diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index 5b18721..bb654ba 100644
--- a/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/backend/app/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sentry_sdk
-from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+import os
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from starlette.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ app = FastAPI(
     
 )
 # app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="static"), name="static")
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="app/static"))
+static_file_abspath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static")
+
+app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=static_file_abspath), name="static")
+
 # Set all CORS enabled origins
 if settings.BACKEND_CORS_ORIGINS:
     app.add_middleware(