diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/mongo_examples.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/mongo_examples.rb
index d6fc4de..0360294 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/mongo_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/mongo_examples.rb
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 module MongoTest
-  class ThingBase
+  class Base
     def self.collection
-      @connection ||= ::Mongo::Connection.new('127.0.0.1')
+      @connection ||= Mongo::Connection.new('127.0.0.1')
       @db ||= @connection.db('database_cleaner_specs')
-      @mongo ||= @db.collection(name) || @db.create_collection(name)
+      @collection ||= @db.collection(name) || @db.create_collection(name)
     end
 
     def self.count
-      @mongo.count
+      @collection.count
     end
 
     def initialize(attrs={})
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ module MongoTest
     end
   end
 
-  class Widget < ThingBase
+  class Widget < Base
   end
-  class Gadget < ThingBase
+  class Gadget < Base
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/truncation_spec.rb
index 1ac3ab5..922648d 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -2,62 +2,49 @@ require 'mongo'
 require 'database_cleaner/mongo/truncation'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/mongo_examples'
 
-module DatabaseCleaner
-  module Mongo
+describe DatabaseCleaner::Mongo::Truncation do
+  around do |example|
+    connection = Mongo::Connection.new('127.0.0.1')
+    db_name = 'database_cleaner_specs'
+    db = connection.db(db_name)
+    subject.db = db
 
-    describe Truncation do
-      let(:args) {{}}
-      let(:truncation) { described_class.new(args).tap { |t| t.db=@db } }
-      #doing this in the file root breaks autospec, doing it before(:all) just fails the specs
-      before(:all) do
-        @connection = ::Mongo::Connection.new('127.0.0.1')
-        @test_db = 'database_cleaner_specs'
-        @db = @connection.db(@test_db)
-      end
+    example.run
 
-      after(:each) do
-        @connection.drop_database(@test_db)
-      end
+    connection.drop_database(db_name)
+  end
 
-      def create_widget(attrs={})
-        MongoTest::Widget.new({:name => 'some widget'}.merge(attrs)).save!
-      end
-
-      def create_gadget(attrs={})
-        MongoTest::Gadget.new({:name => 'some gadget'}.merge(attrs)).save!
-      end
-
-      it "truncates all collections by default" do
-        create_widget
-        create_gadget
-        expect { truncation.clean }.to change {
-          [MongoTest::Widget.count, MongoTest::Gadget.count]
-        }.from([1,1]).to([0,0])
-      end
-
-      context "when collections are provided to the :only option" do
-        let(:args) {{:only => ['MongoTest::Widget']}}
-        it "only truncates the specified collections" do
-          create_widget
-          create_gadget
-          expect { truncation.clean }.to change {
-            [MongoTest::Widget.count, MongoTest::Gadget.count]
-          }.from([1,1]).to([0,1])
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "when collections are provided to the :except option" do
-        let(:args) {{:except => ['MongoTest::Widget']}}
-        it "truncates all but the specified collections" do
-          create_widget
-          create_gadget
-          expect { truncation.clean }.to change {
-            [MongoTest::Widget.count, MongoTest::Gadget.count]
-          }.from([1,1]).to([1,0])
-        end
-      end
+  before do
+    MongoTest::Widget.new(name: 'some widget').save!
+    MongoTest::Gadget.new(name: 'some gadget').save!
+  end
 
+  context "by default" do
+    it "truncates all collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MongoTest::Widget.count, MongoTest::Gadget.count]
+      }.from([1,1]).to([0,0])
     end
+  end
 
