diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 81fbce0b..ca153db9 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ task :default => :test
 
 require 'rake/testtask'
 Rake::TestTask.new(:test) do |test|
-  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test'
+  test.libs << 'lib' << 'test' << '.'
   test.pattern = 'test/**/test_*.rb'
   test.verbose = true
 end
@@ -143,4 +143,4 @@ task :validate do
     puts "A `VERSION` file at root level violates Gem best practices."
     exit!
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/gollum.rb b/lib/gollum.rb
index 4b8c44f7..f4b82ca7 100644
--- a/lib/gollum.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # stdlib
 require 'digest/md5'
+require 'ostruct'
 
 # external
 require 'grit'
 require 'github/markup'
 require 'sanitize'
 
+# ruby 1.8 compatibility
+require 'gollum/ruby1.8'
+
 # internal
 require 'gollum/pagination'
 require 'gollum/wiki'
diff --git a/lib/gollum/markup.rb b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
index 0a6fe3a9..6359c528 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/markup.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/markup.rb
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ module Gollum
       @codemap.each do |id, spec|
         lang = spec[:lang]
         code = spec[:code]
-        if code.all? { |line| line =~ /\A\r?\n\Z/ || line =~ /^(  |\t)/ }
+        if code.lines.all? { |line| line =~ /\A\r?\n\Z/ || line =~ /^(  |\t)/ }
           code.gsub!(/^(  |\t)/m, '')
         end
         data.gsub!(id, Gollum::Albino.new(code, lang).colorize)
@@ -328,4 +328,4 @@ module Gollum
       data
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/lib/gollum/ruby1.8.rb b/lib/gollum/ruby1.8.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d24d5f29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gollum/ruby1.8.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class String
+  alias :lines :to_a if defined?(RUBY_VERSION) && RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+end
diff --git a/lib/gollum/wiki.rb b/lib/gollum/wiki.rb
index 09df6bd1..d4d68b6e 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/wiki.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/wiki.rb
@@ -332,4 +332,4 @@ module Gollum
       map
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/test/test_page.rb b/test/test_page.rb
index 6f2376e9..0df52ecf 100644
--- a/test/test_page.rb
+++ b/test/test_page.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# ~*~ encoding: utf-8 ~*~
 require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), *%w[helper])
 
 context "Page" do
@@ -109,4 +110,4 @@ context "Page" do
     footer = @wiki.page("_Footer")
     assert_nil footer.footer
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end