diff --git a/spec/tasks/couchrest_rails_tasks.rake_spec.rb b/spec/tasks/couchrest_rails_tasks.rake_spec.rb
index ad527ae..5d8b6a2 100644
--- a/spec/tasks/couchrest_rails_tasks.rake_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/tasks/couchrest_rails_tasks.rake_spec.rb
@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@
   
   describe 'couchdb:reset' do
     
+    it 'should drop and add the database' do
+      
+    end
+    
   end
   
   describe 'couchdb:test:reset' do
     
+    it 'should drop and the database for the test environment only' do
+      
+    end
+    
   end
   
 end
diff --git a/tasks/couchrest_rails_tasks.rake b/tasks/couchrest_rails_tasks.rake
index 258195b..2066271 100644
--- a/tasks/couchrest_rails_tasks.rake
+++ b/tasks/couchrest_rails_tasks.rake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace :couchdb do
   task :drop => :environment do
     cr = CouchRest.new(COUCHDB_SERVER[:host])
     db = cr.database(COUCHDB_SERVER[:database])
-    db.delete! rescue nil
+    db.delete!
   end
   
   desc "Drops and recreates the couchdb database for the current RAILS_ENV"