use Dir.pwd as default path instead of loading Rails and getting the Rails.root

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

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