diff --git a/lib/raven/integrations/rails.rb b/lib/raven/integrations/rails.rb
index c499d8b3b..e324f72af 100644
--- a/lib/raven/integrations/rails.rb
+++ b/lib/raven/integrations/rails.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Rails < ::Rails::Railtie
       end
     end
 
-    config.after_initialize do
+    config.before_initialize do
       Raven.configure do |config|
         config.logger ||= ::Rails.logger
         config.project_root ||= ::Rails.root
diff --git a/spec/raven/integrations/rails_spec.rb b/spec/raven/integrations/rails_spec.rb
index 0de02efb3..66ada6c71 100644
--- a/spec/raven/integrations/rails_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/raven/integrations/rails_spec.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     Raven.configure do |config|
       config.dsn = 'dummy://notaserver'
       config.encoding = 'json'
+      config.logger = nil
     end
     Rails.env = "production"
     TestApp.initialize!
@@ -35,4 +36,16 @@
 
     expect(event['request']['url']).to eq("http://www.example.com/exception")
   end
+
+  it "sets Raven.configuration.logger correctly" do
+    expect(Raven.configuration.logger).to eq(Rails.logger)
+  end
+
+  it "sets Raven.configuration.project_root correctly" do
+    expect(Raven.configuration.project_root).to eq(Rails.root)
+  end
+
+  it "doesn't clobber a manually configured release" do
+    expect(Raven.configuration.release).to eq('beta')
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/test_rails_app/app.rb b/spec/support/test_rails_app/app.rb
index ba980c6ef..2b199d9e9 100644
--- a/spec/support/test_rails_app/app.rb
+++ b/spec/support/test_rails_app/app.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ class TestApp < Rails::Application
     get "/exception", :to => "hello#exception"
     root :to => "hello#world"
   end
+
+  initializer :configure_release do
+    Raven.configure do |config|
+      config.release = 'beta'
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 class HelloController < ActionController::Base