diff --git a/application.properties b/application.properties
index 9108a5d..017ddc1 100644
--- a/application.properties
+++ b/application.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Grails Metadata file
 #Fri Mar 08 09:50:39 CST 2013
-app.grails.version=2.4.4
+app.grails.version=2.5.5
 app.name=geb-example
 app.version=0.2
diff --git a/grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy b/grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
index edcd3db..4d3fd05 100644
--- a/grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/conf/BuildConfig.groovy
@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ grails.project.dependency.resolution = {
         test "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-chrome-driver:${webdriverVersion}"
         test "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-firefox-driver:${webdriverVersion}"
         test "org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-ie-driver:${webdriverVersion}"
+        test("com.codeborne:phantomjsdriver:1.2.1") {
+            // phantomjs driver pulls in a different selenium version amongs other stuff it seemed
+            transitive = false
+        }
 
         test "org.grails:grails-datastore-test-support:1.0.2-grails-2.4"
 
         // For downloading browser-specific drivers that browsers like Chrome and IE require
-        test "io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:1.3.1"
+        test "io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager:1.4.8"
     }
 
     plugins {
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ grails.project.dependency.resolution = {
 
         compile ":asset-pipeline:2.3.8"
 
-        test ":remote-control:1.5"
+        test ":remote-control:2.0"
         test ":geb:${gebVersion}"
     }
 }
diff --git a/grails-app/conf/Config.groovy b/grails-app/conf/Config.groovy
index da37bc4..8153152 100644
--- a/grails-app/conf/Config.groovy
+++ b/grails-app/conf/Config.groovy
@@ -16,28 +16,24 @@ grails.project.groupId = appName // change this to alter the default package nam
 // The ACCEPT header will not be used for content negotiation for user agents containing the following strings (defaults to the 4 major rendering engines)
 grails.mime.disable.accept.header.userAgents = ['Gecko', 'WebKit', 'Presto', 'Trident']
 grails.mime.types = [ // the first one is the default format
-        all:           '*/*', // 'all' maps to '*' or the first available format in withFormat
-        atom:          'application/atom+xml',
-        css:           'text/css',
-        csv:           'text/csv',
-        form:          'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
-        html:          ['text/html','application/xhtml+xml'],
-        js:            'text/javascript',
-        json:          ['application/json', 'text/json'],
-        multipartForm: 'multipart/form-data',
-        rss:           'application/rss+xml',
-        text:          'text/plain',
-        hal:           ['application/hal+json','application/hal+xml'],
-        xml:           ['text/xml', 'application/xml']
+    all:           '*/*', // 'all' maps to '*' or the first available format in withFormat
+    atom:          'application/atom+xml',
+    css:           'text/css',
+    csv:           'text/csv',
+    form:          'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+    html:          ['text/html','application/xhtml+xml'],
+    js:            'text/javascript',
+    json:          ['application/json', 'text/json'],
+    multipartForm: 'multipart/form-data',
+    rss:           'application/rss+xml',
+    text:          'text/plain',
+    hal:           ['application/hal+json','application/hal+xml'],
+    xml:           ['text/xml', 'application/xml']
 ]
 
 // URL Mapping Cache Max Size, defaults to 5000
 //grails.urlmapping.cache.maxsize = 1000
 
-// What URL patterns should be processed by the resources plugin
-grails.resources.adhoc.patterns = ['/images/*', '/css/*', '/js/*', '/plugins/*']
-grails.resources.adhoc.includes = ['/images/**', '/css/**', '/js/**', '/plugins/**']
-
 // Legacy setting for codec used to encode data with ${}
 grails.views.default.codec = "html"
 
