diff --git a/apps/server/src/app.ts b/apps/server/src/app.ts
index 7f644fbc0..5510e3db4 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/app.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import express from "express";
-import path, { join } from "path";
+import path from "path";
 import favicon from "serve-favicon";
 import cookieParser from "cookie-parser";
 import helmet from "helmet";
 import compression from "compression";
 import sessionParser from "./routes/session_parser.js";
 import config from "./services/config.js";
-import utils, { getResourceDir } from "./services/utils.js";
+import utils from "./services/utils.js";
 import assets from "./routes/assets.js";
 import routes from "./routes/routes.js";
 import custom from "./routes/custom.js";
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import eventService from "./services/events.js";
 import log from "./services/log.js";
 import "./services/handlers.js";
 import "./becca/becca_loader.js";
+import { RESOURCE_DIR } from "./services/resource_dir.js";
 
 export default async function buildApp() {
     const app = express();
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export default async function buildApp() {
         console.log("Database not initialized yet. LLM features will be initialized after setup.");
     }
 
-    const assetsDir = getResourceDir();
+    const assetsDir = RESOURCE_DIR;
 
     // view engine setup
     app.set("views", path.join(assetsDir, "views"));
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export default async function buildApp() {
     app.use(`/robots.txt`, express.static(path.join(assetsDir, "public/robots.txt")));
     app.use(`/icon.png`, express.static(path.join(assetsDir, "public/icon.png")));
     app.use(sessionParser);
-    app.use(favicon(`${assetsDir}/assets/icon.ico`));
+    app.use(favicon(`${assetsDir}/icon.ico`));
 
     if (openID.isOpenIDEnabled())
         app.use(auth(openID.generateOAuthConfig()));