diff --git a/UltiSnips/ruby.snippets b/UltiSnips/ruby.snippets
index b5cb870e2..1316e2e2e 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/ruby.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/ruby.snippets
@@ -308,9 +308,8 @@ endsnippet
 
 snippet class "class <class_name> def initialize ... end end"
 class ${1:`!p snip.rv = snip.basename.title().replace('_', '')`}
-	def initialize(${2:*args})
-		$0
-	end
+  def initialize($2)`!p write_instance_vars(t[2],snip)`$0
+  end
 end
 endsnippet