diff --git a/lib/tripod/resource.rb b/lib/tripod/resource.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/tripod/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/tripod/resource.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module Tripod::Resource
   # performs equality checking on the uris
   def ==(other)
     self.class == other.class &&
-      uri.to_s == other.to_s
+      uri.to_s == other.uri.to_s
   end
 
   # performs equality checking on the class
diff --git a/lib/tripod/version.rb b/lib/tripod/version.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/tripod/version.rb
+++ b/lib/tripod/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Tripod
-  VERSION = "0.7.25"
+  VERSION = "0.7.26"
 end
fix to the last fix (resource equality)