diff --git a/octopress/octopress.gemspec b/octopress/octopress.gemspec
index 923817b..a9ec927 100644
--- a/octopress/octopress.gemspec
+++ b/octopress/octopress.gemspec
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ bin/octopress
   s.add_development_dependency('rake')
   s.add_development_dependency('rdoc')
   s.add_development_dependency('fakefs')
-  s.add_development_dependency('aruba', '0.4.10')
+  s.add_development_dependency('webmock')
+  s.add_development_dependency('aruba', '0.4.11')
 end
diff --git a/octopress/spec/octopress/commands/create_spec.rb b/octopress/spec/octopress/commands/create_spec.rb
index 5d76852..d712ecc 100644
--- a/octopress/spec/octopress/commands/create_spec.rb
+++ b/octopress/spec/octopress/commands/create_spec.rb
@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe Octopress::Commands::Create do
   include FakeFS::SpecHelpers
 
+  let(:url) { 'http://hostname.com/myfile.txt' }
   let(:project_path) { File.expand_path File.join('tmp', 'create') }
 
   subject { described_class.new(project_path) }
 
   it 'downloads to tmp location in project_path' do
-    download_path = subject.download 'https://github.com/octopress/theme-classic/zipball/master', 'theme-classic.zip'
-    download_path.should == File.join(project_path, 'tmp', 'theme-classic.zip')
+    stub_request(:get, url).to_return(body:'my file')
+    download_path = subject.download url, 'thename.txt'
+    download_path.should == File.join(project_path, 'tmp', 'thename.txt')
     File.exists?(download_path).should be_true
-    File.size(download_path).should > 0
+    File.read(download_path).should == 'my file'
   end
 end
diff --git a/octopress/spec/spec_helper.rb b/octopress/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 9ed1610..01032d0 100644
--- a/octopress/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/octopress/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 require 'fakefs/spec_helpers'
+require 'webmock/rspec'
 require 'octopress'