diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 32a1494c6a..d43ef8b0d4 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Session;
  * feed for the source.
  * This can be used in HTML and JavaScript where needed a line break.
  */
-define('EOL',                    "<br />\r\n");
+define('EOL', "<br />\r\n");
 
 /**
  * @name Gravity
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ define('GRAVITY_COMMENT',      6);
 define('GRAVITY_UNKNOWN',      9);
 /* @}*/
 
-// Normally this constant is defined - but not if "pcntl" isn't installed
-if (!defined('SIGTERM')) {
-	define('SIGTERM', 15);
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns the user id of locally logged in user or false.
  *
diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index d46f69843b..55b3e72e0e 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -351,6 +351,11 @@ class App
 	{
 		set_time_limit(0);
 
+		// Normally this constant is defined - but not if "pcntl" isn't installed
+		if (!defined('SIGTERM')) {
+			define('SIGTERM', 15);
+		}
+
 		// Ensure that all "strtotime" operations do run timezone independent
 		date_default_timezone_set('UTC');