diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 650abe3e..d05f6743 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'geocoding_utilities'
+
 class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
   acts_as_addressed
   include GeocodingUtilities
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 64264208..02fcca0a 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
 require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
 require 'rspec/rails'
+require 'authlogic/test_case'
 include Authlogic::TestCase
 
 # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,