diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index bb654ba..1f03d4f 100644
--- a/backend/app/main.py
+++ b/backend/app/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import sentry_sdk
-import os
+from pathlib import Path
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from starlette.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ app = FastAPI(
     
 )
 # app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="static"), name="static")
-static_file_abspath = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static")
 
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=static_file_abspath), name="static")
+
+current_file = Path(__file__)
+current_file_dir = current_file.parent
+project_root = current_file_dir.parent
+project_root_absolute = project_root.resolve()
+static_root_absolute = project_root_absolute / "static" 
+
+app.mount("/static", static_root_absolute, name="static")
 
 # Set all CORS enabled origins
 if settings.BACKEND_CORS_ORIGINS: