title: Loading Fixtures Django
body: <p>I'm trying to load some fixtures within my Django tests, but they don't seem to load.</p>
  
  <p>In my settings.py, I specify:</p>
  
  <pre><code>FIXTURE_DIRS = (os.path.join(PROJECT_DIR, 'dhtmlScheduler\\fixtures\\'))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now, within my test case:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def setUp(self):
      fixtures = ['users.json', 'employee.json']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I should also probably mention that I'm using the Nose test runner:</p>
  
  <pre><code>TEST_RUNNER = 'django_nose.NoseTestSuiteRunner'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and unittest:</p>
  
  <pre><code>class TestEmployee(unittest.TestCase):
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I must be missing something obvious, can someone point me in the right direction? </p>