Index: lib/geminstaller.rb
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--- lib/geminstaller.rb	(revision 1141)
+++ lib/geminstaller.rb	(working copy)
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   end
   
   def self.autogem(args = [])
+    Gem.refresh
     args_copy = args.dup
     args_copy = args_copy.split(' ') unless args.respond_to? :join
     # TODO: should explicitly remove all args not applicable to autogem (anything but config, silent, and geminstaller_output)