diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 050c9d95c..800086114 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@
 /log/*
 !/log/.keep
 /tmp
+
+/spec/examples.txt
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.rspec b/.rspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83e16f804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+--color
+--require spec_helper
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e8196f051..84005e07a 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ group :development, :test do
 
   # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring
   gem 'spring'
+  gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.0'
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 50a2a2b08..441af5fa2 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ GEM
     coffee-script-source (1.9.1.1)
     columnize (0.9.0)
     debug_inspector (0.0.2)
+    diff-lcs (1.2.5)
     erubis (2.7.0)
     execjs (2.5.2)
     globalid (0.3.5)
@@ -103,6 +104,23 @@ GEM
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
     rake (10.4.2)
     rdoc (4.2.0)
+    rspec-core (3.3.1)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.3.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.3.0)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.3.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.3.1)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.3.0)
+    rspec-rails (3.3.2)
+      actionpack (>= 3.0, < 4.3)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0, < 4.3)
+      railties (>= 3.0, < 4.3)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.3.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.3.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.3.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.3.0)
+    rspec-support (3.3.0)
     sass (3.4.16)
     sass-rails (5.0.3)
       railties (>= 4.0.0, < 5.0)
@@ -146,6 +164,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jbuilder (~> 2.0)
   jquery-rails
   rails (= 4.2.3)
+  rspec-rails (~> 3.0)
   sass-rails (~> 5.0)
   sdoc (~> 0.4.0)
   spring
diff --git a/bin/rspec b/bin/rspec
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0c86b5c6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/rspec
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+#
+# This file was generated by Bundler.
+#
+# The application 'rspec' is installed as part of a gem, and
+# this file is here to facilitate running it.
+#
+
+require 'pathname'
+ENV['BUNDLE_GEMFILE'] ||= File.expand_path("../../Gemfile",
+  Pathname.new(__FILE__).realpath)
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'bundler/setup'
+
+load Gem.bin_path('rspec-core', 'rspec')
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..972bb3bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test'
+require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
+abort("The Rails environment is running in production mode!") if Rails.env.production?
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'rspec/rails'
+ActiveRecord::Migration.maintain_test_schema!
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
+  config.infer_spec_type_from_file_location!
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0b233102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.filter_run :focus
+  config.run_all_when_everything_filtered = true
+
+  # Allows RSpec to persist some state between runs in order to support
+  # the `--only-failures` and `--next-failure` CLI options.
+  config.example_status_persistence_file_path = "spec/examples.txt"
+
+  # Many RSpec users commonly either run the entire suite or an individual
+  # file, and it's useful to allow more verbose output when running an
+  # individual spec file.
+  if config.files_to_run.one?
+    # Use the documentation formatter for detailed output,
+    # unless a formatter has already been configured
+    # (e.g. via a command-line flag).
+    config.default_formatter = 'doc'
+  end
+
+  # Print the 10 slowest examples and example groups at the
+  # end of the spec run, to help surface which specs are running
+  # particularly slow.
+  config.profile_examples = 10
+
+  # Run specs in random order to surface order dependencies. If you find an
+  # order dependency and want to debug it, you can fix the order by providing
+  # the seed, which is printed after each run.
+  #     --seed 1234
+  config.order = :random
+
+  # Seed global randomization in this process using the `--seed` CLI option.
+  # Setting this allows you to use `--seed` to deterministically reproduce
+  # test failures related to randomization by passing the same `--seed` value
+  # as the one that triggered the failure.
+  Kernel.srand config.seed
+end