diff --git a/lib/hydra/master.rb b/lib/hydra/master.rb
index dc1d850..baa088f 100644
--- a/lib/hydra/master.rb
+++ b/lib/hydra/master.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
       @verbose = opts.fetch('verbose') { false }
       @autosort = opts.fetch('autosort') { true }
       @sync = opts.fetch('sync') { nil }
+      @environment = opts.fetch('environment') { 'test' }
 
       if @autosort
         sort_files_from_report 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
 
       runners = worker.fetch('runners') { raise "You must specify the number of runners"  }
       command = worker.fetch('command') { 
-        "ruby -e \"require 'rubygems'; require 'hydra'; Hydra::Worker.new(:io => Hydra::Stdio.new, :runners => #{runners}, :verbose => #{@verbose});\""
+        "RAILS_ENV=#{@environment} ruby -e \"require 'rubygems'; require 'hydra'; Hydra::Worker.new(:io => Hydra::Stdio.new, :runners => #{runners}, :verbose => #{@verbose});\""
       }
 
       trace "Booting SSH worker" 
diff --git a/lib/hydra/tasks.rb b/lib/hydra/tasks.rb
index 47e4b09..eb50f75 100644
--- a/lib/hydra/tasks.rb
+++ b/lib/hydra/tasks.rb
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
         end
         @listeners.each{|l| l.join}
         $stdout.write "\n==== Hydra Running #{@name} COMPLETE ====\n\n"
-        $stdout.write @results.values.join('\n')
+        $stdout.write @results.values.join("\n")
       end
     end