4 files changed, 13 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
index d154808029..27ac7fd20a 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/console.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ require "irb/completion"
 
 module Rails
   class Console
-    ENVIRONMENTS = %w(production development test)
-
     def self.start(app)
       new(app).start
     end
@@ -25,10 +23,6 @@ module Rails
         opt.parse!(ARGV)
       end
 
-      if env = ARGV.pop
-        ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = ENVIRONMENTS.find { |e| e.index(env) } || env
-      end
-
       @app.initialize!
       require "rails/console_app"
       require "rails/console_sandbox" if options[:sandbox]
@@ -54,3 +48,8 @@ module Rails
     end
   end
 end
+
+# Has to set the RAILS_ENV before config/application is required
+if ARGV.first && !ARGV.first.index("-") && env = ARGV.pop # has to pop the env ARGV so IRB doesn't freak
+  ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = %w(production development test).find { |e| e.index(env) } || env
+end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/dbconsole.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/dbconsole.rb
index 77c3404343..b836a17a49 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/dbconsole.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/dbconsole.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ module Rails
         abort opt.to_s unless (0..1).include?(ARGV.size)
       end
 
-      env = ARGV.first || ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'development'
       unless config = YAML::load(ERB.new(IO.read("#{@app.root}/config/database.yml")).result)[env]
         abort "No database is configured for the environment '#{env}'"
       end
@@ -97,4 +96,9 @@ module Rails
       end
     end
   end
+end
+
+# Has to set the RAILS_ENV before config/application is required
+if ARGV.first && !ARGV.first.index("-") && env = ARGV.first
+  ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = %w(production development test).find { |e| e.index(env) } || env
 end
 \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
index 0246348c77..4487d2e7b1 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ end
 ARGV.delete(code_or_file)
 
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = options[:environment]
-RAILS_ENV.replace(options[:environment]) if defined?(RAILS_ENV)
 
 begin
   if code_or_file.nil?
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/commands/server.rb b/railties/lib/rails/commands/server.rb
index 09d7207d51..b21ae2a17b 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/commands/server.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/commands/server.rb
@@ -38,15 +38,14 @@ module Rails
     end
 
     def start
+      ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = options[:environment]
+
       puts "=> Booting #{ActiveSupport::Inflector.demodulize(server)}"
-      puts "=> Rails #{Rails.version} application starting on http://#{options[:Host]}:#{options[:Port]}"
+      puts "=> Rails #{Rails.version} application starting in #{Rails.env} on http://#{options[:Host]}:#{options[:Port]}"
       puts "=> Call with -d to detach" unless options[:daemonize]
       trap(:INT) { exit }
       puts "=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server" unless options[:daemonize]
 
-      ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = options[:environment]
-      RAILS_ENV.replace(options[:environment]) if defined?(RAILS_ENV)
-
       super
     ensure
       puts 'Exiting' unless options[:daemonize]