Defining FactoryGirl for User model of Devise fails

I've spent the last two hours figuring out what is wrong, but could not find the answer anywhere. Its my first rails application (except Hartl's tutorial) so the solution might be simple.. I'm using Devise to manage my Users, everything is really ok with it up until now. Trying to test the User model I defined a factory like this: ``` FactoryGirl.define do factory :user do email "g@g.com" password "123123" password_confirmation { "123123" } end end ``` and the test is: ``` describe User do # pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}" @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user) subject(:user) it { should respond_to(:email) } it { should respond_to(:password) } it { should be_valid } end ``` But the last line ( it { should be_valid } ) fails the test. I've printed the value of user/@user (tried both) and it came out nil. Edit: It's not nil. Its ``` #<User id: 13, email: "email1@factory.com", encrypted_password: "$2a$04$.lWs6yadJu/Ya67xi.W1F.fd6sWLGkzc/59.lgTi0sA7...", reset_password_token: nil, reset_password_sent_at: nil, remember_created_at: nil, sign_in_count: 0, current_sign_in_at: nil, last_sign_in_at: nil, current_sign_in_ip: nil, last_sign_in_ip: nil, created_at: "2012-08-27 15:48:23", updated_at: "2012-08-27 15:48:23"> class User < ActiveRecord::Base # Include default devise modules. Others available are: # :token_authenticatable, :confirmable, # :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable # Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me # attr_accessible :title, :body validates :email, :presence => true validates :password, :presence => true end ``` What is it that I don't see?