diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index cc88079..98d4359 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'rspec/core/rake_task'
 require 'yard'
 
 RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)
-task :default => :spec
+task :default => [:spec, :install]
 
 YARD::Rake::YardocTask.new(:doc) do |t|
   t.files   = ['lib/**/*.rb', 'samples/**/*.rb']   # optional
diff --git a/spec/samples_run_spec.rb b/spec/samples_run_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95ed699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/samples_run_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'squib'
+
+describe Squib do 
+
+  it "should execute all examples with no errors" do
+
+    samples = File.expand_path('../samples', File.dirname(__FILE__))
+    puts "Samples: #{samples}"
+    Dir.chdir(samples) do
+      require_relative '../samples/basic.rb'
+    end
+  end
+
+end
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