diff --git a/config/initializers/archive_config/locale.rb b/config/initializers/archive_config/locale.rb
index f06f39668a8..8508c0ed573 100644
--- a/config/initializers/archive_config/locale.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/archive_config/locale.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-begin
+Rails.application.config.after_initialize do
   ActiveRecord::Base.connection
   # try to set language and locale using models (which use Archive Config)
   Language.default
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 rescue
   # ArchiveConfig didn't work, try to set it manually
   if Language.table_exists? && Locale.table_exists?
-    language = Language.find_or_create_by(short: 'en', name: 'English')
+    language = Language.find_or_create_by(short: "en", name: "English")
     Locale.set_base_locale(iso: "en", name: "English (US)", language_id: language.id)
   end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/archive_config/settings_for_admin.rb b/config/initializers/archive_config/settings_for_admin.rb
index a45368a9a41..f5f9e29451a 100644
--- a/config/initializers/archive_config/settings_for_admin.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/archive_config/settings_for_admin.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-begin
+Rails.application.config.after_initialize do
   # If we have no database, fall through to rescue
   ActiveRecord::Base.connection
   AdminSetting.default if AdminSetting.table_exists?
diff --git a/config/initializers/monkeypatches/mailers_controller.rb b/config/initializers/monkeypatches/mailers_controller.rb
index bed94e324b4..ca8f9417899 100644
--- a/config/initializers/monkeypatches/mailers_controller.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/monkeypatches/mailers_controller.rb
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ module MailersController
     skip_rack_dev_mark
   end
 end
-
-::Rails::MailersController.include MailersController
+Rails.application.config.after_initialize do
+  ::Rails::MailersController.include MailersController
+end
diff --git a/factories/challenges.rb b/factories/challenges.rb
index abfed0a2f26..0372abda42c 100644
--- a/factories/challenges.rb
+++ b/factories/challenges.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     offers_attributes { [attributes_for(:offer)] }
   end
 
-  factory :prompt_meme_signup, class: ChallengeSignup do
+  factory :prompt_meme_signup, class: "ChallengeSignup" do
     pseud { create(:user).default_pseud }
     collection { create(:collection, challenge: create(:prompt_meme)) }
     requests_attributes { [attributes_for(:request)] }
diff --git a/factories/user_invite_requests.rb b/factories/user_invite_requests.rb
index 7c29e87c715..7572faf44dd 100644
--- a/factories/user_invite_requests.rb
+++ b/factories/user_invite_requests.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 require 'faker'
 FactoryBot.define do
-
-  factory :user_invite_requests, class: UserInviteRequest do
+  factory :user_invite_requests, class: "UserInviteRequest" do
     user_id { FactoryBot.create(:user).id }
     quantity { 5 }
     reason { "Because reasons!" }