Hi, I've the following model and I want to execute a method on save and update, problem is that the hook is not being executed on update. class User include DataMapper::Resource include BCrypt property :id, Serial property :email, String, :index => true property :crypted_password, String, :accessor => :private ... attr_accessor :password, :password_confirmation before :save, :encrypt_password! # also tried the following with no success: # before :update, :encrypt_password! # and tried this but hell was never raised # before :update do # raise 'hell' # end def encrypt_password! self.crypted_password = Password.create password end end This spec fails: it 'should call encrypt_password! on update' do subject.save.should be_true subject.should_receive(:encrypt_password!) subject.update(:password => 'other-password', :password_confirmation => 'other-password').should be_true end And this passes: it 'should call encrypt_password! on create' do subject.should_receive(:encrypt_password!) subject.save.should be_true end I've also tried with after :update in addition to after :save with no success. Am I missing something?