diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
index 0ebba8db61bd..e81690f34b45 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php
@@ -696,7 +696,9 @@ public function isProduction()
      */
     public function detectEnvironment(Closure $callback)
     {
-        $args = $_SERVER['argv'] ?? null;
+        $args = $this->runningInConsole() && $_SERVER['argv']
+            ? $_SERVER['argv']
+            : null;
 
         return $this['env'] = (new EnvironmentDetector)->detect($callback, $args);
     }