diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 PORT=3000                       # port to listen to
 BIND=127.0.0.1                  # interface to bind the port
 BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000  # reverse proxy (url users see)
-DB_PATH=./gists.db              # database file, if inside a folder it needs to exists, if empty runs in memory
+DB_PATH=gists.db                # database file, if inside a folder it needs to exists, if empty runs in memory
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 import Koa from "koa";
 import serve from "koa-static";
 import render from "@koa/ejs";
 import { bodyParser } from "@koa/bodyparser";
 import { router } from "./src/routes.js";
-import { IS_PROD, BIND, PORT, LIMIT_SIZE } from "./src/constants.js";
+import { BIND, PORT, LIMIT_SIZE } from "./src/constants.js";
 
 const app = new Koa();
+const { dirname } = import.meta;
 
 // static server
 app.use(
-  serve(IS_PROD ? "./static/dist" : "./static", {
+  serve(`${dirname}/static`, {
     maxAge: 2592000 * 1000, // 30d in milliseconds
   })
 );
 
 // views
 render(app, {
-  root: "./src/views",
+  root: `${dirname}/src/views`,
   layout: "_layout",
 });
 
diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -3,7 +3,5 @@ export const BIND = process.env.BIND;
 export const BASE_URL = process.env.BASE_URL;
 export const DB_PATH = process.env.DB_PATH;
 
-export const IS_PROD = process.env.NODE_ENV?.startsWith("prod");
-
 // upload limit size (byte)
 export const LIMIT_SIZE = 20_000_000; // around 20mb