diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 55b011b99..cea5a584a 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -100,5 +100,5 @@ MEMCACHE = MockMemcache.new
 VCR.configure do |c|
   c.cassette_library_dir = "test/fixtures/vcr_cassettes"
   c.hook_into :webmock
-  c.allow_http_connections_when_no_cassette = true
+  # c.allow_http_connections_when_no_cassette = true
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/downloads/file_test.rb b/test/unit/downloads/file_test.rb
index 689012d82..8a55a7d1b 100644
--- a/test/unit/downloads/file_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/downloads/file_test.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Downloads
         setup do
           Net::HTTP.stubs(:start).raises(Errno::ETIMEDOUT)
         end
-        
+
         should "retry three times" do
           assert_raises(Errno::ETIMEDOUT) do
             @download.http_get_streaming {}
@@ -27,28 +27,38 @@ module Downloads
       end
 
       should "stream a file from an HTTP source" do
-        @download.http_get_streaming do |resp|
-          assert_equal("200", resp.code)
-          assert(resp["Content-Length"].to_i > 0, "File should be larger than 0 bytes")
+        VCR.use_cassette("download-file-http", :record => :once) do
+          @download.http_get_streaming do |resp|
+            assert_equal("200", resp.code)
+            assert(resp["Content-Length"].to_i > 0, "File should be larger than 0 bytes")
+          end
         end
       end
 
       should "throw an exception when the file is larger than the maximum" do
         assert_raise(Downloads::File::Error) do
-          @download.http_get_streaming(:max_size => 1) do |resp|
+          VCR.use_cassette("download-file-http", :record => :once) do
+            @download.http_get_streaming(:max_size => 1) do |resp|
+            end
           end
         end
       end
 
       should "store the file in the tempfile path" do
-        @download.download!
+        VCR.use_cassette("download-file-http", :record => :once) do
+          @download.download!
+        end
+
         assert_equal(@source, @download.source)
         assert(::File.exists?(@tempfile.path), "temp file should exist")
         assert(::File.size(@tempfile.path) > 0, "should have data")
       end
 
       should "initialize the content type" do
-        @download.download!
+        VCR.use_cassette("download-file-http", :record => :once) do
+          @download.download!
+        end
+
         assert_match(/image\/gif/, @download.content_type)
       end
     end
@@ -65,9 +75,11 @@ module Downloads
       end
 
       should "stream a file from an HTTPS source" do
-        @download.http_get_streaming do |resp|
-          assert_equal("200", resp.code)
-          assert(resp["Content-Length"].to_i > 0, "File should be larger than 0 bytes")
+        VCR.use_cassette("download-file-https", :record => :once) do
+          @download.http_get_streaming do |resp|
+            assert_equal("200", resp.code)
+            assert(resp["Content-Length"].to_i > 0, "File should be larger than 0 bytes")
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/unit/upload_test.rb b/test/unit/upload_test.rb
index 0fd39a8f1..ecc1d8ccb 100644
--- a/test/unit/upload_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/upload_test.rb
@@ -104,10 +104,13 @@ class UploadTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         should "initialize the final path after downloading a file" do
           @upload = FactoryGirl.create(:source_upload)
           path = "#{Rails.root}/tmp/test.download.jpg"
-          assert_nothing_raised {@upload.download_from_source(path)}
-          assert(File.exists?(path))
-          assert_equal(8558, File.size(path))
-          assert_equal(path, @upload.file_path)
+
+          VCR.use_cassette("upload-test-file", :record => :once) do
+            assert_nothing_raised {@upload.download_from_source(path)}
+            assert(File.exists?(path))
+            assert_equal(8558, File.size(path))
+            assert_equal(path, @upload.file_path)
+          end
         end
       end