diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 7dcae0e..5c79ccd 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 end
 
 database_file = SecureRandom.hex
-ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = {
+ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = debug = {
   default_env: {
     url: ENV['DATABASE_URL'].presence || "sqlite3://#{Dir.tmpdir}/#{database_file}.sqlite3",
     properties: { allowPublicKeyRetrieval: true } # for JRuby madness
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-puts "Testing with #{ActiveRecord::Base.configurations}"
+puts "Testing with #{debug}"
 
 # Configure ActiveRecord
 ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index f0e1847..d5d7b7a 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 require 'parallel'
 
 database_file = SecureRandom.hex
-ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = {
+ActiveRecord::Base.configurations = debug = {
   default_env: {
     url: ENV['DATABASE_URL'].presence || "sqlite3://#{Dir.tmpdir}/#{database_file}.sqlite3",
     properties: { allowPublicKeyRetrieval: true } # for JRuby madness
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   }
 }
 
-puts "Testing with #{ActiveRecord::Base.configurations}"
+puts "Testing with #{debug}"
 
 ENV['WITH_ADVISORY_LOCK_PREFIX'] ||= SecureRandom.hex