uninitialized constant error

app.rb

class MyProject < Padrino::Application
  register Padrino::Rendering
  register Padrino::Mailer
  register Padrino::Helpers

  MY_CONST = 123
end

controllers.rb

MyProject.controller do
  
  get "/" do
    
    p self.class            # => MyProject
    p self.class.constants  # => [:DATA_ATTRIBUTES, ... <snip>..., :MY_CONST, ... <snip>... ]
    p MyProject::MY_CONST   # => 123
    p MY_CONST              # => NameError - uninitialized constant MY_CONST
  end
end