diff --git a/cake/console/shells/bake.php b/cake/console/shells/bake.php
index 1ee707cc407..5e934b351bc 100644
--- a/cake/console/shells/bake.php
+++ b/cake/console/shells/bake.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function startup() {
 	public function main() {
 		if (!is_dir($this->DbConfig->path)) {
 			if ($this->Project->execute()) {
-				$this->DbConfig->path = $this->params['working'] . DS . 'config' . DS;
+				$this->DbConfig->path = APP_PATH . DS . 'config' . DS;
 			} else {
 				return false;
 			}
diff --git a/cake/console/shells/shell.php b/cake/console/shells/shell.php
index d47e4ed3b58..cdecaeef0ec 100644
--- a/cake/console/shells/shell.php
+++ b/cake/console/shells/shell.php
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ protected function _welcome() {
 		$this->out();
 		$this->out('<info>Welcome to CakePHP v' . Configure::version() . ' Console</info>');
 		$this->hr();
-		$this->out('App : '. $this->Dispatch->params['app']);
-		$this->out('Path: '. $this->Dispatch->params['working']);
+		$this->out('App : '. APP_DIR);
+		$this->out('Path: '. APP_PATH);
 		$this->hr();
 	}
 
diff --git a/cake/console/shells/tasks/db_config.php b/cake/console/shells/tasks/db_config.php
index 8d15a953e62..1e9dc6bbce6 100644
--- a/cake/console/shells/tasks/db_config.php
+++ b/cake/console/shells/tasks/db_config.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class DbConfigTask extends Shell {
  * @var string
  */
 	public function initialize() {
-		$this->path = $this->Dispatch->params['working'] . DS . 'config' . DS;
+		$this->path = APP_PATH . 'config' . DS;
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/cake/console/shells/tasks/extract.php b/cake/console/shells/tasks/extract.php
index 713ae299b28..c6e43931306 100644
--- a/cake/console/shells/tasks/extract.php
+++ b/cake/console/shells/tasks/extract.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function execute() {
 		if (isset($this->params['paths'])) {
 			$this->__paths = explode(',', $this->params['paths']);
 		} else {
-			$defaultPath = $this->Dispatch->params['working'];
+			$defaultPath = APP_PATH;
 			$message = sprintf(__("What is the full path you would like to extract?\nExample: %s\n[Q]uit [D]one"), $this->Dispatch->params['root'] . DS . 'myapp');
 			while (true) {
 				$response = $this->in($message, null, $defaultPath);
diff --git a/cake/console/shells/tasks/fixture.php b/cake/console/shells/tasks/fixture.php
index c8062b1fc43..d24d5db85ec 100644
--- a/cake/console/shells/tasks/fixture.php
+++ b/cake/console/shells/tasks/fixture.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class FixtureTask extends BakeTask {
  */
 	public function __construct(&$dispatch, $stdout = null, $stderr = null, $stdin = null) {
 		parent::__construct($dispatch, $stdout, $stderr, $stdin);
-		$this->path = $this->Dispatch->params['working'] . DS . 'tests' . DS . 'fixtures' . DS;
+		$this->path = APP_PATH . 'tests' . DS . 'fixtures' . DS;
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/shells/tasks/db_config.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/shells/tasks/db_config.test.php
index 3abbadfd91d..c29e4b72cdc 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/shells/tasks/db_config.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/shells/tasks/db_config.test.php
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public function setUp() {
 			array(&$this->Dispatcher, $out, $out, $in)
 		);
 
-		$this->Task->params['working'] = rtrim(APP, DS);
+		$this->Task->path = APP . 'config' . DS;
 		$this->Task->databaseClassName = 'TEST_DATABASE_CONFIG';
 	}
 
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ public function testGetConfig() {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testInitialize() {
-		$this->assertTrue(empty($this->Task->path));
 		$this->Task->initialize();
 		$this->assertFalse(empty($this->Task->path));
 		$this->assertEqual($this->Task->path, APP . 'config' . DS);
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/shells/tasks/fixture.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/shells/tasks/fixture.test.php
index b52f5ff9483..42716af1e8d 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/shells/tasks/fixture.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/shells/tasks/fixture.test.php
@@ -85,11 +85,8 @@ public function testConstruct() {
 		$out = $this->getMock('ConsoleOutput', array(), array(), '', false);
 		$in = $this->getMock('ConsoleInput', array(), array(), '', false);
 
-		$this->Dispatcher->params['working'] = DS . 'my' . DS . 'path';
 		$Task = new FixtureTask($this->Dispatcher, $out, $out, $in);
-
-		$expected = DS . 'my' . DS . 'path' . DS . 'tests' . DS . 'fixtures' . DS;
-		$this->assertEqual($Task->path, $expected);
+		$this->assertEqual($Task->path, APP . 'tests' . DS . 'fixtures' . DS);
 	}
 
 /**