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ environments {
 }
 
 // log4j configuration
-log4j = {
+log4j.main = {
     // Example of changing the log pattern for the default console appender:
     //
     //appenders {
@@ -108,14 +104,14 @@ log4j = {
     //}
 
     error  'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.servlet',        // controllers
-            'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.pages',          // GSP
-            'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.sitemesh',       // layouts
-            'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.filter', // URL mapping
-            'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping',        // URL mapping
-            'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons',            // core / classloading
-            'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins',            // plugins
-            'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate',      // hibernate integration
-            'org.springframework',
-            'org.hibernate',
-            'net.sf.ehcache.hibernate'
+           'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.pages',          // GSP
+           'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.sitemesh',       // layouts
+           'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping.filter', // URL mapping
+           'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.web.mapping',        // URL mapping
+           'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.commons',            // core / classloading
+           'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins',            // plugins
+           'org.codehaus.groovy.grails.orm.hibernate',      // hibernate integration
+           'org.springframework',
+           'org.hibernate',
+           'net.sf.ehcache.hibernate'
 }
diff --git a/grailsw b/grailsw
index c033fa6..6b74176 100755
--- a/grailsw
+++ b/grailsw
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ fi
 if [ -z "$STARTER_CONF" ]; then
     STARTER_CONF="$GRAILS_HOME/conf/groovy-starter.conf"
 fi
-STARTER_CLASSPATH="wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.4.4.jar:wrapper:."
+STARTER_CLASSPATH="wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.5.5.jar:wrapper:."
 
 # Allow access to Cocoa classes on OS X
 if $darwin; then
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ if $mingw ; then
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR" ]; then
-    GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR=~/.grails/2.4.4/
+    GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR=~/.grails/2.5.5/
 fi
 SPRINGLOADED_PARAMS=profile=grails\;cacheDir=$GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR
 if [ ! -d "$GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR" ]; then
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ if [ ! -d "$GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Process JVM args
-AGENT_STRING="-javaagent:wrapper/springloaded-1.2.1.RELEASE.jar -Xverify:none -Dspringloaded.synchronize=true -Djdk.reflect.allowGetCallerClass=true -Dspringloaded=$SPRINGLOADED_PARAMS"
+AGENT_STRING="-javaagent:wrapper/springloaded-1.2.5.RELEASE.jar -Xverify:none -Dspringloaded.synchronize=true -Djdk.reflect.allowGetCallerClass=true -Dspringloaded=$SPRINGLOADED_PARAMS"
 CMD_LINE_ARGS=""
 DISABLE_RELOADING=true
 
diff --git a/grailsw.bat b/grailsw.bat
index 3e5aa5e..5ecf769 100644
--- a/grailsw.bat
+++ b/grailsw.bat
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if "%GRAILS_HOME:~-1%"=="\" SET GRAILS_HOME=%GRAILS_HOME:~0,-1%
 :init
 
 for %%x in ("%USERPROFILE%") do set SHORTHOME=%%~fsx
-if "x%GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR%" == "x" set GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR=%SHORTHOME%/.grails/2.4.4/
+if "x%GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR%" == "x" set GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR=%SHORTHOME%/.grails/2.5.5/
 set SPRINGLOADED_PARAMS="profile=grails;cacheDir=%GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR%"
 if not exist "%GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR%" mkdir "%GRAILS_AGENT_CACHE_DIR%"
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if "%GRAILS_NO_PERMGEN%" == "" (
 	if not errorlevel 1 set GRAILS_NO_PERMGEN=1
 )
 
-set AGENT_STRING=-javaagent:wrapper/springloaded-1.2.1.RELEASE.jar -Xverify:none -Dspringloaded.synchronize=true -Djdk.reflect.allowGetCallerClass=true -Dspringloaded=\"%SPRINGLOADED_PARAMS%\"
+set AGENT_STRING=-javaagent:wrapper/springloaded-1.2.5.RELEASE.jar -Xverify:none -Dspringloaded.synchronize=true -Djdk.reflect.allowGetCallerClass=true -Dspringloaded=\"%SPRINGLOADED_PARAMS%\"
 set DISABLE_RELOADING=
 if "%GRAILS_OPTS%" == "" (
 	set GRAILS_OPTS=-server -Xmx768M -Xms64M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
-set STARTER_CLASSPATH=wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.4.4.jar;wrapper;.
+set STARTER_CLASSPATH=wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.5.5.jar;wrapper;.
 
