diff --git a/lib/autospec/formatter.rb b/lib/autospec/formatter.rb
index bbc151b194c..32bdd810595 100644
--- a/lib/autospec/formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/autospec/formatter.rb
@@ -4,17 +4,36 @@ module Autospec; end
 class Autospec::Formatter < RSpec::Core::Formatters::BaseFormatter
 
   def dump_summary(duration, total, failures, pending)
-    failed_specs = examples.delete_if{|e| e.execution_result[:status] != "failed"}.map{|s| s.metadata[:location]}
+    # failed_specs = examples.delete_if{|e| e.execution_result[:status] != "failed"}.map{|s| s.metadata[:location]}
 
-    # if this fails don't kill everything
-    begin
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p('tmp')
-      File.open("./tmp/rspec_result","w") do |f|
-        f.puts failed_specs.join("\n")
-      end
-    rescue
-      # nothing really we can do, at least don't kill the test runner
-    end
+    # # if this fails don't kill everything
+    # begin
+    #   FileUtils.mkdir_p('tmp')
+    #   File.open("./tmp/rspec_result","w") do |f|
+    #     f.puts failed_specs.join("\n")
+    #   end
+    # rescue
+    #   # nothing really we can do, at least don't kill the test runner
+    # end
+    super
   end
 
+  def start(count)
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p('tmp')
+    @fail_file = File.open("./tmp/rspec_result","w")
+    super(count)
+  end
+
+  def close
+    @fail_file.close
+    super
+  end
+
+  def example_failed(example)
+    @fail_file.puts example.metadata[:location]
+    @fail_file.flush
+    super(example)
+  end
+
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/autospec/runner.rb b/lib/autospec/runner.rb
index d03afd09e22..f73e23db510 100644
--- a/lib/autospec/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/autospec/runner.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,36 @@ class Autospec::Runner
       @signal.signal
     end
 
-    Process.wait(@spork_pid)
+    spork_running = true
+    Thread.new do
+      Process.wait(@spork_pid)
+      spork_running = false
+    end
+
+    while spork_running
+
+      STDIN.gets
+
+      if @queue.length == 0
+        @queue << ['spec', 'spec']
+        @signal.signal
+      else
+        specs = failed_specs(:delete => false)
+        puts
+        puts
+        if specs.length == 0
+          puts "No specs have failed yet!"
+          puts
+        else
+          puts "The following specs have failed: "
+          specs.each do |s|
+            puts s
+          end
+          puts
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     puts "Spork has been terminated, exiting"
 
   rescue => e
@@ -221,12 +250,12 @@ class Autospec::Runner
     end
   end
 
-  def failed_specs
+  def failed_specs(opts={:delete => true})
     specs = []
     path = './tmp/rspec_result'
     if File.exist?(path)
       specs = File.open(path) { |file| file.read.split("\n") }
-      File.delete(path)
+      File.delete(path) if opts[:delete]
     end
 
     specs