diff --git a/bin/tootctl b/bin/tootctl
index 2fe02523a..f26e1c7ed 100755
--- a/bin/tootctl
+++ b/bin/tootctl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
 APP_PATH = File.expand_path('../config/application', __dir__)
+require_relative '../config/boot'
 require_relative '../lib/cli'
 Mastodon::CLI.start(ARGV)