diff --git a/lib/whenever.rb b/lib/whenever.rb
index 59e2fce..4801211 100644
--- a/lib/whenever.rb
+++ b/lib/whenever.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 require 'chronic'
 
-# Hoping to load Rails' Rakefile
-begin
-  load 'Rakefile'
-rescue LoadError
-  nil
-end
-
-# If Rails' rakefile was loaded than so was active_support, but
-# if this is being used in a non-rails enviroment we need to require it.
 # It was previously defined as a dependency of this gem, but that became
 # problematic. See: http://github.com/javan/whenever/issues#issue/1
 begin
diff --git a/lib/whenever/base.rb b/lib/whenever/base.rb
index 45d6944..a299f25 100644
--- a/lib/whenever/base.rb
+++ b/lib/whenever/base.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@ module Whenever
   end
   
   def self.path
-    if defined?(Rails)
-      Rails.root.to_s
-    elsif defined?(::Rails)
-      ::Rails.root.to_s
-    end
+    Dir.pwd
   end
 
 end
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