+  context "when collections are provided to the :only option" do
+    subject { described_class.new(only: ['MongoTest::Widget']) }
+
+    it "only truncates the specified collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MongoTest::Widget.count, MongoTest::Gadget.count]
+      }.from([1,1]).to([0,1])
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when collections are provided to the :except option" do
+    subject { described_class.new(except: ['MongoTest::Widget']) }
+
+    it "truncates all but the specified collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MongoTest::Widget.count, MongoTest::Gadget.count]
+      }.from([1,1]).to([1,0])
+    end
   end
 end
+
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/mongo_examples.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/mongo_examples.rb
index 44637ea..f0b8a73 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/mongo_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/mongo_examples.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-class Widget
-  include ::MongoMapper::Document
-  key :name, String
-end
-class Gadget
-  include ::MongoMapper::Document
-  key :name, String
+module MongoMapperTest
+  class Widget
+    include ::MongoMapper::Document
+    key :name, String
+  end
+  class Gadget
+    include ::MongoMapper::Document
+    key :name, String
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
index e65207b..211d3b6 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -2,59 +2,48 @@ require 'mongo_mapper'
 require 'database_cleaner/mongo_mapper/truncation'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/mongo_examples'
 
-module DatabaseCleaner
-  module MongoMapper
+describe DatabaseCleaner::MongoMapper::Truncation do
+  around do |example|
+    MongoMapper.connection = Mongo::Connection.new('127.0.0.1')
+    db_name = 'database_cleaner_specs'
+    MongoMapper.database = db_name
 
-    describe Truncation do
+    example.run
 
-      #doing this in the file root breaks autospec, doing it before(:all) just fails the specs
-      before(:all) do
-          ::MongoMapper.connection = ::Mongo::Connection.new('127.0.0.1')
-          @test_db = 'database_cleaner_specs'
-          ::MongoMapper.database = @test_db
-      end
+    MongoMapper.connection.drop_database(db_name)
+  end
 
-      before(:each) do
-        ::MongoMapper.connection.drop_database(@test_db)
-      end
-
-      def create_widget(attrs={})
-        Widget.new({:name => 'some widget'}.merge(attrs)).save!
-      end
-
-      def create_gadget(attrs={})
-        Gadget.new({:name => 'some gadget'}.merge(attrs)).save!
-      end
-
-      it "truncates all collections by default" do
-        create_widget
-        create_gadget
-        expect { Truncation.new.clean }.to change {
-          [Widget.count, Gadget.count]
-        }.from([1,1]).to([0,0])
-      end
-
-      context "when collections are provided to the :only option" do
-        it "only truncates the specified collections" do
-          create_widget
-          create_gadget
-          expect { Truncation.new(only: ['widgets']).clean }.to change {
-            [Widget.count, Gadget.count]
-          }.from([1,1]).to([0,1])
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "when collections are provided to the :except option" do
-        it "truncates all but the specified collections" do
-          create_widget
-          create_gadget
-          expect { Truncation.new(except: ['widgets']).clean }.to change {
-            [Widget.count, Gadget.count]
-          }.from([1,1]).to([1,0])
-        end
-      end
+  before do
+    MongoMapperTest::Widget.new(name: 'some widget').save!
+    MongoMapperTest::Gadget.new(name: 'some gadget').save!
+  end
 
+  context "by default" do
+    it "truncates all collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MongoMapperTest::Widget.count, MongoMapperTest::Gadget.count]
+      }.from([1,1]).to([0,0])
     end
+  end
 
+  context "when collections are provided to the :only option" do
+    subject { described_class.new(only: ['mongo_mapper_test.widgets']) }
+
+    it "only truncates the specified collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MongoMapperTest::Widget.count, MongoMapperTest::Gadget.count]
+      }.from([1,1]).to([0,1])
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when collections are provided to the :except option" do
+    subject { described_class.new(except: ['mongo_mapper_test.widgets']) }
+
+    it "truncates all but the specified collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MongoMapperTest::Widget.count, MongoMapperTest::Gadget.count]
+      }.from([1,1]).to([1,0])
+    end
   end
 end
+
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/moped/moped_examples.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/moped/moped_examples.rb
index fe8a96d..a144850 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/moped/moped_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/moped/moped_examples.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module MopedTest
-  class ThingBase
+  class Base
     def self.collection
       @db ||= 'database_cleaner_specs'
       @session ||= ::Moped::Session.new(['127.0.0.1:27017'], database: @db)
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ module MopedTest
     end
   end
 
