diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 08f8a00..0a48702 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ doc
 test/dummy/log/*.log
 test/dummy/log/*.log*
 
-rspec-persistance.txt
+rspec-persistence.txt
 
 .rake_tasks
 
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index af47a81..67f9916 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include JSON::SchemaMatchers
   config.json_schemas[:entity_schema] = "lib/diaspora_federation/schemas/federation_entities.json"
 
-  config.example_status_persistence_file_path = "spec/rspec-persistance.txt"
+  config.example_status_persistence_file_path = "spec/rspec-persistence.txt"
 
   config.expect_with :rspec do |expect_config|
     expect_config.syntax = :expect