diff --git a/lib/sequel-rails/railties/database.rake b/lib/sequel-rails/railties/database.rake
index e2475d5..a12a256 100644
--- a/lib/sequel-rails/railties/database.rake
+++ b/lib/sequel-rails/railties/database.rake
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ namespace :db do
     end
     
     desc "Load a schema.rb file into the database"
-    task :load do
+    task :load, :needs => :environment do
+      require 'sequel-rails/storage'
+      Rails::Sequel::Storage.new(Rails.env).create
+      
       file = ENV['SCHEMA'] || "#{Rails.root}/db/schema.rb"
       if File.exists?(file)
         load(file)
diff --git a/sequel-rails.gemspec b/sequel-rails.gemspec
index 73f2b07..72e1d46 100644
--- a/sequel-rails.gemspec
+++ b/sequel-rails.gemspec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{sequel-rails}
-  s.version = "0.1.5"
+  s.version = "0.1.6"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Brasten Sager (brasten)"]