diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim b/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
index 494bd300..68e5b868 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.slim
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ html lang="en"
.bottom
p © Companytools 2012
= yield :footer
-
-
.content
- if flash[:alert].present?
.alert.alert-error
diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index a48f6249..d657f0a2 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ module JSON
end
MultiJson.engine = :json_gem
+# This is a fix for testing models that
+# are frozen after destroy and then extended
+# by active_decorator when running the specs
require 'simply_stored'
module SimplyStored::Couch
def freeze