diff --git a/god.gemspec b/god.gemspec
index f4c85a00..622a8e1a 100644
--- a/god.gemspec
+++ b/god.gemspec
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
-  s.specification_version = 2 if s.respond_to? :specification_version=
-  s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
+  # s.specification_version = 2 if s.respond_to? :specification_version=
+  # s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
 
   s.name = 'god'
-  s.version = '0.13.7'
+  s.version = '0.13.8.2'
   s.date = '2015-10-19'
 
   s.summary = "Process monitoring framework."
-  s.description = "An easy to configure, easy to extend monitoring framework written in Ruby."
+  s.description = "An easy to configure, easy to extend monitoring framework written in Ruby.(with add on timeout fix)"
 
-  s.authors = ["Tom Preston-Werner", "Kevin Clark", "Eric Lindvall"]
+  s.authors = ["Tom Preston-Werner", "Kevin Clark", "Eric Lindvall", "Praveen Kumar Sinha"]
   s.email = 'god-rb@googlegroups.com'
   s.homepage = 'http://god.rubyforge.org/'
 
   s.rubyforge_project = 'god'
-  s.rubygems_version = '1.3.5'
+  # s.rubygems_version = '1.3.5'
   s.require_paths = %w[lib ext]
 
   s.executables = ["god"]
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency('prowly', '~> 0.3')
   s.add_development_dependency('xmpp4r', '~> 0.5')
   s.add_development_dependency('dike', '~> 0.0.3')
- # s.add_development_dependency('rcov', '~> 0.9')
+  # s.add_development_dependency('rcov', '~> 0.9')
   s.add_development_dependency('daemons', '~> 1.1')
   s.add_development_dependency('mocha', '~> 0.10')
   s.add_development_dependency('gollum', '~> 1.3.1')
diff --git a/lib/god/socket.rb b/lib/god/socket.rb
index 1eeeb42d..191bd484 100644
--- a/lib/god/socket.rb
+++ b/lib/god/socket.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def start
         end
       end
 
-      if File.exists?(self.socket_file)
+      if File.exist?(self.socket_file)
         if @user
           user_method = @user.is_a?(Integer) ? :getpwuid : :getpwnam
           uid = Etc.send(user_method, @user).uid
diff --git a/lib/god/system/slash_proc_poller.rb b/lib/god/system/slash_proc_poller.rb
index 59693cf9..976bc23d 100644
--- a/lib/god/system/slash_proc_poller.rb
+++ b/lib/god/system/slash_proc_poller.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def percent_cpu
       # read from them. Try to use this sparingly as it is expensive.
       def self.readable?(path)
         begin
-          timeout(1) { File.read(path) }
+          Timeout::timeout(1) { File.read(path) }
         rescue Timeout::Error
           false
         end