Put the code in the wrong block.

features/support/hooks.rb

@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ unless Bundler.settings.without.include?(:coverage)
     simplecov_setup_pathname = Pathname.new(__FILE__).expand_path.parent.join('simplecov_setup')
     # set environment variable so child processes will merge their coverage data with parent process's coverage data.
     set_env('RUBYOPT', "#{ENV['RUBYOPT']} -r#{simplecov_setup_pathname}")
+  end
 
-    Before('@db') do |scenario|
-      dbconfig = YAML::load(File.open(Metasploit::Framework::Database.configurations_pathname))
-      ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(dbconfig["test"])
-    end
+  Before('@db') do |scenario|
+    dbconfig = YAML::load(File.open(Metasploit::Framework::Database.configurations_pathname))
+    ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(dbconfig["test"])
   end
 end