diff --git a/application/bootstrap.php b/application/bootstrap.php
index 27462b8..d6081cd 100644
--- a/application/bootstrap.php
+++ b/application/bootstrap.php
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ I18n::lang('en-us');
  * Note: If you supply an invalid environment name, a PHP warning will be thrown
  * saying "Couldn't find constant Kohana::<INVALID_ENV_NAME>"
  */
-if (getenv('KOHANA_ENV') !== FALSE)
+if (isset($_SERVER['KOHANA_ENV']))
 {
-	Kohana::$environment = constant('Kohana::'.strtoupper(getenv('KOHANA_ENV')));
+	Kohana::$environment = constant('Kohana::'.strtoupper($_SERVER['KOHANA_ENV']));
 }
 
 /**