I think this actually should be requiring `spec_helper` as any project using beaker will also have a spec_helper file of some sort (I've been using `spec/spec_helper_acceptance.rb` since rspec-system has `spec/spec_helper_system.rb` and rspec-puppet has `spec/spec_helper.rb`). This will also highlight configuration differences between beaker-rspec's own tests and other libraries' tests, such as defaulting to `sample.cfg` when other projects wouldn't be using that path.