diff --git a/tasks/jasmine-node-task.js b/tasks/jasmine-node-task.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tasks/jasmine-node-task.js
+++ b/tasks/jasmine-node-task.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
           util = require('sys');
       }
 
-      var specFolders     = grunt.config("jasmine_node.specFolders") || ".";
+      var specFolders     = grunt.config("jasmine_node.specFolders") || [];
       var source          = grunt.config("jasmine_node.source") || "src";
       var specNameMatcher = grunt.config("jasmine_node.specNameMatcher") || "spec";
       var teamcity        = grunt.config("jasmine_node.teamcity") || false;
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       var isVerbose       = grunt.config("jasmine_node.verbose");
       var showColors      = grunt.config("jasmine_node.colors");
 
+      if(grunt.config("jasmine_node.projectRoot")){
+        specFolders.push(grunt.config("jasmine_node.projectRoot"));
+      }
+
       if (_.isUndefined(isVerbose)) {
         isVerbose = true;
       }
allow use of projectRoot or specFolders