diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8976b9e..a6143d6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ pkg/*
 *.gem
 .bundle
 USAGE.md
-spec/vcr/*
\ No newline at end of file
+spec/vcr/*
+.idea/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/wordnik/configuration.rb b/lib/wordnik/configuration.rb
index 13f54c0..fde6130 100644
--- a/lib/wordnik/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/wordnik/configuration.rb
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ def initialize
       @user_agent = "ruby-#{Wordnik::VERSION}"
       # Build the default set of resource names from the filenames of the API documentation
       begin
-        api_docs_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../../api_docs")
-        @resource_names = `find #{api_docs_path} -name '*.json'`.split("\n").map {|f| f.split("/").last.sub('.json', '') }.sort
+        api_docs_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '../../api_docs')
+        @resource_names = Dir.glob(File.join(api_docs_path, '*.json')).map {|f| f.split('/').last.sub('.json', '') }.sort
         true
       rescue
-        raise "Problem loading the resource files in ./api_docs/"
+        raise 'Problem loading the resource files in ./api_docs/'
       end
     end