diff --git a/lib/rmeetup/fetcher/base.rb b/lib/rmeetup/fetcher/base.rb
index b27a7b9..2c23b81 100644
--- a/lib/rmeetup/fetcher/base.rb
+++ b/lib/rmeetup/fetcher/base.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ def build_url(options)
         end
       
         def base_url
-          "http://api.meetup.com/#{@type}.json/"
+          url = "http://api.meetup.com/"
+          url += "#{@type}/" unless @type.nil?
+          url
         end
         
         # Create a query string from an options hash
@@ -81,4 +83,4 @@ def get_response(url)
         end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/rMeetup.gemspec b/rMeetup.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee97cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rMeetup.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib/', __FILE__)
+$:.unshift lib unless $:.include?(lib)
+ 
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "rMeetup"
+  s.version     = "1.0.1" 
+  s.platform    = Gem::Platform::RUBY
+  s.authors     = ["Jared Pace", "Jason Berlinsky"]
+  s.email       = ["jberlinsky@example.com"]
+  s.homepage    = "https://github.com/Jberlinsky/rmeetup"
+  s.summary     = "A simple Ruby gem, providing access to the Meetup API"
+  #s.description = ""
+ 
+  s.required_rubygems_version = ">= 1.3.6"
+ 
+  s.add_development_dependency "rspec"
+ 
+  s.files        = Dir.glob("lib/**/*") 
+  s.require_path = 'lib'
+end
diff --git a/spec/fetchers/base_spec.rb b/spec/fetchers/base_spec.rb
index de760b0..03805d7 100644
--- a/spec/fetchers/base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/fetchers/base_spec.rb
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
   it 'should build a correct to call.' do
     @options['search'] = 'ruby search'
     url = @fetcher.send(:build_url,@options)
-    url.should eql("http://api.meetup.com/.json/?key=seekret_api_key&search=ruby%20search")
+    url.should eql("http://api.meetup.com/?key=seekret_api_key&search=ruby%20search")
   end
   
   it 'should generate a correct base url' do
-    @fetcher.send(:base_url).should eql('http://api.meetup.com/.json/')
+    @fetcher.send(:base_url).should eql('http://api.meetup.com/')
   end
   
   it 'should uri encode options' do