diff --git a/cli-script.php b/cli-script.php
index 873b1030e..07bcad2d0 100755
--- a/cli-script.php
+++ b/cli-script.php
@@ -44,36 +44,11 @@ if(isset($_SERVER['argv'][2])) {
 $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] = __FILE__;
 chdir(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']));
 
-/**
- * Define system paths
- */
-define('BASE_PATH', dirname(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])));
-define('BASE_URL', dirname(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])));
-define('MODULES_DIR', 'modules');
-define('MODULES_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . MODULES_DIR);
-define('THIRDPARTY_DIR', 'jsparty');
-define('THIRDPARTY_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . THIRDPARTY_DIR);
-define('THEMES_DIR', 'themes');
-define('THEMES_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . THEMES_DIR);
-define('SAPPHIRE_DIR', 'sapphire');
-define('SAPPHIRE_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . SAPPHIRE_DIR);
-define('CMS_DIR', 'cms');
-define('CMS_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . CMS_DIR);
-define('ASSETS_DIR', 'assets');
-define('ASSETS_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . ASSETS_DIR);
-
 /**
  * Include Sapphire's core code
  */
 require_once("core/Core.php");
 
-/**
- * Priorities definition. These constants are used in calls to _t() as an optional argument
- */
-define('PR_HIGH',100);
-define('PR_MEDIUM',50);
-define('PR_LOW',10);
-
 header("Content-type: text/html; charset=\"utf-8\"");
 if(function_exists('mb_http_output')) {
 	mb_http_output('UTF-8');
diff --git a/core/Core.php b/core/Core.php
index 6ba0e1751..2d5c73ad3 100755
--- a/core/Core.php
+++ b/core/Core.php
@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@
  * @subpackage core
  */
 
+/**
+ * Define system paths
+ */
+define('BASE_PATH', dirname(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])));
+define('BASE_URL', dirname(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])));
+define('MODULES_DIR', 'modules');
+define('MODULES_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . MODULES_DIR);
+define('THIRDPARTY_DIR', 'jsparty');
+define('THIRDPARTY_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . THIRDPARTY_DIR);
+define('THEMES_DIR', 'themes');
+define('THEMES_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . THEMES_DIR);
+define('SAPPHIRE_DIR', 'sapphire');
+define('SAPPHIRE_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . SAPPHIRE_DIR);
+define('CMS_DIR', 'cms');
+define('CMS_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . CMS_DIR);
+define('ASSETS_DIR', 'assets');
+define('ASSETS_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . ASSETS_DIR);
+
 /**
  * Define the temporary folder if it wasn't defined yet
  */
@@ -13,6 +31,13 @@ if(!defined('TEMP_FOLDER')) {
 	define('TEMP_FOLDER', getTempFolder());
 }
 
+/**
+ * Priorities definition. These constants are used in calls to _t() as an optional argument
+ */
+define('PR_HIGH',100);
+define('PR_MEDIUM',50);
+define('PR_LOW',10);
+
 /**
  * Returns the temporary folder that sapphire/silverstripe should use for its cache files
  * This is loaded into the TEMP_FOLDER define on start up
diff --git a/main.php b/main.php
index dac8fc9a5..d866320ad 100644
--- a/main.php
+++ b/main.php
@@ -46,36 +46,11 @@ foreach ($envFiles as $envFile) {
         }
 }
 
-/**
- * Define system paths
- */
-define('BASE_PATH', dirname(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])));
-define('BASE_URL', dirname(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])));
-define('MODULES_DIR', 'modules');
-define('MODULES_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . MODULES_DIR);
-define('THIRDPARTY_DIR', 'jsparty');
-define('THIRDPARTY_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . THIRDPARTY_DIR);
-define('THEMES_DIR', 'themes');
-define('THEMES_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . THEMES_DIR);
-define('SAPPHIRE_DIR', 'sapphire');
-define('SAPPHIRE_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . SAPPHIRE_DIR);
-define('CMS_DIR', 'cms');
-define('CMS_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . CMS_DIR);
-define('ASSETS_DIR', 'assets');
-define('ASSETS_PATH', BASE_PATH . '/' . ASSETS_DIR);
-
 /**
  * Include Sapphire's core code
  */
 require_once("core/Core.php");
 
-/**
- * Priorities definition. These constants are used in calls to _t() as an optional argument
- */
-define('PR_HIGH',100);
-define('PR_MEDIUM',50);
-define('PR_LOW',10);
-
 header("Content-type: text/html; charset=\"utf-8\"");
 if (function_exists('mb_http_output')) {
 	mb_http_output('UTF-8');