diff --git a/spec/lib/mastodon/cli/statuses_spec.rb b/spec/lib/mastodon/cli/statuses_spec.rb
index 2430a8841..38ebcd993 100644
--- a/spec/lib/mastodon/cli/statuses_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/mastodon/cli/statuses_spec.rb
@@ -4,9 +4,31 @@ require 'rails_helper'
 require 'mastodon/cli/statuses'
 
 describe Mastodon::CLI::Statuses do
+  let(:cli) { described_class.new }
+
   describe '.exit_on_failure?' do
     it 'returns true' do
       expect(described_class.exit_on_failure?).to be true
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#remove', use_transactional_tests: false do
+    context 'with small batch size' do
+      let(:options) { { batch_size: 0 } }
+
+      it 'exits with error message' do
+        expect { cli.invoke :remove, [], options }.to output(
+          a_string_including('Cannot run')
+        ).to_stdout.and raise_error(SystemExit)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with default batch size' do
+      it 'removes unreferenced statuses' do
+        expect { cli.invoke :remove }.to output(
+          a_string_including('Done after')
+        ).to_stdout
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 06e8418a0..0bbf8fc52 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   config.include Redisable
   config.include SignedRequestHelpers, type: :request
 
+  config.around(:each, use_transactional_tests: false) do |example|
+    self.use_transactional_tests = false
+    example.run
+    self.use_transactional_tests = true
+  end
+
   config.before :each, type: :cli do
     stub_stdout
     stub_reset_connection_pools