diff --git a/logstash-core/spec/api/lib/api/plugins_spec.rb b/logstash-core/spec/api/lib/api/plugins_spec.rb
index 6e6468272..216811d0a 100644
--- a/logstash-core/spec/api/lib/api/plugins_spec.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/spec/api/lib/api/plugins_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe LogStash::Api::Modules::Plugins do
   end
 
   it "return valid json content type" do
-    expect(last_response.content_type).to eq("application/json")
+    expect(last_response.content_type).to eq("application/json"), "Did not get json, got #{last_response.content_type} / #{last_response.body}"
   end
 
   context "#schema" do
diff --git a/logstash-core/spec/api/spec_helper.rb b/logstash-core/spec/api/spec_helper.rb
index 4149bd395..befead55d 100644
--- a/logstash-core/spec/api/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/logstash-core/spec/api/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 # encoding: utf-8
 API_ROOT = File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "..", "lib", "logstash", "api"))
 
+
+
 require "logstash/devutils/rspec/spec_helper"
-require "api/lib/api/support/resource_dsl_methods"
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__)))
+require "lib/api/support/resource_dsl_methods"
 
 require "logstash/settings"
 require 'rack/test'