diff --git a/bin/logstash b/bin/logstash
index 8014a86bb..49a818ffe 100755
--- a/bin/logstash
+++ b/bin/logstash
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 
 basedir=$(cd `dirname $0`/..; pwd)
 if [ -d "$basedir/.git" ] ; then
-  export GEM_HOME="$basedir/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9"
+  RUBY=${RUBY=jruby}
+  RUBYVER=1.9
+  export GEM_HOME="$basedir/vendor/bundle/${RUBY}/1.9"
   export GEM_PATH=
 fi
 
 export RUBYLIB="$basedir/lib"
+echo $GEM_HOME
+
+gem list i18n
 
 which ruby > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "$?" -eq 0 -a -z "$USE_JRUBY" ] ; then