diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 8967a59..0cdb301 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,48 @@
 require_relative "../lib/ht_traject"
 require_relative "examples"
 
+def test_log
+  "TEST_LOG.txt"
+end
+
+def remove_test_log
+  FileUtils.rm(CICTL::LogfileDefaults.filepath_of(test_log))
+rescue Errno::ENOENT
+  # file wasn't there, and that's fine
+end
+
+# Combined setup and teardown for journal directory and files.
+# Services handles creating the journal directory if it doesn't exist,
+# so we just need to empty it.
+def init_journals
+  FileUtils.rm_rf Dir.glob("#{HathiTrust::Services[:journal_directory]}/*")
+end
+
+def solr_count
+  CICTL::SolrClient.new.count
+end
+
+def solr_deleted_count
+  CICTL::SolrClient.new.count_deleted
+end
+
+def solr_ids(q = "*:*")
+  solr_params = {q: q, wt: "ruby", rows: 100}
+  response = CICTL::SolrClient.new.get("select", params: solr_params)
+  response["response"]["docs"].map { |doc| doc["id"] }
+end
+
+def override_service(key, &block)
+  around(:each) do |example|
+    old_val = HathiTrust::Services[key]
+    HathiTrust::Services.register(key, &block)
+    example.run
+    HathiTrust::Services.register(key) { old_val }
+  end
+end
+
+# BEGIN RSPEC BOILERPLATE
+
 # This file was generated by the `rspec --init` command. Conventionally, all
 # specs live under a `spec` directory, which RSpec adds to the `$LOAD_PATH`.
 # The generated `.rspec` file contains `--require spec_helper` which will cause
@@ -115,43 +157,3 @@
   #   # as the one that triggered the failure.
   #   Kernel.srand config.seed
 end
-
-def test_log
-  "TEST_LOG.txt"
-end
-
-def remove_test_log
-  FileUtils.rm(CICTL::LogfileDefaults.filepath_of(test_log))
-rescue Errno::ENOENT
-  # file wasn't there, and that's fine
-end
-
-# Combined setup and teardown for journal directory and files.
-# Services handles creating the journal directory if it doesn't exist,
-# so we just need to empty it.
-def init_journals
-  FileUtils.rm_rf Dir.glob("#{HathiTrust::Services[:journal_directory]}/*")
-end
-
-def solr_count
-  CICTL::SolrClient.new.count
-end
-
-def solr_deleted_count
-  CICTL::SolrClient.new.count_deleted
-end
-
-def solr_ids(q = "*:*")
-  solr_params = {q: q, wt: "ruby", rows: 100}
-  response = CICTL::SolrClient.new.get("select", params: solr_params)
-  response["response"]["docs"].map { |doc| doc["id"] }
-end
-
-def override_service(key, &block)
-  around(:each) do |example|
-    old_val = HathiTrust::Services[key]
-    HathiTrust::Services.register(key, &block)
-    example.run
-    HathiTrust::Services.register(key) { old_val }
-  end
-end