diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 805fdf0..90c25d0 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     resque_spec (0.14.4)
-      resque (>= 1.19.0)
+      resque (>= 1.25.1)
       rspec-core (>= 2.5.0)
       rspec-expectations (>= 2.5.0)
       rspec-mocks (>= 2.5.0)
@@ -10,60 +10,64 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    coderay (1.0.8)
+    atomic (1.1.14)
+    coderay (1.1.0)
     columnize (0.3.6)
-    debugger (1.6.1)
+    debugger (1.6.2)
       columnize (>= 0.3.1)
       debugger-linecache (~> 1.2.0)
       debugger-ruby_core_source (~> 1.2.3)
     debugger-linecache (1.2.0)
-    debugger-ruby_core_source (1.2.3)
-    diff-lcs (1.2.4)
-    method_source (0.8.1)
+    debugger-ruby_core_source (1.2.4)
+    diff-lcs (1.2.5)
+    method_source (0.8.2)
     mono_logger (1.1.0)
-    multi_json (1.8.0)
-    pry (0.9.11.4)
-      coderay (~> 1.0.5)
+    multi_json (1.8.2)
+    pry (0.9.12.4)
+      coderay (~> 1.0)
       method_source (~> 0.8)
       slop (~> 3.4)
     pry-debugger (0.2.2)
       debugger (~> 1.3)
       pry (~> 0.9.10)
     rack (1.5.2)
-    rack-protection (1.5.0)
+    rack-protection (1.5.1)
       rack
     rake (10.1.0)
-    redis (3.0.4)
-    redis-namespace (1.3.1)
-      redis (~> 3.0.0)
+    redis (3.0.6)
+    redis-namespace (1.3.2)
+      redis (~> 3.0.4)
     resque (1.25.1)
       mono_logger (~> 1.0)
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
       redis-namespace (~> 1.2)
       sinatra (>= 0.9.2)
       vegas (~> 0.1.2)
-    resque-scheduler (2.0.1)
-      redis (>= 2.0.1)
-      resque (>= 1.20.0)
-      rufus-scheduler
+    resque-scheduler (2.3.1)
+      redis (>= 3.0.0)
+      resque (~> 1.25)
+      rufus-scheduler (~> 2.0)
     rspec (2.14.1)
       rspec-core (~> 2.14.0)
       rspec-expectations (~> 2.14.0)
       rspec-mocks (~> 2.14.0)
-    rspec-core (2.14.3)
-    rspec-expectations (2.14.0)
+    rspec-core (2.14.7)
+    rspec-expectations (2.14.4)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3, < 2.0)
-    rspec-mocks (2.14.1)
-    rufus-scheduler (2.0.22)
-      tzinfo (>= 0.3.23)
-    sinatra (1.4.3)
+    rspec-mocks (2.14.4)
+    rufus-scheduler (2.0.24)
+      tzinfo (>= 0.3.22)
+    sinatra (1.4.4)
       rack (~> 1.4)
       rack-protection (~> 1.4)
       tilt (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.4)
-    slop (3.4.3)
+    slop (3.4.7)
+    thread_safe (0.1.3)
+      atomic
     tilt (1.4.1)
     timecop (0.6.3)
-    tzinfo (1.0.1)
+    tzinfo (1.1.0)
+      thread_safe (~> 0.1)
     vegas (0.1.11)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
 
diff --git a/lib/resque_spec.rb b/lib/resque_spec.rb
index 7af346b..940dbb4 100644
--- a/lib/resque_spec.rb
+++ b/lib/resque_spec.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ def new_job(queue_name, payload)
   end
 
   def perform(queue_name, payload)
-    new_job(queue_name, payload).perform
+    job = new_job(queue_name, payload)
+    begin
+      job.perform
+    rescue Object => e
+      job.fail(e)
+    end
   end
 
   def perform_or_store(queue_name, payload)
diff --git a/resque_spec.gemspec b/resque_spec.gemspec
index 956e5ff..882b136 100644
--- a/resque_spec.gemspec
+++ b/resque_spec.gemspec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.files = Dir.glob("lib/**/*") + %w(LICENSE README.md Rakefile)
 
-  s.add_runtime_dependency('resque', ['>= 1.19.0'])
+  s.add_runtime_dependency('resque', ['>= 1.25.1'])
   s.add_runtime_dependency('rspec-core', ['>= 2.5.0'])
   s.add_runtime_dependency('rspec-expectations', ['>= 2.5.0'])
   s.add_runtime_dependency('rspec-mocks', ['>= 2.5.0'])
diff --git a/spec/resque_spec_spec.rb b/spec/resque_spec_spec.rb
index d32eb0d..275bc38 100644
--- a/spec/resque_spec_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/resque_spec_spec.rb
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@
         ResqueSpec.enqueue(:queue_name, NameFromClassMethod, 1)
         ResqueSpec.queue_by_name(:queue_name).should be_empty
       end
+
+      it "fails jobs" do
+        Resque::Job.any_instance.stub(:fail) { FailingJob.failures += 1  }
+        expect do
+          ResqueSpec.enqueue(:queue_name, FailingJob, 1)
+        end.to change(FailingJob, :failures).by(1)
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/support/test_classes.rb b/spec/support/test_classes.rb
index bbc321c..bc940d3 100644
--- a/spec/support/test_classes.rb
+++ b/spec/support/test_classes.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,21 @@ def queue
   self.invocations = 0
 end
 
+class FailingJob
+  class << self
+    attr_accessor :failures
+
+    def perform(*args)
+      raise "failure!"
+    end
+
+    def queue
+      :failing_job
+    end
+  end
+  self.failures = 0
+end
+
 class NoQueueClass
   class << self
     attr_accessor :invocations