spec.rb
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ require "spec_helper"
 
 describe ProjectHoneypot::Base do
   describe "with honeypot response" do
+    let(:base) { ProjectHoneypot::Base.new("abcdefghijklmnop") }
     before(:each) do
       flexmock(Net::DNS::Resolver, :start => flexmock("answer", :answer => ["somedomain.httpbl.org A Name 127.1.63.5"]))
-      @base = ProjectHoneypot::Base.new("abcdefghijklmnop")
     end
 
     it "returns a Url object" do
-      url = @base.lookup("127.10.10.5")
+      url = base.lookup("127.10.10.5")
       url.should be_a ProjectHoneypot::Url
       url.last_activity.should == 1
       url.score.should == 63
     end
 
     it "looks up non-ip addresses" do
-      url = @base.lookup("iamspam.com")
+      url = base.lookup("iamspam.com")
       Net::DNS::Resolver.should_receive(:start).with("iamspam.com")
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/url_spec.rb b/spec/url_spec.rb
index d008656..811ea1f 100644
--- a/spec/url_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/url_spec.rb
@@ -2,53 +2,51 @@ require "spec_helper"
 
 describe ProjectHoneypot::Url do
   describe "with honeypot response" do
-    before(:each) do
-      @url = ProjectHoneypot::Url.new("127.0.0.1", "127.1.63.3")
-    end
+    let(:url) { ProjectHoneypot::Url.new("127.0.0.1", "127.1.63.3") }
 
     it "is safe" do
-      @url.should_not be_safe
+      url.should_not be_safe
 
-      @url.safe?(score: 63).should be_false
-      @url.safe?(score: 64).should be_true
+      url.safe?(score: 63).should be_false
+      url.safe?(score: 64).should be_true
 
-      @url.safe?(last_activity: 1).should be_false
-      @url.safe?(last_activity: 2).should be_true
+      url.safe?(last_activity: 1).should be_false
+      url.safe?(last_activity: 2).should be_true
 
-      @url.safe?(last_activity: 2, score: 64).should be_true
-      @url.safe?(last_activity: 1, score: 64).should be_false
-      @url.safe?(last_activity: 2, score: 63).should be_false
+      url.safe?(last_activity: 2, score: 64).should be_true
+      url.safe?(last_activity: 1, score: 64).should be_false
+      url.safe?(last_activity: 2, score: 63).should be_false
 
-      @url.safe?(offenses: [:comment_spammer]).should be_true
-      @url.safe?(offenses: [:suspicious, :comment_spammer]).should be_false
+      url.safe?(offenses: [:comment_spammer]).should be_true
+      url.safe?(offenses: [:suspicious, :comment_spammer]).should be_false
     end
 
     it "has the correct latest activity" do
-      @url.last_activity.should == 1
+      url.last_activity.should == 1
     end
 
     it "has the correct score" do
-      @url.score.should == 63
+      url.score.should == 63
     end
 
     it "has the correct offenses" do
-      @url.offenses.should include(:suspicious)
-      @url.offenses.should include(:harvester)
-      @url.offenses.should_not include(:comment_spammer)
-      @url.should be_suspicious
-      @url.should be_harvester
-      @url.should_not be_comment_spammer
+      url.offenses.should include(:suspicious)
+      url.offenses.should include(:harvester)
+      url.offenses.should_not include(:comment_spammer)
+      url.should be_suspicious
+      url.should be_harvester
+      url.should_not be_comment_spammer
     end
   end
 
   describe "with search engine honeypot response" do
-    subject { @url = ProjectHoneypot::Url.new("127.0.0.1", "127.0.9.0") }
+    subject { ProjectHoneypot::Url.new("127.0.0.1", "127.0.9.0") }
     it { should be_safe }
     it { should be_search_engine }
   end
 
   describe "with nil honeypot response" do
-    subject { @url = ProjectHoneypot::Url.new("127.0.0.1", nil) }
+    subject { ProjectHoneypot::Url.new("127.0.0.1", nil) }
     it { should be_safe }
   end
 end