diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9cc1adff3..3b8043edb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The example folder contains multiple versions of a simple test suite which runs
     jasmine-node example/onJasmineNodeSpec.js
     mocha example/onMocha.js
 
-You can also run the example suite using the Protractor runner. The runner accepts a configuration file, which runs the tests at `example/onProtractor.js`.
+You can also run the example suite using the Protractor runner. The runner accepts a configuration file, which runs the tests at `example/onProtractorRunner.js`.
 
     bin/protractor example/protractorConf.js
 
diff --git a/example/onProtractor.js b/example/onProtractorRunner.js
similarity index 94%
rename from example/onProtractor.js
rename to example/onProtractorRunner.js
index f1101ac88..7729cf044 100644
--- a/example/onProtractor.js
+++ b/example/onProtractorRunner.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 var util = require('util');
-var protractor = require('../lib/protractor.js');
-require('../jasminewd');
 
 describe('angularjs homepage', function() {
   var ptor;
diff --git a/example/protractorConf.js b/example/protractorConf.js
index ea6772d6f..762eb8d7a 100644
--- a/example/protractorConf.js
+++ b/example/protractorConf.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports.config = {
 
   // Spec patterns are relative to the current working directly when
   // protractor is called.
-  specs: ['example/onProtractor.js'],
+  specs: ['example/onProtractorRunner.js'],
 
   // Options to be passed to Jasmine-node.
   jasmineNodeOpts: {
diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index ec2a25350..43513dbb2 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ var startJasmineTests = function() {
 
   protractor.setInstance(protractor.wrapDriver(driver, config.baseUrl));
 
+  // Export protractor to the global namespace to be used in tests.
+  global.protractor = protractor;
+
+  // Set up the Jasmine WebDriver Adapter
+  require('../jasminewd');
+
   var options = config.jasmineNodeOpts;
   options.onComplete = cleanUp;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 10064dff5..de11b1ed7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node lib/cli.js conf.js"
   },
-  "version": "0.6.2"
+  "version": "0.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/spec/findelements_spec.js b/spec/findelements_spec.js
index 371b7fc4b..c85d5d615 100644
--- a/spec/findelements_spec.js
+++ b/spec/findelements_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-var protractor = require('../lib/protractor.js');
 var util = require('util');
-require('../jasminewd');
 
 describe('finding elements', function() {
   var ptor;
diff --git a/spec/lib_spec.js b/spec/lib_spec.js
index eb896d7bc..0d4cbd1a0 100644
--- a/spec/lib_spec.js
+++ b/spec/lib_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-var protractor = require('../lib/protractor.js');
 var util = require('util');
-require('../jasminewd');
 
 describe('no ptor at all', function() {
   it('should still do normal tests', function() {
diff --git a/spec/mockmodule_spec.js b/spec/mockmodule_spec.js
index 5968baeeb..cd36d9298 100644
--- a/spec/mockmodule_spec.js
+++ b/spec/mockmodule_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-var protractor = require('../lib/protractor.js');
 var util = require('util');
-require('../jasminewd');
 
 describe('mock modules', function() {
   var ptor = protractor.getInstance();
diff --git a/spec/synchronize_spec.js b/spec/synchronize_spec.js
index 126909993..2f0a7aff7 100644
--- a/spec/synchronize_spec.js
+++ b/spec/synchronize_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-var protractor = require('../lib/protractor.js');
 var util = require('util');
-require('../jasminewd');
 
 describe('synchronizing with slow pages', function() {
   var ptor = protractor.getInstance();
diff --git a/spec/testapp_spec.js b/spec/testapp_spec.js
index 819d8cc7e..6512a07f3 100644
--- a/spec/testapp_spec.js
+++ b/spec/testapp_spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-var protractor = require('../lib/protractor.js');
 var util = require('util');
-require('../jasminewd');
-
 
 describe('longer example', function() {
   var ptor = protractor.getInstance();
@@ -63,5 +60,3 @@ describe('longer example', function() {
     });
   });
 });
-
-