 if exist "%USERPROFILE%/.groovy/init.bat" call "%USERPROFILE%/.groovy/init.bat"
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ set JAVA_OPTS=%GRAILS_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %AGENT%
 
 set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dprogram.name="%PROGNAME%"
 set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dgrails.home="%GRAILS_HOME%"
-set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dgrails.version=2.4.4
+set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dgrails.version=2.5.5
 set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dbase.dir=.
 set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dtools.jar="%TOOLS_JAR%"
 set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dgroovy.starter.conf="%STARTER_CONF%"
diff --git a/test/functional/GebConfig.groovy b/test/functional/GebConfig.groovy
index 32fd65f..79a2145 100644
--- a/test/functional/GebConfig.groovy
+++ b/test/functional/GebConfig.groovy
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 
 import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.ChromeDriverManager
 import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.InternetExplorerDriverManager
+import io.github.bonigarcia.wdm.PhantomJsDriverManager
+
 import org.openqa.selenium.chrome.ChromeDriver
 import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver
 import org.openqa.selenium.ie.InternetExplorerDriver
+import org.openqa.selenium.phantomjs.PhantomJSDriver
 
 // http://www.gebish.org/manual/current/configuration.html#waiting_for_base_navigator
 baseNavigatorWaiting = true
@@ -39,4 +42,13 @@ environments {
 
     driver = { new InternetExplorerDriver() }
   }
+
+  phantom {
+    PhantomJsDriverManager.getInstance().setup()
+    waiting {
+      timeout = 2
+    }
+    driver = { new PhantomJSDriver() }
+  }
+  
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/geb/example/SimpleTestSpec.groovy b/test/functional/geb/example/SimpleTestSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19d6c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/geb/example/SimpleTestSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package geb.example
+
+import geb.spock.GebSpec
+
+class SimpleTestSpec extends GebSpec {
+
+	def "sanity check list page"() {
+		given:
+		go "idea/list"
+
+		expect: "it to contain the basic header"
+		driver.pageSource.contains("<h1>Idea List</h1>")
+		
+		when:
+		println driver.pageSource
+		
+		then:
+		title == "Idea List"
+		//pageSource gives entire page
+		driver.pageSource.contains("<h1>Idea List</h1>")
+
+		when: "create is clicked"
+		$("div.nav a.create").click()
+
+		then: "make sure it has the right title"
+		title == "Create Idea"
+		//driver.pageSource.contains("<h1>Idea List</h1>")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.4.4.jar b/wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.4.4.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f605f3..0000000
Binary files a/wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.4.4.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.5.5.jar b/wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.5.5.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64c897e
Binary files /dev/null and b/wrapper/grails-wrapper-runtime-2.5.5.jar differ
diff --git a/wrapper/grails-wrapper.properties b/wrapper/grails-wrapper.properties
index 74391ce..82d01c4 100644
--- a/wrapper/grails-wrapper.properties
+++ b/wrapper/grails-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-wrapper.dist.url=http://dist.springframework.org.s3.amazonaws.com/release/GRAILS/
+wrapper.dist.url=https://github.com/grails/grails-core/releases/download/v2.5.5/
diff --git a/wrapper/springloaded-1.2.1.RELEASE.jar b/wrapper/springloaded-1.2.1.RELEASE.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 86b648f..0000000
Binary files a/wrapper/springloaded-1.2.1.RELEASE.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/wrapper/springloaded-1.2.5.RELEASE.jar b/wrapper/springloaded-1.2.5.RELEASE.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dee25d6
Binary files /dev/null and b/wrapper/springloaded-1.2.5.RELEASE.jar differ