diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index c40e5c2..ca850ff 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ spec =
         s.homepage = 'http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/'
         s.executables = ['camping']
 
-        s.add_dependency('activesupport', '>1.3.1')
+        s.add_dependency('activesupport', '>=1.3.1')
         s.add_dependency('markaby', '>0.4')
         s.add_dependency('metaid')
         s.required_ruby_version = '>= 1.8.2'
diff --git a/bin/camping b/bin/camping
index ca456b8..6c350dc 100755
--- a/bin/camping
+++ b/bin/camping
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ require 'ostruct'
 require 'stringio'
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'camping'
-require 'camping/session'
 require 'camping/reloader'
 require 'yaml'
 
@@ -77,27 +76,6 @@ end
 unless conf.database
     conf.database = {:adapter => 'sqlite3', :database => conf.db}
 end
-Camping::Models::Base.establish_connection conf.database
-
-if conf.log
-    Camping::Models::Base.logger = Logger.new(conf.log == "-" ? STDOUT : conf.log)
-end
-begin
-    Camping::Models::Session.create_schema
-rescue MissingSourceFile
-    puts "** #$0 stopped: SQLite3 not found, please install."
-    puts "** See http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/wiki/BeAlertWhenOnSqlite3 for instructions."
-    exit
-end
-
-if conf.database[:adapter] == 'sqlite3'
-    begin
-        require 'sqlite3_api'
-    rescue LoadError
-        puts "!! Your SQLite3 adapter isn't a compiled extension."
-        abort "!! Please check out http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/wiki/BeAlertWhenOnSqlite3 for tips."
-    end
-end
 
 apps = ARGV.inject([]) do |apps, script|
     if File.directory? script
@@ -107,6 +85,8 @@ apps = ARGV.inject([]) do |apps, script|
     end
 end
 
+Camping::Reloader.database = conf.database
+Camping::Reloader.log = conf.log
 apps.map! { |script| Camping::Reloader.new(script) }
 abort("** No apps successfully loaded") unless apps.detect { |app| app.klass }
 
diff --git a/lib/camping.rb b/lib/camping.rb
index 034fd70..919ca8c 100644
--- a/lib/camping.rb
+++ b/lib/camping.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%w[active_support markaby metaid tempfile uri].map{|l|require l}
+%w[active_support/core_ext/hash markaby metaid tempfile uri].map{|l|require l}
 module Camping;Apps=[];C=self;S=IO.read(__FILE__).sub(/S=I.+$/,'')
 P="Cam\ping Problem!";module Helpers;def R c,*g;p=/\(.+?\)/;g.inject(c.
 urls.find{|x|x.scan(p).size==g.size}.dup){|s,a|s.sub p,C.escape((a[
diff --git a/lib/camping/db.rb b/lib/camping/db.rb
index 5154e94..0f451c9 100644
--- a/lib/camping/db.rb
+++ b/lib/camping/db.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require 'active_record'
+%w[active_support active_record].map{|l|require l}
 module Camping::Models
     A = ActiveRecord
     Base = A::Base
diff --git a/lib/camping/reloader.rb b/lib/camping/reloader.rb
index 81d6c0d..b012147 100644
--- a/lib/camping/reloader.rb
+++ b/lib/camping/reloader.rb
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ def load_app
             @klass = nil
             return
         end
+        
+        Reloader.conditional_connect
         @klass.create if @klass.respond_to? :create
         @klass
     end
@@ -103,5 +105,46 @@ def run(*a)
     def view_source
         File.read(@script)
     end
+
+    class << self
+        def database=(db)
+            @database = db
+        end
+        def log=(log)
+            @log = log
+        end
+        def conditional_connect
+            # If database models are present, `autoload?` will return nil.
+            unless Camping::Models.autoload? :Base
+                require 'logger'
+                require 'camping/session'
+                Camping::Models::Base.establish_connection @database
+
+                case @log
+                when Logger
+                    Camping::Models::Base.logger = @log
+                when String
+                    Camping::Models::Base.logger = Logger.new(@log == "-" ? STDOUT : @log)
+                end
+
+                begin
+                    Camping::Models::Session.create_schema
+                rescue MissingSourceFile
+                    puts "** #$0 stopped: SQLite3 not found, please install."
+                    puts "** See http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/wiki/BeAlertWhenOnSqlite3 for instructions."
+                    exit
+                end
+
+                if @database[:adapter] == 'sqlite3'
+                    begin
+                        require 'sqlite3_api'
+                    rescue LoadError
+                        puts "!! Your SQLite3 adapter isn't a compiled extension."
+                        abort "!! Please check out http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/camping/wiki/BeAlertWhenOnSqlite3 for tips."
+                    end
+                end
+            end
+        end
+    end
 end
 end