diff --git a/personal_journal.gemspec b/personal_journal.gemspec
index c881ac0..0658db3 100644
--- a/personal_journal.gemspec
+++ b/personal_journal.gemspec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ $:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
 
 # Maintain your gem's version:
 require "personal_journal/version"
-rails_root  = `pwd`.gsub("\n", "")
+rails_root  = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'production'
 app_path = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/..')
 puts rails_root
 d = Dir.entries('/').select {|entry| File.directory? File.join('/',entry) and !(entry =='.' || entry == '..') }