diff --git a/bin/console b/bin/console
index 21b3f7e..aa95bad 100755
--- a/bin/console
+++ b/bin/console
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
 
 require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'nostr'
+require 'pry'
 
-# You can add fixtures and/or initialization code here to make experimenting
-# with your gem easier. You can also use a different console, if you like.
-
-# (If you use this, don't forget to add pry to your Gemfile!)
-# require "pry"
-# Pry.start
-
-require 'irb'
-IRB.start(__FILE__)
+Pry.start
diff --git a/nostr.gemspec b/nostr.gemspec
index db5d7af..f83beb5 100644
--- a/nostr.gemspec
+++ b/nostr.gemspec
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency 'guard-rspec', '~> 4.7'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'guard-rubocop', '~> 1.5'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'overcommit', '~> 0.59'
+  spec.add_development_dependency 'pry', '~> 0.14'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rake', '~> 13.0'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '~> 3.12'
   spec.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.42'
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 07d292f..aa20b15 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'nostr'
+require 'pry'
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
   # Enable flags like --only-failures and --next-failure