FYI, I just opened a ticket with a patch to avoid loading ActiveRecord::SessionStore on initialization if it is not in use: https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994-ruby-on-rails/tickets/2737-dont-load-activerecordsessionstore-during-intialization-if-its-not-used-by-the-app Cheers, Luke -- Luke Melia luke@lukemelia.com http://www.lukemelia.com/