diff --git a/plugins/rails/rails.plugin.zsh b/plugins/rails/rails.plugin.zsh
index ac8119e83..d5e1bc255 100644
--- a/plugins/rails/rails.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/rails/rails.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-alias ss='thin --stats "/thin/stats" start'
+# alias ss='thin --stats "/thin/stats" start'
+alias ss='ruby script/server'
 alias sg='ruby script/generate'
 alias sd='ruby script/destroy'
 alias sp='ruby script/plugin'
diff --git a/plugins/rake/rake.plugin.zsh b/plugins/rake/rake.plugin.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ebbcfce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/rake/rake.plugin.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+function _rake_does_task_list_need_generating () {
+  if [ ! -f .rake_tasks ]; then return 0;
+  else
+    accurate=$(stat -f%m .rake_tasks)
+    changed=$(stat -f%m Rakefile)
+    return $(expr $accurate '>=' $changed)
+  fi
+}
+
+function _rake () {
+  if [ -f Rakefile ]; then
+    if _rake_does_task_list_need_generating; then
+      echo "\nGenerating .rake_tasks..." > /dev/stderr
+      rake --silent --tasks | cut -d " " -f 2 > .rake_tasks
+    fi
+    compadd `cat .rake_tasks`
+  fi
+}
+
+compdef _rake rake
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