diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index da13e1fb8..2ae9b1c03 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ group :test do
     gem 'test-unit'
     gem 'test-unit-full'
     gem 'rspec'
+	gem 'rdoc'
     # curb gem requires curl libraries
     # sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev
     gem 'curb'
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 7bf8ab2af..b723c1d09 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ task :beef_start => 'beef' do
   config = YAML.load(File.read('./config.yaml'))
   config['beef']['credentials']['user'] = test_user
   config['beef']['credentials']['passwd'] = test_pass
+  Dir.mkdir('tmp') unless Dir.exists?('tmp')
   File.open(@beef_config_file, 'w') { |f| YAML.dump(config, f) }
 
   # set the environment creds -- in case we're using bad_fred