diff --git a/progtest/bin/runner.js b/progtest/bin/runner.js
index 11248672..88959922 100644
--- a/progtest/bin/runner.js
+++ b/progtest/bin/runner.js
@@ -32,8 +32,5 @@ const runner = require( '../src/env' ).console(
     program, process.stdout
 );
 
-// XXX: work around issue with consts not being initialized ahead of time
-program.rater( {} );
-
 runner( case_yaml )
     .catch( e => console.error( e ) );
diff --git a/progtest/src/env.js b/progtest/src/env.js
index 8eeb8375..7e858541 100644
--- a/progtest/src/env.js
+++ b/progtest/src/env.js
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ module.exports = {
             .use( ConstResolver( program ) )
             ( yaml_reader, TestCase );
 
+        // XXX: work around issue with consts not being initialized ahead of
+        // time (initialized during actual rating...!)
+        program.rater( {} );
+
         return yaml => new Promise( ( resolve, reject ) =>
         {
             try