diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 2eacd85..0b343cf 100644
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -19,3 +19,5 @@ end
 
 # Initialize the rails application
 Thingspeak::Application.initialize!
+
+require File.expand_path('../../config/initializers/abstract_mysql2_adapter', __FILE__)
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