title: Play specs with configuration break because "There is no started application"
body: <p>I externalized some strings to HOCON, on <code>application.conf</code>. I'm accessing the configuration values like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import play.api.Play.current
  import play.api.Play.configuration
  
  configuration.getString("foo.bar").get()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As early as possible, to fail fast in case of a missing key, like the docs say.</p>
  
  <p>Now some of my tests that depend on <em>configured</em> objects are failing with a stacktrace that states:</p>
  
  <p><code>Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: There is no started application</code></p>
  
  <p>I assume this has to do with the configuration? How can I fix this? (tests are <a href="http://etorreborre.github.com/specs2/">specs2</a>)</p>