diff --git a/tracks/config/environment.rb.tmpl b/tracks/config/environment.rb.tmpl
index 462443f9..99591a29 100644
--- a/tracks/config/environment.rb.tmpl
+++ b/tracks/config/environment.rb.tmpl
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ end
 MOBILE_CONTENT_TYPE = 'tracks/mobile'
 Mime::Type.register(MOBILE_CONTENT_TYPE, :m)
 
-info = `svn info`[/Last Changed Rev: (.*?)\n/]
+info = `svn info --config-dir /etc/subversion`[/Last Changed Rev: (.*?)\n/]
 if info
   TRACKS_VERSION = '1.50-trunk-rev'+info[/(\d+)/]
 else