diff --git a/test/unit/category_finder_test.rb b/test/unit/category_finder_test.rb
index 7ec2a54..e48f121 100644
--- a/test/unit/category_finder_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/category_finder_test.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ class CategoryFinderTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     c4 = Category.create!(:name => 'child 2', :environment => Environment.default, :parent => c1)
     c5 = Category.create!(:name => 'grandchild 2', :environment => Environment.default, :parent => c4)
 
+    c1.reload
+
     assert_equivalent [c1,c2,c3,c4,c5].map(&:id), CategoryFinder.new(c1).category_ids
   end
 
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ class CategoryFinderTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     child  = Category.create!(:name => 'child category', :environment => Environment.default, :parent => parent)
     p1 = create_user('people_1').person; p1.name = 'a beautiful person'; p1.categories << child; p1.save!
 
+    parent.reload
+
     f = CategoryFinder.new(parent)
     assert_includes f.find(:people, 'beautiful'), p1
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/rss_feed_test.rb b/test/unit/rss_feed_test.rb
index 45be7c2..bd95ee8 100644
--- a/test/unit/rss_feed_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/rss_feed_test.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class RssFeedTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     a3_2 = a3.children.build(:name => 'article 3.2', :parent => a3, :profile => profile); a3_2.save!
     a3_2_1 = a3_2.children.build(:name => 'article 3.2.1', :parent => a3_2, :profile => profile); a3_2_1.save!
 
+    a3.reload
     feed = RssFeed.new(:name => 'testfeed')
     feed.parent = a3
     feed.profile = profile
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