diff --git a/.rubocop.yml b/.rubocop.yml
index d9db543..43c3eb4 100644
--- a/.rubocop.yml
+++ b/.rubocop.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ inherit_gem:
   rubocop-bridgetown: .rubocop.yml
 
 AllCops:
-  TargetRubyVersion: 2.5
+  TargetRubyVersion: 2.7
   Exclude:
     - vendor/**/*
 
diff --git a/bridgetown-seo-tag.gemspec b/bridgetown-seo-tag.gemspec
index d4ca950..69b6734 100644
--- a/bridgetown-seo-tag.gemspec
+++ b/bridgetown-seo-tag.gemspec
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 13.0"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 3.5"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rubocop-bridgetown", "~> 0.3"
+  spec.metadata["rubygems_mfa_required"] = "true"
 end
diff --git a/lib/bridgetown-seo-tag.rb b/lib/bridgetown-seo-tag.rb
index e89cbcc..c89da41 100644
--- a/lib/bridgetown-seo-tag.rb
+++ b/lib/bridgetown-seo-tag.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ def options
     end
 
     def payload
-      paginator = context.registers[:page].pager if context.registers[:page].respond_to?(:pager)
+      if context.registers[:page].respond_to?(:paginator)
+        paginator = context.registers[:page].paginator
+      end
 
       # site_payload is an instance of UnifiedPayloadDrop
       Bridgetown::Utils.deep_merge_hashes(
diff --git a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/author_drop_spec.rb b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/author_drop_spec.rb
index f7f48be..65905af 100644
--- a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/author_drop_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/author_drop_spec.rb
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@
     end
 
     it "uses the author from the front matter default" do
-      expect(subject["name"]).to eql("front matter default")
+      site # init new config
+      defaults_page = Bridgetown::SeoTag::AuthorDrop.new(page: make_resource_page.to_liquid, site: site_payload.to_liquid)
+      expect(defaults_page["name"]).to eql("front matter default")
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/drop_spec.rb b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/drop_spec.rb
index b464bf0..ac1ea09 100644
--- a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/drop_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/drop_spec.rb
@@ -263,7 +263,10 @@
         end
 
         it "uses the author from the front matter default" do
-          expect(subject.author["name"]).to eql("front matter default")
+          site # init new config
+          contxt = make_context(page: make_resource_page.to_liquid, site: site)
+          defaults_page = Bridgetown::SeoTag::Drop.new("", contxt)
+          expect(defaults_page.author["name"]).to eql("front matter default")
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/filters_spec.rb b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/filters_spec.rb
index e24e4ba..8f843bb 100644
--- a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/filters_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag/filters_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   end
 
   it "stores the context" do
-    expect(subject.instance_variable_get("@context")).to be_a(Liquid::Context)
+    expect(subject.instance_variable_get(:@context)).to be_a(Liquid::Context)
   end
 
   it "exposes bridgetown filters" do
diff --git a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag_integration_spec.rb b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag_integration_spec.rb
index 6ac9e53..14c16e3 100755
--- a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag_integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag_integration_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   end
   let(:paginator) { { "previous_page" => true, "previous_page_path" => "foo", "next_page" => true, "next_page_path" => "bar" } }
   let(:page) do
-    make_page.yield_self do |page|
+    make_page.then do |page|
       page.paginator = paginator
       page
     end
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 
   context "with page.date" do
     let(:page) { make_page("date" => Date.new) }
-    it 'outputs open graph type article' do
+    it "outputs open graph type article" do
       expected = %r!<meta property="og:type" content="article" />!
       expect(output).to match(expected)
     end
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 
   context "without page.date" do
     let(:page) { make_page("date" => nil) }
-    it 'outputs open graph type website' do
+    it "outputs open graph type website" do
       expected = %r!<meta property="og:type" content="website" />!
       expect(output).to match(expected)
     end
@@ -191,9 +191,9 @@
     let(:site_config) { { "url" => "http://example.invalid" } }
 
     it "uses the site url to build the seo url" do
-      expected = %r!<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.invalid/page.html" />!
+      expected = %r!<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.invalid/page/" />!
       expect(output).to match(expected)
-      expected = %r!<meta property="og:url" content="http://example.invalid/page.html" />!
+      expected = %r!<meta property="og:url" content="http://example.invalid/page/" />!
       expect(output).to match(expected)
     end
 
