server command loads the application

railties/lib/rails/commands.rb

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   require APP_PATH
   Rails::Console.start(Rails::Application)
 when 's', 'server'
+  require APP_PATH
   require 'rails/commands/server'
   Dir.chdir(ROOT_PATH)
   Rails::Server.start
@@ -68,4 +69,4 @@
 else
   puts "Error: Command not recognized"
   puts HELP_TEXT
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end