diff --git a/cis.php b/cis.php
index 76f23d043..276af93f1 100644
--- a/cis.php
+++ b/cis.php
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ switch (ENVIRONMENT)
  */
 	// $assign_to_config['name_of_config_item'] = 'value of config item';
 $assign_to_config['index_page'] = 'cis.php';
+$assign_to_config['base_url'] = APP_ROOT;
 
 
 
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ $assign_to_config['index_page'] = 'cis.php';
 include_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
 // Autoload custom controllers, models, etc that are present in the application/core directory
-require_once 'application/config/core_includes.php';
+require_once $application_folder . 'config/core_includes.php';
 
 // Now the bootstrap file
-require_once BASEPATH.'core/CodeIgniter.php';
+require_once BASEPATH . 'core/CodeIgniter.php';