diff --git a/dbapi.cabal b/dbapi.cabal
index 2e85241a3..3f163d12d 100644
--- a/dbapi.cabal
+++ b/dbapi.cabal
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Test-Suite spec
   Hs-Source-Dirs:      src , test
   Ghc-Options:         -Wall
   Main-Is:             Spec.hs
-  Other-Modules:       Dbapi
+  Other-Modules:       Dbapi, SpecHelper
   Build-Depends:       base, hspec2
                      , hspec-wai
                      , HDBC, HDBC-postgresql
diff --git a/test/Feature/RangeSpec.hs b/test/Feature/RangeSpec.hs
index 4d6f5a26f..92ab568a4 100644
--- a/test/Feature/RangeSpec.hs
+++ b/test/Feature/RangeSpec.hs
@@ -5,16 +5,15 @@ import Test.Hspec
 import Test.Hspec.Wai
 import Test.Hspec.Wai.JSON
 
-import Dbapi (AppConfig(..), app)
+import SpecHelper
+
+import Dbapi (app)
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = hspec spec
 
-cfg :: AppConfig
-cfg = AppConfig "postgres://postgres:@localhost:5432/dbapi_test" 9000
-
 spec :: Spec
-spec = with (return $ app cfg) $ do
+spec = with (prepareAppDb "schema" $ app cfg) $ do
   describe "GET /" $ do
     it "responds with 200" $ do
       get "/" `shouldRespondWith` 200
diff --git a/test/SpecHelper.hs b/test/SpecHelper.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee26e0420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/SpecHelper.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+module SpecHelper where
+
+import Network.Wai
+
+import Database.HDBC
+import Database.HDBC.PostgreSQL
+
+import Dbapi (AppConfig(..))
+
+cfg :: AppConfig
+cfg = AppConfig "postgres://postgres:@localhost:5432/dbapi_test" 9000
+
+loadFixture :: String -> IO Connection
+loadFixture name = do
+  conn <- connectPostgreSQL $ configDbUri cfg
+  sql <- readFile $ "test/fixtures/" ++ name ++ ".sql"
+  runRaw conn "drop schema if exists \"1\" cascade"
+  runRaw conn sql
+  commit conn
+  return conn
+
+prepareAppDb :: String -> Application -> IO Application
+prepareAppDb = (. return) . (>>) . loadFixture
diff --git a/test/Unit/PgQuerySpec.hs b/test/Unit/PgQuerySpec.hs
index 0f47f7284..502c6ae2d 100644
--- a/test/Unit/PgQuerySpec.hs
+++ b/test/Unit/PgQuerySpec.hs
@@ -5,18 +5,11 @@ module Unit.PgQuerySpec where
 import Test.Hspec
 
 import Database.HDBC
-import Database.HDBC.PostgreSQL
 
 import PgQuery (insert)
 import Types (SqlRow(..))
 
-loadFixture :: String -> IO Connection
-loadFixture name = do
-  conn <- connectPostgreSQL "postgres://postgres:@localhost:5432/dbapi_test"
-  sql <- readFile $ "test/fixtures/" ++ name ++ ".sql"
-  runRaw conn "drop schema if exists \"1\" cascade"
-  runRaw conn sql
-  return conn
+import SpecHelper
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = hspec spec