-  class Widget < ThingBase
+  class Widget < Base
   end
-  class Gadget < ThingBase
+  class Gadget < Base
   end
-  class System < ThingBase
+  class System < Base
     def self.collection
       super
       @collection = @session['system_logs']
diff --git a/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb b/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
index 956fc67..08b1c58 100644
--- a/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/database_cleaner/moped/truncation_spec.rb
@@ -2,71 +2,50 @@ require 'moped'
 require 'database_cleaner/moped/truncation'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/moped_examples'
 
-module DatabaseCleaner
-  module Moped
+describe DatabaseCleaner::Moped::Truncation do
+  around do |example|
+    db_name = 'database_cleaner_specs'
+    session = ::Moped::Session.new(['127.0.0.1:27017'], database: db_name)
+    subject.db = db_name
 
-    describe Truncation do
-      let(:args) {{}}
-      let(:truncation) { described_class.new(args) }
-      #doing this in the file root breaks autospec, doing it before(:all) just fails the specs
-      before(:all) do
-        @test_db = 'database_cleaner_specs'
-        @session = ::Moped::Session.new(['127.0.0.1:27017'], database: @test_db)
-      end
+    example.run
 
-      before(:each) do
-        truncation.db = @test_db
-      end
+    session.drop
+    session.command(getlasterror: 1)
+  end
 
-      after(:each) do
-        @session.drop
-        @session.command(getlasterror: 1)
-      end
-
-      def create_widget(attrs={})
-        MopedTest::Widget.new({:name => 'some widget'}.merge(attrs)).save!
-      end
-
-      def create_gadget(attrs={})
-        MopedTest::Gadget.new({:name => 'some gadget'}.merge(attrs)).save!
-      end
-
-      def create_system(attrs={})
-        MopedTest::System.new({:name => 'some system'}.merge(attrs)).save!
-      end
-
-      it "truncates all collections by default" do
-        create_widget
-        create_gadget
-        create_system
-        expect { truncation.clean }.to change {
-          [MopedTest::Widget.count, MopedTest::Gadget.count, MopedTest::System.count]
-        }.from([1,1,1]).to([0,0,0])
-      end
-
-      context "when collections are provided to the :only option" do
-        let(:args) {{:only => ['MopedTest::Widget']}}
-        it "only truncates the specified collections" do
-          create_widget
-          create_gadget
-          expect { truncation.clean }.to change {
-            [MopedTest::Widget.count, MopedTest::Gadget.count, MopedTest::System.count]
-          }.from([1,1,0]).to([0,1,0])
-        end
-      end
-
-      context "when collections are provided to the :except option" do
-        let(:args) {{:except => ['MopedTest::Widget']}}
-        it "truncates all but the specified collections" do
-          create_widget
-          create_gadget
-          expect { truncation.clean }.to change {
-            [MopedTest::Widget.count, MopedTest::Gadget.count, MopedTest::System.count]
-          }.from([1,1,0]).to([1,0,0])
-        end
-      end
+  before do
+    MopedTest::Widget.new(name: 'some widget').save!
+    MopedTest::Gadget.new(name: 'some gadget').save!
+    MopedTest::System.new(name: 'some system').save!
+  end
 
+  context "by default" do
+    it "truncates all collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MopedTest::Widget.count, MopedTest::Gadget.count, MopedTest::System.count]
+      }.from([1,1,1]).to([0,0,0])
     end
+  end
 
+  context "when collections are provided to the :only option" do
+    subject { described_class.new(only: ['MopedTest::Widget']) }
+
+    it "only truncates the specified collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MopedTest::Widget.count, MopedTest::Gadget.count, MopedTest::System.count]
+      }.from([1,1,1]).to([0,1,1])
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "when collections are provided to the :except option" do
+    subject { described_class.new(except: ['MopedTest::Widget']) }
+
+    it "truncates all but the specified collections" do
+      expect { subject.clean }.to change {
+        [MopedTest::Widget.count, MopedTest::Gadget.count, MopedTest::System.count]
+      }.from([1,1,1]).to([1,0,0])
+    end
   end
 end
+