diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands.rb
index 55744db275..500dcf7f9e 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ when 'c', 'console'
   require APP_PATH
   Rails::Console.start(Rails::Application)
 when 's', 'server'
+  require APP_PATH
   require 'rails/commands/server'
   Dir.chdir(ROOT_PATH)
   Rails::Server.start
@@ -68,4 +69,4 @@ when '--version', '-v'
 else
   puts "Error: Command not recognized"
   puts HELP_TEXT
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end