diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0dc9080..7831ab8 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
 	"require": {
-		"phpunit/phpunit": "3.7.*",
+		"phpunit/phpunit": "4.2.*",
 		"mockery/mockery": ">=0.7.2"
 	},
 	"autoload": {
 		"classmap": [ "core", "tests/support/models" ]
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/core/MY_Model.php b/core/MY_Model.php
index 05add98..e93a7cb 100644
--- a/core/MY_Model.php
+++ b/core/MY_Model.php
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ public function get_all()
      */
     public function insert($data, $skip_validation = FALSE)
     {
+        $data = $this->trigger('before_create', $data);
+        
         if ($skip_validation === FALSE)
         {
             $data = $this->validate($data);
@@ -213,8 +215,6 @@ public function insert($data, $skip_validation = FALSE)
 
         if ($data !== FALSE)
         {
-            $data = $this->trigger('before_create', $data);
-
             $this->_database->insert($this->_table, $data);
             $insert_id = $this->_database->insert_id();