diff --git a/spec/cycle_spec.rb b/spec/cycle_spec.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/cycle_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/cycle_spec.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ require 'tmpdir'
 class Chicken < ActiveRecord::Base
 end
 
+ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(File.join(DumpRake::RailsRoot, 'log/dump.log'))
+
 def database_configs
   YAML.load(IO.read(File.expand_path('../db/database.yml', __FILE__)))
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test'
 require 'dummy_rails_app'
 require 'dump_rake'
 
-ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(File.join(DumpRake::RailsRoot, 'log/dump.log'))
 
 def grab_output
   real_stdout, $stdout = $stdout, StringIO.new
move setting logger to cycle_spec