Webrat.configure do |config| config.mode = :selenium config.application_environment = :selenium config.selenium_browser_startup_timeout = 30 end Cucumber::Rails::World.use_transactional_fixtures = false require 'database_cleaner' # clean the database once when starting DatabaseCleaner.clean_with :truncation DatabaseCleaner.strategy = :truncation Before do DatabaseCleaner.start end After do DatabaseCleaner.clean end