diff --git a/features/support/env.rb b/features/support/env.rb
index cc4f56e3..a9e3e6c9 100644
--- a/features/support/env.rb
+++ b/features/support/env.rb
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@
 # instead of editing this one. Cucumber will automatically load all features/**/*.rb
 # files.
 
-# test coverage from codeclimate
-require "codeclimate-test-reporter"
-CodeClimate::TestReporter.start
-
-# local test coverage
-require 'simplecov'
-SimpleCov.start 'rails'
-
 require 'cucumber/rails'
 require 'aruba/cucumber'
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/continuous_integration.rake b/lib/tasks/continuous_integration.rake
index 67b5f161..5a393c11 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/continuous_integration.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/continuous_integration.rake
@@ -1 +1,16 @@
-task :ci => ['db:migrate', :test, :cucumber]
+task :ci do |t|
+  ENV['RAILS_ENV']  ||= "test"
+
+  # test coverage from codeclimate
+  require "codeclimate-test-reporter"
+  CodeClimate::TestReporter.start
+
+  # local test coverage
+  require 'simplecov'
+  SimpleCov.start 'rails'
+
+  [:environment, 'db:migrate', 'test:all', 'cucumber'].each do |t|
+    print "running '#{t}'\n"
+    Rake::Task[t].invoke
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/minimal_test_helper.rb b/test/minimal_test_helper.rb
index a230f3b0..d1d73ae9 100644
--- a/test/minimal_test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/minimal_test_helper.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-# test coverage from codeclimate
-require "codeclimate-test-reporter"
-CodeClimate::TestReporter.start
-
-# local test coverage
-require 'simplecov'
-SimpleCov.start 'rails'
-
-ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
 require 'test/unit'
 require 'mocha/setup'
 
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index e3ab13cd..22b639f1 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
 
-# test coverage from codeclimate
-require "codeclimate-test-reporter"
-CodeClimate::TestReporter.start
-
-# local test coverage
-require 'simplecov'
-SimpleCov.start 'rails'
-
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
 require 'rails/test_help'