diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/rails b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/rails
index 80ec8080ab..513a2e0183 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/rails
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/bin/rails
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-APP_PATH = File.expand_path('../../config/application', __FILE__)
+APP_PATH = File.expand_path('../config/application', __dir__)
 require_relative '../config/boot'
 require 'rails/commands'