diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 78181ee..fdbd60f 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ class Modeltests(unittest.TestCase):
             if filename.endswith('.git') and os.path.isdir(filename):
                 shutil.rmtree(filename)
 
-        for folder in ['tickets', 'repos', 'forks', 'docs', 'requests']:
+        for folder in ['tickets', 'repos', 'forks', 'docs',
+                       'requests' ,'releases']:
             folder = os.path.join(HERE, folder)
             if os.path.exists(folder):
                 shutil.rmtree(folder)