diff --git a/dev/SapphireTest.php b/dev/SapphireTest.php
index f2be337d0..a48877b09 100755
--- a/dev/SapphireTest.php
+++ b/dev/SapphireTest.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class SapphireTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
 		$fixtureFile = eval("return {$className}::\$fixture_file;");
 		
 		// Set up fixture
-		if($fixtureFile) {
+		if($fixtureFile || !self::using_temp_db()) {
 			if(substr(DB::getConn()->currentDatabase(),0,5) != 'tmpdb') {
 				//echo "Re-creating temp database... ";
 				self::create_temp_db();