diff --git a/rspec/rspec_helper.rb b/rspec/rspec_helper.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/rspec/rspec_helper.rb
+++ b/rspec/rspec_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/view_assets')
+RSPEC_ROOT = File.dirname(__FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(RSPEC_ROOT + '/../lib/view_assets')
 require 'view_assets'
-include ViewAssets
\ No newline at end of file
+include ViewAssets
+FIXTURE_ROOT = RSPEC_ROOT + '/fixtures'
use FIXTURE_ROOT constant to store the path to fixtures