diff --git a/lib/sequel_rails/railties/database.rake b/lib/sequel_rails/railties/database.rake
index b72b80a..da39579 100644
--- a/lib/sequel_rails/railties/database.rake
+++ b/lib/sequel_rails/railties/database.rake
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ namespace sequel_rails_namespace do
     @db_for_current_env[Rails.env] ||= ::SequelRails.setup(Rails.env)
   end
 
+  def run_dump(namespace)
+    case (SequelRails.configuration.schema_format ||= :ruby)
+    when :ruby
+      Rake::Task["#{namespace}:schema:dump"].invoke
+    when :sql
+      Rake::Task["#{namespace}:structure:dump"].invoke
+    else
+      abort "unknown schema format #{SequelRails.configuration.schema_format}"
+    end
+  end
+
   # desc "Raises an error if there are pending migrations"
   task :abort_if_pending_migrations => [:environment, "#{sequel_rails_namespace}:migrate:load"] do
     if SequelRails::Migrations.pending_migrations?
@@ -70,14 +81,7 @@ namespace sequel_rails_namespace do
   end
 
   task :dump => :environment do
-    case (SequelRails.configuration.schema_format ||= :ruby)
-    when :ruby
-      Rake::Task["#{sequel_rails_namespace}:schema:dump"].invoke
-    when :sql
-      Rake::Task["#{sequel_rails_namespace}:structure:dump"].invoke
-    else
-      abort "unknown schema format #{SequelRails.configuration.schema_format}"
-    end
+    run_dump(sequel_rails_namespace)
   end
 
   task :load => :environment do
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ namespace sequel_rails_namespace do
       version = ENV['VERSION'] ? ENV['VERSION'].to_i : nil
       fail 'VERSION is required' unless version
       SequelRails::Migrations.migrate_up!(version)
-      Rake::Task["#{sequel_rails_namespace}:dump"].invoke if SequelRails.configuration.schema_dump
+      run_dump(sequel_rails_namespace) if SequelRails.configuration.schema_dump
     end
 
     desc 'Runs the "down" for a given migration VERSION.'
@@ -155,14 +159,14 @@ namespace sequel_rails_namespace do
       version = ENV['VERSION'] ? ENV['VERSION'].to_i : nil
       fail 'VERSION is required' unless version
       SequelRails::Migrations.migrate_down!(version)
-      Rake::Task["#{sequel_rails_namespace}:dump"].invoke if SequelRails.configuration.schema_dump
+      run_dump(sequel_rails_namespace) if SequelRails.configuration.schema_dump
     end
   end
 
   desc 'Migrate the database to the latest version'
   task :migrate => 'migrate:load' do
     SequelRails::Migrations.migrate_up!(ENV['VERSION'] ? ENV['VERSION'].to_i : nil)
-    Rake::Task["#{sequel_rails_namespace}:dump"].invoke if SequelRails.configuration.schema_dump
+    run_dump(sequel_rails_namespace) if SequelRails.configuration.schema_dump
   end
 
   desc 'Rollback the latest migration file or down to specified VERSION=x'
@@ -173,7 +177,7 @@ namespace sequel_rails_namespace do
                 SequelRails::Migrations.previous_migration
               end
     SequelRails::Migrations.migrate_down! version
-    Rake::Task["#{sequel_rails_namespace}:dump"].invoke if SequelRails.configuration.schema_dump
+    run_dump(sequel_rails_namespace) if SequelRails.configuration.schema_dump
   end
 
   desc 'Load the seed data from db/seeds.rb'