diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index 401d50a17..d35a395a5 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
 describe UsersController do
   render_views
   #fixtures here?
-
   it 'should, after logging in redirect to the dashboard page' do
-   post 'index' 
-   puts "boner!"
-  end
 
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/misc_spec.rb b/spec/models/misc_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abbf71e45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/misc_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
+ 
+describe 'making sure the spec runner works' do
+
+  it 'should not delete the database mid-spec' do
+    User.count.should == 0
+    billy = User.create(:email => "billy@aol.com", :password => "foobar")
+    User.count.should == 1
+  end
+  
+  it 'should make sure the last user no longer exsists' do
+    User.count.should == 0
+  end
+  
+  describe 'testing a before do block' do
+    before do
+      @bill = User.create(:email => "billy@aol.com", :password => "foobar")
+      
+    end
+    
+    it 'should have cleaned before the before do block runs' do
+      User.count.should == 1
+    end
+    
+  end
+  
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index b652dadd1..341d78949 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Rspec.configure do |config|
   config.mock_with :rspec
 
   config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
+    config.before(:each) do
+      Mongoid.master.collections.select { |c| c.name != 'system.indexes' }.each(&:drop)  
+    end
   
   
   # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your