diff --git a/db/fixtures/999_delayed.rb b/db/fixtures/999_delayed.rb
index 59b96b993de..8862fdd729d 100644
--- a/db/fixtures/999_delayed.rb
+++ b/db/fixtures/999_delayed.rb
@@ -180,4 +180,6 @@ Migration::TableDropper.delayed_drop(
   }
 )
 
+STDERR.puts "Resetting Active Record Cache"
 Discourse.reset_active_record_cache
+ActiveRecord::Base.connection.close
diff --git a/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb b/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
index f3ad97fbd97..aaecead511c 100644
--- a/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/discourse-narrative-bot/plugin.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ end
 require_relative 'lib/discourse_narrative_bot/welcome_post_type_site_setting.rb'
 
 after_initialize do
-  SeedFu.fixture_paths.unshift Rails.root.join("plugins", "discourse-narrative-bot", "db", "fixtures").to_s
+  SeedFu.fixture_paths << Rails.root.join("plugins", "discourse-narrative-bot", "db", "fixtures").to_s
 
   Mime::Type.register "image/svg+xml", :svg