diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 20b30e9c..94149b24 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ gem 'newrelic_rpm'
 gem 'pg', platform: :ruby
 gem 'pry-byebug'
 gem 'puma', '~> 2.15.3'
-gem 'pundit'
+gem 'pundit', '0.3'
 gem 'rails', '~> 4.1.13'
 gem 'rails-i18n', '~> 4.0.0'
 gem 'ransack'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index aba77147..652dcc87 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ GEM
     method_source (0.8.2)
     mime-types (2.99)
     mini_portile2 (2.0.0)
-    minitest (5.8.4)
+    minitest (5.9.0)
     multi_json (1.11.2)
     multi_xml (0.5.5)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ GEM
       pry (~> 0.10)
     puma (2.15.3)
     puma (2.15.3-java)
-    pundit (1.1.0)
+    pundit (0.3.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
     rack (1.5.5)
     rack-test (0.6.3)
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   pg
   pry-byebug
   puma (~> 2.15.3)
-  pundit
+  pundit (= 0.3)
   rails (~> 4.1.13)
   rails-i18n (~> 4.0.0)
   rake
diff --git a/spec/factories/error.rb b/spec/factories/error.rb
index 7207d345..235a90c0 100644
--- a/spec/factories/error.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/error.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FactoryGirl.define do
-  factory :error do
+  factory :error, class: Error do
     association :execution_environment, factory: :ruby
     message "exercise.rb:4:in `<main>': undefined local variable or method `foo' for main:Object (NameError)"
   end