diff --git a/plugins/rack/rack_plugin.c b/plugins/rack/rack_plugin.c
index 85495ccd..d2c99311 100644
--- a/plugins/rack/rack_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/rack/rack_plugin.c
@@ -470,10 +470,11 @@ int uwsgi_rack_init(){
         RUBY_INIT_STACK
 #endif
 	ruby_init();
+	ruby_init_loadpath();
+
 #ifdef RUBY19
 	ruby_options(argc, argv);
 #endif
-	ruby_init_loadpath();
 
 	ruby_show_version();