diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 33231be..536f961 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Add your own tasks in files placed in lib/tasks ending in .rake,
 # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake.
 
+# These rake tasks should always be run in the 'test' environment and the
+# environment name must be set before loading the Rails application
+test_env_tasks = %w(spec)
+if Rake.application.top_level_tasks.any? { |t| test_env_tasks.include?(t) }
+  ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = 'test'
+end
+
 require File.expand_path('../config/application', __FILE__)
 
 Rails.application.load_tasks
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