diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 87f80a1a2..e3c13ad26 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
 require File.expand_path('../boot', __FILE__)
 
+# Needed for versions of ruby 1.9.2 that were compiled with libyaml.
+# They use psych by default which doesn't handle having a default set of parameters.
+# See bug #1120.
+require 'yaml'
+if RUBY_VERSION.include? '1.9'
+  YAML::ENGINE.yamler= 'syck'
+end
+
 require 'rails/all'
 # If you have a Gemfile, require the gems listed there, including any gems
 # you've limited to :test, :development, or :production.
diff --git a/config/boot.rb b/config/boot.rb
index 4d7174977..fe6375db2 100644
--- a/config/boot.rb
+++ b/config/boot.rb
@@ -14,10 +14,4 @@ rescue Bundler::GemNotFound => e
   STDERR.puts e.message
   STDERR.puts "Try running `bundle install`."
   exit!
-end if File.exist?(gemfile)
-
-# Use older yaml parser to fix issues with 
-# db:create and db:migrate failing with empty database
-# See bug #1120
-require 'yaml'
-YAML::ENGINE.yamler= 'syck'
\ No newline at end of file
+end if File.exist?(gemfile)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110603233202_drop_aspects_open.rb b/db/migrate/20110603233202_drop_aspects_open.rb
index 7cef9e57e..6bf015561 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20110603233202_drop_aspects_open.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20110603233202_drop_aspects_open.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class DropAspectsOpen < ActiveRecord::Migration
-  require 'db/migrate/20110202015222_add_open_to_aspects'
+  require File.join(Rails.root, "db", "migrate", "20110202015222_add_open_to_aspects")
   def self.up
     AddOpenToAspects.down
   end