diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 297131dc..a5b6ddc7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ before_script:
   - cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
   - cp config/secrets.yml.example config/secrets.yml
   - mysql -u root -e 'create database osem_test;'
-  - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:schema:load --trace
+  - RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake setup:bootstrap --trace
 script:
   - "./travis_script.sh $TEST_SUITE"
 env:
diff --git a/lib/tasks/setup.rake b/lib/tasks/setup.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5003cc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/setup.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'fileutils'
+
+namespace :setup do
+  task :configure do
+    puts 'Setting up the database configuration...'
+    copy_example_file('config/database.yml')
+    copy_example_file(".env.#{Rails.env}", 'dotenv.example')
+  end
+
+  desc 'Bootstrap the application'
+  task bootstrap: [:configure, :environment] do
+    puts 'Creating the database...'
+    begin
+      # Only do this if the database does not exist...
+      Rake::Task['db:version'].invoke
+      # rubocop:disable Style/RescueStandardError
+    rescue
+      # rubocop:enable Style/RescueStandardError
+      Rake::Task['db:create'].invoke
+      Rake::Task['db:setup'].invoke
+      Rake::Task['db:seed'].invoke
+    end
+
+    if Rails.env.test? || Rails.env.production?
+      puts 'Prepare assets'
+      Rake::Task['assets:clobber'].invoke
+      Rake::Task['assets:precompile'].invoke
+    end
+
+    if Rails.env.development?
+      puts 'Removing assets'
+      Rake::Task['assets:clobber'].invoke
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+def copy_example_file(example_file, source_file = nil)
+  if File.exist?(example_file) && !ENV['FORCE_EXAMPLE_FILES']
+    example_file = File.join(File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../..'), example_file)
+    puts "WARNING: You already have the config file #{example_file}, skipping..."
+  else
+    source_file ||= "#{example_file}.example"
+    puts "Creating #{example_file} from #{source_file}"
+    FileUtils.copy_file(source_file, example_file)
+  end
+end