diff --git a/backend/app/main.py b/backend/app/main.py
index 507aaab..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
@@ -21,7 +21,17 @@ app = FastAPI(
     generate_unique_id_function=custom_generate_unique_id,
     
 )
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="static"), name="static")
+# app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="static"), 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:
     app.add_middleware(