diff --git a/lib/modules/sass.coffee b/lib/modules/sass.coffee
index f0fe73f..5285d68 100644
--- a/lib/modules/sass.coffee
+++ b/lib/modules/sass.coffee
@@ -1,47 +1,45 @@
 fs = require 'fs'
-pathutil = require 'path'
-
-sassy = require "node-sassy"
-
+path = require 'path'
 {Asset} = require '../.'
 
+try
+  sassy = false
+  sass = require 'node-sass'
+catch err
+  sassy = true
+  sass = require 'node-sassy'
+  sass.render = (opts) ->
+    sassOpts = includeFrom: opts.includePaths, '--style': opts.outputStyle
+    sass.compile opts.file, sassOpts, (err, css) ->
+      return opts.error err if err?
+      opts.success css
+
 urlRegex = /url\s*\(\s*(['"])((?:(?!\1).)+)\1\s*\)/
 urlRegexGlobal = /url\s*\(\s*(['"])((?:(?!\1).)+)\1\s*\)/g
 
 class exports.SassAsset extends Asset
-    mimetype: 'text/css'
-
-    create: (options) ->
-        @filename = pathutil.resolve options.filename
-        @toWatch = pathutil.dirname @filename
-        @paths = options.paths
-        @paths ?= []
-        @paths.push pathutil.dirname options.filename
-        
-        @compress = options.compress
-        @compress ?= false
-
-        sassOpts = {}
-        if options.paths
-            sassOpts.includeFrom = options.paths
-
-        if @compress
-            sassOpts["--style"] = "compressed"
-            
-        # Render the sass to css
-        sassy.compile @filename, sassOpts, (err, css) =>
-            return @emit 'error', err if err?
-            
-            if @rack?
-                results = css.match urlRegexGlobal
-                if results
-                    for result in results
-                        match = urlRegex.exec result
-                        quote = match[1]
-                        url = match[2]
-                        specificUrl = @rack.url url
-                        if specificUrl?
-                            css = css.replace result, "url(#{quote}#{specificUrl}#{quote})"
-
-            @emit 'created', 
-                contents: css
+  @sassy: sassy
+  mimetype: 'text/css'
+
+  postProcess: (css) ->
+    return css unless @rack?
+    results = css.match urlRegexGlobal
+    return css unless results?
+    for result in results
+      match = urlRegex.exec result
+      quote = match[1]
+      url = match[2]
+      specificUrl = @rack.url url
+      css = css.replace result, "url(#{quote}#{specificUrl}#{quote})" if specificUrl?
+    css
+
+  create: (options) ->
+    throw new Error 'Invalid options' unless options? and options.filename?
+    @filename = path.resolve options.filename
+    @toWatch = path.dirname @filename
+    sass.render
+      file: @filename
+      includePaths: options.paths ? [path.dirname options.filename]
+      outputStyle: if options.compress then 'compressed' else 'nested'
+      error: (err) => @emit 'error', err
+      success: (css) => @emit 'created', contents: @postProcess css
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ceb452e..2404f0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "underscore": "1.4.4",
     "coffee-script": "~1.6.2",
     "markdown": "0.4.0",
-    "node-sassy": "0.0.1"
+    "node-sassy": "~0.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "express.io": "1.1.8",
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     "mocha": "1.8.1",
     "chai": "1.4.2"
   },
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+    "node-sass": "~0.5.0"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha test/test.coffee",
     "compile": "./node_modules/coffee-script/bin/coffee -o compiled/ -c lib/",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sass/another.css b/test/fixtures/sass/another.css
index 6399446..4b371bf 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/sass/another.css
+++ b/test/fixtures/sass/another.css
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@
 
 body {
   background-color: #33aa33;
-  background-image: url("/background.png"); }
+  background-image: url('/background.png'); }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sass/another.css.sassy b/test/fixtures/sass/another.css.sassy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6399446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/sass/another.css.sassy
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.content-navigation {
+  border-color: #33aa33;
+  color: #288728; }
+
+.border {
+  padding: 8px;
+  margin: 8px;
+  border-color: #33aa33; }
+
+body {
+  background-color: #33aa33;
+  background-image: url("/background.png"); }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css b/test/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css
index ffb80fe..61da13e 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css
+++ b/test/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css
@@ -1 +1 @@
-.content-navigation{border-color:#3bbfce;color:#2ca2af}.border{padding:8px;margin:8px;border-color:#3bbfce}
+.content-navigation{border-color:#3bbfce;color:#2ca2af;}.border{padding:8px;margin:8px;border-color:#3bbfce;}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css.sassy b/test/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css.sassy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffb80fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css.sassy
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.content-navigation{border-color:#3bbfce;color:#2ca2af}.border{padding:8px;margin:8px;border-color:#3bbfce}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sass/simple.sass b/test/fixtures/sass/simple.sass
deleted file mode 100644
index 15f87d1..0000000
--- a/test/fixtures/sass/simple.sass
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-$blue: #3bbfce
-$margin: 16px
-
-.content-navigation
-  border-color: $blue
-  color: darken($blue, 9%)
-
-.border
-  padding: $margin / 2
-  margin: $margin / 2
-  border-color: $blue
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/sass.coffee b/test/sass.coffee
index 0870d48..0b3eb66 100644
--- a/test/sass.coffee
+++ b/test/sass.coffee
@@ -19,21 +19,11 @@ describe 'a sass asset', ->
                 response.headers['content-type'].should.equal 'text/css'
                 body.should.equal compiled
                 done()
-
-    it 'should work with .sass', (done) ->
-        compiled = fs.readFileSync "#{__dirname}/fixtures/sass/simple.css", 'utf8'
-        app = express().http()
-        app.use new rack.SassAsset
-            filename: "#{__dirname}/fixtures/sass/simple.sass"
-            url: '/style.css'
-        app.listen 7076, ->
-            easyrequest 'http://localhost:7076/style.css', (error, response, body) ->
-                response.headers['content-type'].should.equal 'text/css'
-                body.should.equal compiled
-                done()
     
     it 'should work compressed', (done) ->
-        compiled = fs.readFileSync "#{__dirname}/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css", 'utf8'
+        file = "#{__dirname}/fixtures/sass/simple.min.css"
+        file = "#{file}.sassy" if rack.SassAsset.sassy
+        compiled = fs.readFileSync file, 'utf8'
         app = express().http()
         app.use new rack.SassAsset
             filename: "#{__dirname}/fixtures/sass/simple.scss"
@@ -46,7 +36,9 @@ describe 'a sass asset', ->
                 done()
 
     it 'should work with paths', (done) ->
-        compiled = fs.readFileSync "#{__dirname}/fixtures/sass/another.css", 'utf8'
+        file = "#{__dirname}/fixtures/sass/another.css"
+        file = "#{file}.sassy" if rack.SassAsset.sassy
+        compiled = fs.readFileSync file, 'utf8'
         app = express().http()
         app.use new rack.SassAsset
             filename: "#{__dirname}/fixtures/sass/another.scss"
diff --git a/test/test.coffee b/test/test.coffee
index 5d3a807..9b55979 100644
--- a/test/test.coffee
+++ b/test/test.coffee
@@ -10,6 +10,4 @@ require './dynamic'
 require './stylus'
 require './collection'
 require './walk'
-
-# Sass is commented out because it requires ruby
-# require './sass' 
+require './sass'