diff --git a/src/MusicStore.Spa/Startup.cs b/src/MusicStore.Spa/Startup.cs
index c374ca9d37..9557d33137 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore.Spa/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore.Spa/Startup.cs
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@ using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework;
 using Microsoft.Data.Entity;
 using Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
 using MusicStore.Apis;
 using MusicStore.Models;
 
-
 namespace MusicStore.Spa
 {
     public class Startup
     {
-        public Startup()
+        public Startup(IApplicationEnvironment env)
         {
-            Configuration = new Configuration()
+            Configuration = new Configuration(env.ApplicationBasePath)
                         .AddJsonFile("Config.json")
                         .AddEnvironmentVariables();
         }
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/Models/SampleData.cs b/src/MusicStore/Models/SampleData.cs
index f05e67a993..02fd4d98aa 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/Models/SampleData.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/Models/SampleData.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using Microsoft.Data.Entity;
 using Microsoft.Data.Entity.SqlServer;
 using Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
 
 namespace MusicStore.Models
 {
@@ -86,7 +87,9 @@ namespace MusicStore.Models
         /// <returns></returns>
         private static async Task CreateAdminUser(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
         {
-            var configuration = new Configuration()
+            var appEnv = serviceProvider.GetService<IApplicationEnvironment>();
+
+            var configuration = new Configuration(appEnv.ApplicationBasePath)
                         .AddJsonFile("config.json")
                         .AddEnvironmentVariables();
 
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs b/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
index 7b3907c29e..5aed990a29 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/Startup.cs
@@ -9,17 +9,18 @@ using Microsoft.Framework.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
 using MusicStore.Models;
 
 namespace MusicStore
 {
     public class Startup
     {
-        public Startup()
+        public Startup(IApplicationEnvironment env)
         {
             //Below code demonstrates usage of multiple configuration sources. For instance a setting say 'setting1' is found in both the registered sources, 
             //then the later source will win. By this way a Local config can be overridden by a different setting while deployed remotely.
-            Configuration = new Configuration()
+            Configuration = new Configuration(env.ApplicationBasePath)
                         .AddJsonFile("config.json")
                         .AddEnvironmentVariables(); //All environment variables in the process's context flow in as configuration values.
         }
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/StartupNtlmAuthentication.cs b/src/MusicStore/StartupNtlmAuthentication.cs
index f5bcd8409a..94fc6dc3e3 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/StartupNtlmAuthentication.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/StartupNtlmAuthentication.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using Microsoft.Framework.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Server;
 using MusicStore.Models;
 
@@ -30,11 +31,11 @@ namespace MusicStore
     /// </summary>
     public class StartupNtlmAuthentication
     {
-        public StartupNtlmAuthentication()
+        public StartupNtlmAuthentication(IApplicationEnvironment env)
         {
             //Below code demonstrates usage of multiple configuration sources. For instance a setting say 'setting1' is found in both the registered sources, 
             //then the later source will win. By this way a Local config can be overridden by a different setting while deployed remotely.
-            Configuration = new Configuration()
+            Configuration = new Configuration(env.ApplicationBasePath)
                         .AddJsonFile("config.json")
                         .AddEnvironmentVariables(); //All environment variables in the process's context flow in as configuration values.
         }
diff --git a/src/MusicStore/StartupOpenIdConnect.cs b/src/MusicStore/StartupOpenIdConnect.cs
index ab641c7004..fbc05c6542 100644
--- a/src/MusicStore/StartupOpenIdConnect.cs
+++ b/src/MusicStore/StartupOpenIdConnect.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using Microsoft.Framework.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
 using MusicStore.Models;
 
 namespace MusicStore
@@ -28,11 +29,11 @@ namespace MusicStore
     /// </summary>
     public class StartupOpenIdConnect
     {
-        public StartupOpenIdConnect()
+        public StartupOpenIdConnect(IApplicationEnvironment env)
         {
             //Below code demonstrates usage of multiple configuration sources. For instance a setting say 'setting1' is found in both the registered sources, 
             //then the later source will win. By this way a Local config can be overridden by a different setting while deployed remotely.
-            Configuration = new Configuration()
+            Configuration = new Configuration(env.ApplicationBasePath)
                         .AddJsonFile("config.json")
                         .AddEnvironmentVariables(); //All environment variables in the process's context flow in as configuration values.
         }
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupOpenIdConnectTesting.cs b/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupOpenIdConnectTesting.cs
index ac71431752..1032729aab 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupOpenIdConnectTesting.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupOpenIdConnectTesting.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using Microsoft.Framework.Caching.Memory;
 using Microsoft.Framework.ConfigurationModel;
 using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
+using Microsoft.Framework.Runtime;
 using MusicStore.Mocks.Common;
 using MusicStore.Mocks.OpenIdConnect;
 using MusicStore.Models;
@@ -18,11 +19,11 @@ namespace MusicStore
 {
     public class StartupOpenIdConnectTesting
     {
-        public StartupOpenIdConnectTesting()
+        public StartupOpenIdConnectTesting(IApplicationEnvironment env)
         {
             //Below code demonstrates usage of multiple configuration sources. For instance a setting say 'setting1' is found in both the registered sources, 
             //then the later source will win. By this way a Local config can be overridden by a different setting while deployed remotely.
-            Configuration = new Configuration()
+            Configuration = new Configuration(env.ApplicationBasePath)
                         .AddJsonFile("config.json")
                         .AddEnvironmentVariables(); //All environment variables in the process's context flow in as configuration values.
         }
diff --git a/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupSocialTesting.cs b/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupSocialTesting.cs
index a7a0b0cda8..7185bb65ea 100644
--- a/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupSocialTesting.cs
+++ b/test/E2ETests/compiler/shared/Mocks/StartupSocialTesting.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace MusicStore
         {
             //Below code demonstrates usage of multiple configuration sources. For instance a setting say 'setting1' is found in both the registered sources, 
             //then the later source will win. By this way a Local config can be overridden by a different setting while deployed remotely.
-            Configuration = new Configuration()
+            Configuration = new Configuration(appEnvironment.ApplicationBasePath)
                         .AddJsonFile("config.json")
                         .AddEnvironmentVariables() //All environment variables in the process's context flow in as configuration values.
                         .AddJsonFile("configoverride.json", optional: true); // Used to override some configuration parameters that cannot be overridden by environment.