diff --git a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 0355e450..61a874ac 100644
--- a/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             return Dispatcher::simpleMapping($command, 'CachetHQ\Cachet', 'CachetHQ\Cachet\Handlers');
         });
 
-        define('CACHET_VERSION', trim(file_get_contents($this->app->basePath().'/VERSION')));
-
         Str::macro('canonicalize', function ($url) {
             return preg_replace('/([^\/])$/', '$1/', $url);
         });
diff --git a/bootstrap/autoload.php b/bootstrap/autoload.php
index 467116a6..9a75f039 100644
--- a/bootstrap/autoload.php
+++ b/bootstrap/autoload.php
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 define('LARAVEL_START', microtime(true));
 
+define('CACHET_VERSION', trim(file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../VERSION')));
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Register The Composer Auto Loader