diff --git a/src/SemanticScuttle/Environment.php b/src/SemanticScuttle/Environment.php
index df5a81c..0ffc69b 100644
--- a/src/SemanticScuttle/Environment.php
+++ b/src/SemanticScuttle/Environment.php
@@ -61,8 +61,17 @@ class SemanticScuttle_Environment
             return $GLOBALS['root'];
         }
 
-        $pieces = explode('/', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
         $rootTmp = '/';
+        if (isset($_SERVER['PHAR_PATH_TRANSLATED'])) {
+            $rootTmp = $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] . '/';
+            $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] = substr(
+                $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'],
+                strpos($_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'], $rootTmp)
+                + strlen($rootTmp)
+            );
+        }
+
+        $pieces = explode('/', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
         foreach ($pieces as $piece) {
             //we eliminate possible sscuttle subfolders (like gsearch for example)
             if ($piece != '' && !strstr($piece, '.php')
@@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ class SemanticScuttle_Environment
         //we do not prepend http since we also want to support https connections
         // "http" is not required; it's automatically determined by the browser
         // depending on the current connection.
-        return '//'. $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $rootTmp;
+        return '//' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $rootTmp;
     }
 }
 ?>
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diff --git a/tests/SemanticScuttle/EnvironmentTest.php b/tests/SemanticScuttle/EnvironmentTest.php
index 35851f0..b9c66bc 100644
--- a/tests/SemanticScuttle/EnvironmentTest.php
+++ b/tests/SemanticScuttle/EnvironmentTest.php
@@ -272,6 +272,48 @@ class SemanticScuttle_EnvironmentTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             SemanticScuttle_Environment::getRoot()
         );
     }
+
+    public function testGetRootFromPharIndex()
+    {
+        $_SERVER = array(
+            'HTTP_HOST'       => 'dist.bm.bogo',
+            'DOCUMENT_ROOT'   => '/etc/apache2/htdocs',
+            'SCRIPT_FILENAME' => '/home/cweiske/Dev/html/hosts/dist.bm.bogo/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar',
+            'QUERY_STRING'    => '',
+            'REQUEST_URI'     => '/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar/www/index.php',
+            'SCRIPT_NAME'     => '/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar',
+            'PATH_INFO'       => '/www/index.php',
+            'PATH_TRANSLATED' => 'phar:///home/cweiske/Dev/semanticscuttle/cwdev/dist/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar/www/index.php',
+            'PHP_SELF'        => '/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar/www/index.php',
+            'PHAR_PATH_TRANSLATED' => '/home/cweiske/Dev/html/hosts/dist.bm.bogo/www/index.php',
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '//dist.bm.bogo/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar/www/',
+            SemanticScuttle_Environment::getRoot()
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testGetRootFromPharWithSubpath()
+    {
+        $_SERVER = array(
+            'HTTP_HOST'       => 'dist.bm.bogo',
+            'DOCUMENT_ROOT'   => '/etc/apache2/htdocs',
+            'SCRIPT_FILENAME' => '/home/cweiske/Dev/html/hosts/dist.bm.bogo/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar',
+            'QUERY_STRING'    => 'no value',
+            'REQUEST_URI'     => '/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar/www/index.php/foo/bar/',
+            'SCRIPT_NAME'     => '/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar',
+            'PATH_INFO'       => '/foo/bar/',
+            'PATH_TRANSLATED' => 'phar:///home/cweiske/Dev/semanticscuttle/cwdev/dist/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar/www/index.php',
+            'PHP_SELF'        => '/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar/www/index.php/foo/bar/',
+            'REQUEST_TIME'    => '1313425297',
+            'PHAR_PATH_INFO'  => '/www/index.php/foo/bar/',
+            'PHAR_PATH_TRANSLATED' => '/home/cweiske/Dev/html/hosts/dist.bm.bogo/www/index.php/foo/bar/',
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            '//dist.bm.bogo/SemanticScuttle-0.98.X.phar/www/',
+            SemanticScuttle_Environment::getRoot()
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 ?>
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