diff --git a/tasks/db/migrate.rake b/tasks/db/migrate.rake
index 49a31a87..249ff051 100644
--- a/tasks/db/migrate.rake
+++ b/tasks/db/migrate.rake
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 namespace :db do
-  desc "bring your CAS server database schema up to date (options CONFIG=/path/to/config.yml)"
+  desc "bring your CAS server database schema up to date (options CONFIG_FILE=/path/to/config.yml)"
   task :migrate do |t|
     $:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../../lib"
-    
+
+    require 'casserver/authenticators/base'
     require 'casserver/server'
-    
-    CASServer::Model::Ticket.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+
+    ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.logger.level = Logger::ERROR
     ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = true
     ActiveRecord::Migrator.migrate("db/migrate")
   end