diff --git a/lib/slacker.rb b/lib/slacker.rb
index 38e9b2b..29a7ebc 100644
--- a/lib/slacker.rb
+++ b/lib/slacker.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def render(template_name, options = {})
 
       begin
         sql_template_path_stack.push(File.dirname(template_file_path))
-        result = render_text(IO.read(template_file_path, {:mode => 'r:BOM|UTF-8'}), options)
+        result = render_text(IO.read(template_file_path, :mode => 'r:BOM|UTF-8'), options)
       rescue => detail
         # Report errors in the template
         if detail.backtrace[0] =~ /^\(erb\)/
diff --git a/lib/slacker/version.rb b/lib/slacker/version.rb
index 1ab0b44..7c24729 100644
--- a/lib/slacker/version.rb
+++ b/lib/slacker/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Slacker
-  VERSION = "1.0.24"
+  VERSION = "1.0.25"
 end
diff --git a/slacker.gemspec b/slacker.gemspec
index 8bf598e..42bdb06 100644
--- a/slacker.gemspec
+++ b/slacker.gemspec
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.description = %q{RSpec-based framework for developing automated tests for SQL Server}
   s.license = 'MIT'
 
-  s.rubyforge_project = "slacker"
-
   s.files = ['README.md', 'Rakefile', 'Gemfile', 'slacker.gemspec'] + Dir.glob("{bin,lib,spec}/**/*")
   s.test_files = Dir.glob("spec/**/*")
   s.executables = ['slacker', 'slacker_new']