diff --git a/bin/hrphp b/bin/hrphp
index 7a34f7e..2814540 100755
--- a/bin/hrphp
+++ b/bin/hrphp
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 // set the default time zone, just in case
 date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
+
 // define some application constants
 if (!defined('APPLICATION_ENV')) {
     define('APPLICATION_ENV', 'production');
 }
-
 define('APPLICATION_PATH', dirname(__DIR__));
-chdir(APPLICATION_PATH);
+define('HRPHP_URL', 'http://hrphp.org');
 
 // load dependencies!
 require APPLICATION_PATH . '/vendor/autoload.php';
diff --git a/src/config/application.php b/src/config/application.php
index b5f0b63..7033c90 100644
--- a/src/config/application.php
+++ b/src/config/application.php
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@
 use Hrphp\Cli\Command\PingCommand;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client as GuzzleClient;
 
-// portal URL
-define('HRPHP_URL', 'http://hrphp.org');
-
-// configure the application
 try {
     $client = new GuzzleClient();
     $application = new Application('HRPHP CLI', '@package_version@');
diff --git a/tests/bootstrap.php b/tests/bootstrap.php
index 4ba5fb4..721a4ad 100644
--- a/tests/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tests/bootstrap.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 define('APPLICATION_ENV', 'test');
 
 define('APPLICATION_PATH', dirname(__DIR__));
-chdir(APPLICATION_PATH);
+define('HRPHP_URL', 'http://hrphp.org');
 
 require 'vendor/autoload.php';
 require 'src/config/application.php';