diff --git a/lib/rails-settings-cached.rb b/lib/rails-settings-cached.rb
index db76a3a..1633d15 100644
--- a/lib/rails-settings-cached.rb
+++ b/lib/rails-settings-cached.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 require_relative "rails-settings/fields/integer"
 require_relative "rails-settings/fields/string"
 
-require_relative "rails-settings/base"
 require_relative "rails-settings/configuration"
 require_relative "rails-settings/request_cache"
 require_relative "rails-settings/middleware"
@@ -17,6 +16,14 @@
 require_relative "rails-settings/version"
 
 module RailsSettings
+  class ProtectedKeyError < RuntimeError
+    def initialize(key)
+      super("Can't use #{key} as setting key.")
+    end
+  end
+
+  autoload :Base, "rails-settings/base"
+
   module Fields
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/rails-settings/base.rb b/lib/rails-settings/base.rb
index 9fb81bc..15f5fb8 100644
--- a/lib/rails-settings/base.rb
+++ b/lib/rails-settings/base.rb
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module RailsSettings
-  class ProtectedKeyError < RuntimeError
-    def initialize(key)
-      super("Can't use #{key} as setting key.")
-    end
-  end
-
   class Base < ActiveRecord::Base
     PROTECTED_KEYS = %w[var value]
     self.table_name = table_name_prefix + "settings"
 
+    after_commit :clear_cache, on: %i[create update destroy]
+
     # get the value field, YAML decoded
     def value
       # rubocop:disable Security/YAMLLoad
diff --git a/lib/rails-settings/railtie.rb b/lib/rails-settings/railtie.rb
index 5c500b1..8691cf4 100644
--- a/lib/rails-settings/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/rails-settings/railtie.rb
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 module RailsSettings
   class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
-    initializer "rails_settings.active_record.initialization" do
-      RailsSettings::Base.after_commit :clear_cache, on: %i[create update destroy]
-    end
-
     initializer "rails_settings.configure_rails_initialization" do |app|
       app.middleware.use RailsSettings::Middleware
     end