diff --git a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
index 8a9dcdef952..338dfd5cb99 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ public static function bootstrap($boot = true) {
 			if (!include APP . 'Config' . DS . 'core.php') {
 				trigger_error(__d('cake_dev', "Can't find application core file. Please create %score.php, and make sure it is readable by PHP.", APP . 'Config' . DS), E_USER_ERROR);
 			}
-			App::$bootstrapping = false;
 			App::init();
+			App::$bootstrapping = false;
 			App::build();
 
 			$exception = array(