diff --git a/personal_journal.gemspec b/personal_journal.gemspec
index 6c33d95..cd63cdf 100644
--- a/personal_journal.gemspec
+++ b/personal_journal.gemspec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
 # Maintain your gem's version:
 require "personal_journal/version"
 require 'rails'
-puts Rails.root.to_s
+puts (Rails.root.to_s || 'none')
 app_path = File.expand_path(__dir__ + '/..')
 d = Dir.entries(app_path).select {|entry| File.directory? File.join(app_path,entry) and !(entry =='.' || entry == '..') }
 #puts RAILS_ROOT