diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 0acec64a..2ac18294 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require File.expand_path('../minimal_test_helper', __FILE__)
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "test"
 require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
 require 'rails/test_help'