diff --git a/spec/unit/indirector/node/active_record_spec.rb b/spec/unit/indirector/node/active_record_spec.rb
index 9143df60d..e33a4945f 100755
--- a/spec/unit/indirector/node/active_record_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/indirector/node/active_record_spec.rb
@@ -1,35 +1,41 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../../spec_helper'
 
 require 'puppet/node'
+require 'spec/lib/puppet_spec/files.rb'
 
 describe "Puppet::Node::ActiveRecord" do
+    include PuppetSpec::Files
+
     confine "Missing Rails" => Puppet.features.rails?
     confine "Missing sqlite" => Puppet.features.sqlite?
     before do 
         require 'puppet/indirector/node/active_record'
     end
 
     it "should be a subclass of the ActiveRecord terminus class" do
         Puppet::Node::ActiveRecord.ancestors.should be_include(Puppet::Indirector::ActiveRecord)
     end
 
     it "should use Puppet::Rails::Host as its ActiveRecord model" do
         Puppet::Node::ActiveRecord.ar_model.should equal(Puppet::Rails::Host)
     end
 
     it "should call fact_merge when a node is found" do
         db_instance = stub 'db_instance'
         Puppet::Node::ActiveRecord.ar_model.expects(:find_by_name).returns db_instance
 
         node = Puppet::Node.new("foo")
         db_instance.expects(:to_puppet).returns node
+
+        Puppet[:statedir] = tmpdir('active_record_tmp')
+        Puppet[:railslog] = '$statedir/rails.log'
         ar = Puppet::Node::ActiveRecord.new
 
         node.expects(:fact_merge)
 
         request = Puppet::Indirector::Request.new(:node, :find, "what.ever")
         ar.find(request)
     end
 end