diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a93e65d64..3f815a86e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ env:
     - GITHUB_SECRET=dummy
     - KNAPSACK_PRO_FIXED_QUEUE_SPLIT=true
     - KNAPSACK_PRO_LOG_LEVEL=info
-    - KNAPSACK_PRO_TEST_FILE_EXCLUDE_PATTERN="spec/services/rss_reader_spec.rb"
     - KNAPSACK_PRO_CI_NODE_TOTAL=3
     - COVERAGE_REPORTS_TOTAL=4
   jobs:
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ script:
   - if [ "$KNAPSACK_PRO_CI_NODE_INDEX" == "1" ]; then bundle exec bundle-audit check --update --ignore CVE-2015-9284; fi
   - if [ "$KNAPSACK_PRO_CI_NODE_INDEX" == "1" ]; then yarn build-storybook; fi
   - if [ "$KNAPSACK_PRO_CI_NODE_INDEX" == "2" ]; then bundle exec rails runner -e production 'puts "App booted successfully"'; fi
-  - if [ "$KNAPSACK_PRO_CI_NODE_INDEX" == "2" ]; then bundle exec rspec spec/services/rss_reader_spec.rb; fi
 after_script:
   - ./cc-test-reporter format-coverage -t simplecov -o ./coverage/codeclimate.$KNAPSACK_PRO_CI_NODE_INDEX.json ./coverage/spec/.resultset.json
   - ./cc-test-reporter sum-coverage --output - --parts $COVERAGE_REPORTS_TOTAL coverage/codeclimate.*.json | ./cc-test-reporter upload-coverage --input -
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2782de6ed..fb99296df 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ end
 
 group :test do
   gem "approvals", "~> 0.0" # A library to make it easier to do golden-master style testing in Ruby
+  gem "database_cleaner-active_record", "~> 1.8.0"
   gem "exifr", ">= 1.3.6" # EXIF Reader is a module to read EXIF from JPEG and TIFF images
   gem "factory_bot_rails", "~> 6.0" # factory_bot is a fixtures replacement with a straightforward definition syntax, support for multiple build strategies
   gem "launchy", "~> 2.5" # Launchy is helper class for launching cross-platform applications in a fire and forget manner.
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9164ca765..2726c831f 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ GEM
       safe_yaml (~> 1.0.0)
     crass (1.0.6)
     dante (0.2.0)
+    database_cleaner (1.8.5)
+    database_cleaner-active_record (1.8.0)
+      activerecord
+      database_cleaner (~> 1.8.0)
     datetime_picker_rails (0.0.7)
       momentjs-rails (>= 2.8.1)
     ddtrace (0.36.0)
@@ -903,6 +907,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   cld (~> 0.8)
   cloudinary (~> 1.15)
   counter_culture (~> 2.5)
+  database_cleaner-active_record (~> 1.8.0)
   ddtrace (~> 0.36.0)
   derailed_benchmarks (~> 1.7)
   devise (~> 4.7)
diff --git a/spec/services/rss_reader_spec.rb b/spec/services/rss_reader_spec.rb
index 7fe46199a..d83307065 100644
--- a/spec/services/rss_reader_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/rss_reader_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ require "rss"
 
 default_logger = Rails.logger
 
-RSpec.describe RssReader, type: :service, vcr: true do
+RSpec.describe RssReader, type: :service, vcr: true, db_strategy: :truncation do
+  self.use_transactional_tests = false
+
   let(:link) { "https://medium.com/feed/@vaidehijoshi" }
   let(:nonmedium_link) { "https://circleci.com/blog/feed.xml" }
   let(:nonpermanent_link) { "https://medium.com/feed/@macsiri/" }
diff --git a/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb b/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40416349b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/database_cleaner.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  config.after(:each, db_strategy: :truncation) do |_example|
+    DatabaseCleaner.clean_with(:truncation)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/system/dashboards/user_sorts_dashboard_articles_spec.rb b/spec/system/dashboards/user_sorts_dashboard_articles_spec.rb
index b218ff84c..1704dac49 100644
--- a/spec/system/dashboards/user_sorts_dashboard_articles_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/dashboards/user_sorts_dashboard_articles_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
-RSpec.describe "Sorting Dashboard Articles", type: :system, js: true do
+RSpec.describe "Sorting Dashboard Articles", type: :system, js: true, db_strategy: :truncation do
+  self.use_transactional_tests = false
+
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
   let(:article1) { create(:article, user_id: user.id, published_at: 10.minutes.ago, created_at: 1.day.ago, public_reactions_count: 5, page_views_count: 0, comments_count: 100) }
   let(:article2) { create(:article, user_id: user.id, published_at: 1.minute.ago, created_at: 2.days.ago, public_reactions_count: 1, page_views_count: 10, comments_count: 0) }
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