# ApplicationController not getting called

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/applicationcontroller-not-getting-called/153386>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 16, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/applicationcontroller-not-getting-called/153386 "2008-11-16T03:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![grayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@grayson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grayson)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/applicationcontroller-not-getting-called/153386/1 "2008-11-16T03:30:42Z")

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This seems to have happened when I upgraded from Rails 2.1.1 to 2.1.2  
(although I’m not 100% sure but in applicationcontroller doesn’t seem to  
be called when I try to access my default controller (I mean the one  
that’s mapped in routes.rb like this map.root :controller =\> “main”)

What this means is that all of a sudden I have to duplicate these types  
of calls in my main controller whereas before they used to be provided  
by virtue of the ApplicationController executing first

include AuthenticatedSystem  
helper :all

Thanks,

GP