rails runner loads environment after parsing command-line options

railties/lib/rails/commands.rb

@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ when 'plugin'
   require 'rails/commands/plugin'
 when 'runner'
   require 'rails/commands/runner'
-  require ENV_PATH
-
 
 when '--help', '-h'
   puts HELP_TEXT

railties/lib/rails/commands/runner.rb

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ ARGV.delete(code_or_file)
 
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = options[:environment]
 
+require ENV_PATH
+
 begin
   if code_or_file.nil?
     $stderr.puts "Run '#{$0} -h' for help."