@@ -209,15 +209,13 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context "with site.baseurl" do
-      let(:site_config) { { "url" => "http://example.invalid", "baseurl" => "/foo" } }
+    context "with site.base_path" do
+      let(:site_config) { { "url" => "http://example.invalid", "base_path" => "/foo" } }
 
-      it "uses baseurl to build the seo url" do
-        skip "FIXME: very strange issue with RSpec and cached site data"
-
-        expected = %r!<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.invalid/foo/page.html" />!
+      it "uses base_path to build the seo url" do
+        expected = %r!<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.invalid/foo/page/" />!
         expect(output).to match(expected)
-        expected = %r!<meta property="og:url" content="http://example.invalid/foo/page.html" />!
+        expected = %r!<meta property="og:url" content="http://example.invalid/foo/page/" />!
         expect(output).to match(expected)
       end
     end
@@ -297,8 +295,8 @@
           <title>Foo</title>
           <meta property="og:title" content="Foo" />
           <meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
-          <link rel="canonical" href="http://example.invalid/page.html" />
-          <meta property="og:url" content="http://example.invalid/page.html" />
+          <link rel="canonical" href="http://example.invalid/page/" />
+          <meta property="og:url" content="http://example.invalid/page/" />
           <meta property="og:site_name" content="Foo" />
         HTML
         expect(output).to match(expected)
diff --git a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag_spec.rb b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag_spec.rb
index cb54f53..e8e59ad 100644
--- a/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bridgetown_seo_tag_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
   subject do
     tag = described_class.parse(tag_name, text, tokenizer, parse_context)
-    tag.instance_variable_set("@context", render_context)
+    tag.instance_variable_set(:@context, render_context)
     tag
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/config/initializers.rb b/spec/fixtures/config/initializers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65c6b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/config/initializers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+Bridgetown.configure do
+  init :"bridgetown-seo-tag"
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ef8bbc1..07b57d3 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -46,18 +46,27 @@ def make_page(options = {})
   page
 end
 
+def make_resource_page(options = {})
+  origin = Bridgetown::Model::RepoOrigin.new_with_collection_path(:pages, "page.md")
+  page = Bridgetown::Model::Base.new(origin.read).to_resource
+  page.data.merge!(options)
+  page
+end
+
 def make_post(options = {})
-  filename = File.expand_path("_posts/2015-01-01-post.md", CONFIG_DEFAULTS["source"])
-  config = { site: site, collection: site.collections["posts"] }
+  # filename = File.expand_path("_posts/2015-01-01-post.md", CONFIG_DEFAULTS["source"])
+  # config = { site: site, collection: site.collections["posts"] }
   origin = Bridgetown::Model::RepoOrigin.new_with_collection_path(:posts, "_posts/2015-01-01-post.md")
   page = Bridgetown::Model::Base.new(origin.read).to_resource
-#  page = Bridgetown::Resource::Base.new filename, config
+  #  page = Bridgetown::Resource::Base.new filename, config
   page.data.merge!(options)
   page
 end
 
 def make_site(options = {}, site_config = {})
-  config = Bridgetown.configuration CONFIG_DEFAULTS.merge(site_config)
+  config = Bridgetown.configuration(CONFIG_DEFAULTS.merge(site_config)).tap do |conf|
+    conf.run_initializers! context: :static
+  end
   site = Bridgetown::Site.new(config)
   site.data["site_metadata"] = options
   site