put this in features/support/env.rb right after: if defined?(ActiveRecord::Base) begin require 'database_cleaner' DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation rescue LoadError => ignore_if_database_cleaner_not_present end en

env.rb

  Before do
    #Seed the DB
    Fixtures.reset_cache  
    fixtures_folder = File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'test', 'fixtures')
    fixtures = Dir[File.join(fixtures_folder, '*.yml')].map {|f| File.basename(f, '.yml') }
    Fixtures.create_fixtures(fixtures_folder, fixtures)
    puts "Loading fixtures...."
  end