diff --git a/src/Auditable.php b/src/Auditable.php
index 3696afb2..3bbdad0d 100644
--- a/src/Auditable.php
+++ b/src/Auditable.php
@@ -71,7 +71,21 @@ trait Auditable
      */
     public static function bootAuditable()
     {
-        if (static::isAuditingEnabled()) {
+        try {
+            $isAuditingEnabled = static::isAuditingEnabled();
+        } catch (\RuntimeException $e) {
+            if (stripos($e->getMessage(), "facade root") === false) {
+                throw $e;
+            }
+            /**
+             * Facade root has not been set. The user may be attempting to use
+             * their Auditable outside of the application context. We will
+             * just skip booting for now.
+             */
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if ($isAuditingEnabled) {
             static::observe(new AuditableObserver());
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Unit/OutsideOfAppContextTest.php b/tests/Unit/OutsideOfAppContextTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48afec09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/OutsideOfAppContextTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace OwenIt\Auditing\Tests\Unit;
+
+use OwenIt\Auditing\Tests\Models\Article;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class OutsideOfAppContextTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function test_can_create_new_model(): void
+    {
+        $article = new Article();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Article::class, $article);
+    }
+}
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