diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rdoc b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
index a76e3ad..0cc01fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rdoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rdoc
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.1.1 (April 17, 2010)
+
+* Fixing behavior in Rails 3 by properly initializing ResourceAuthorization
+
+
 1.1.0 (April 17, 2010)
 
 * Supporting arrays, ranges, and nested hashes in ability conditions
diff --git a/cancan.gemspec b/cancan.gemspec
index aaa691c..91abe7f 100644
--- a/cancan.gemspec
+++ b/cancan.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name        = "cancan"
-  s.version     = "1.1.0"
+  s.version     = "1.1.1"
   s.author      = "Ryan Bates"
   s.email       = "ryan@railscasts.com"
   s.homepage    = "http://github.com/ryanb/cancan"
diff --git a/lib/cancan/resource_authorization.rb b/lib/cancan/resource_authorization.rb
index b11842e..badb0ef 100644
--- a/lib/cancan/resource_authorization.rb
+++ b/lib/cancan/resource_authorization.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module CanCan
     
     def self.add_before_filter(controller_class, method, options = {})
       controller_class.before_filter(options.slice(:only, :except)) do |controller|
-        new(controller, controller.params, options.except(:only, :except)).send(method)
+        ResourceAuthorization.new(controller, controller.params, options.except(:only, :except)).send(method)
       end
     end