diff --git a/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php b/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
index fc78e5d04a..4d40c6aba7 100755
--- a/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
+++ b/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@ if (php_sapi_name() != 'cli')
 
 define('IN_PHPBB', true);
 
-if (!defined('PHPBB_ENVIRONMENT'))
-{
-	@define('PHPBB_ENVIRONMENT', 'production');
-}
-
 $phpbb_root_path = __DIR__ . '/../';
 $phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/startup.' . $phpEx);
@@ -38,6 +33,11 @@ $phpbb_class_loader->register();
 $phpbb_config_php_file = new \phpbb\config_php_file($phpbb_root_path, $phpEx);
 extract($phpbb_config_php_file->get_all());
 
+if (!defined('PHPBB_ENVIRONMENT'))
+{
+	@define('PHPBB_ENVIRONMENT', 'production');
+}
+
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/constants.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions.' . $phpEx);
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_admin.' . $phpEx);