diff --git a/features/support/env.rb b/features/support/env.rb
index f34175d..d9dc355 100644
--- a/features/support/env.rb
+++ b/features/support/env.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # instead of editing this one. Cucumber will automatically load all features/**/*.rb
 # files.
 
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
+
 require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../config/environment')
 require 'cucumber/rails'
 
--
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