diff --git a/spec/classes/tripleo_certmonger_ovn_dbs.rb b/spec/classes/tripleo_certmonger_ovn_dbs_spec.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from spec/classes/tripleo_certmonger_ovn_dbs.rb
rename to spec/classes/tripleo_certmonger_ovn_dbs_spec.rb
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/liquidio_config/ini_setting.rb b/spec/unit/provider/liquidio_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
similarity index 69%
rename from spec/unit/provider/liquidio_config/ini_setting.rb
rename to spec/unit/provider/liquidio_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
index b2985d120..34babbcd6 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/liquidio_config/ini_setting.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/liquidio_config/ini_setting_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,32 @@
-require 'puppet'
+#
+# these tests are a little concerning b/c they are hacking around the
+# modulepath, so these tests will not catch issues that may eventually arise
+# related to loading these plugins.
+# I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to programmatically set the modulepath
+$LOAD_PATH.push(
+  File.join(
+    File.dirname(__FILE__),
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    'fixtures',
+    'modules',
+    'inifile',
+    'lib')
+)
+$LOAD_PATH.push(
+  File.join(
+    File.dirname(__FILE__),
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    '..',
+    'fixtures',
+    'modules',
+    'openstacklib',
+    'lib')
+)
 require 'spec_helper'
-require 'puppet/provider/liquidio/ini_setting'
-
-provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:liquidio_config).
-  provider(:ini_setting)
-
+provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:liquidio_config).provider(:ini_setting)
 describe provider_class do
   
   it 'should default to the default setting when no other one is specified' do
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/liquidio_config_sepc.rb b/spec/unit/type/liquidio_config_spec.rb
similarity index 93%
rename from spec/unit/type/liquidio_config_sepc.rb
rename to spec/unit/type/liquidio_config_spec.rb
index 90b52116c..90183e17d 100644
--- a/spec/unit/type/liquidio_config_sepc.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type/liquidio_config_spec.rb
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ describe 'Puppet::Type.type(:liquidio_config)' do
 
   it 'should accept a valid value' do
     @liquidio_config[:value] = 'bar'
-    expect(@liquidio_config[:value]).to eq(['bar'])
+    expect(@liquidio_config[:value]).to eq('bar')
   end
 
   it 'should not accept a value with whitespace' do
     @liquidio_config[:value] = 'b ar'
-    expect(@liquidio_config[:value]).to eq(['b ar'])
+    expect(@liquidio_config[:value]).to eq('b ar')
   end
 
   it 'should accept valid ensure values' do