diff --git a/picoreflowd.py b/picoreflowd.py
index 2617abc..00506b5 100755
--- a/picoreflowd.py
+++ b/picoreflowd.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def index():
 @app.route('/picoreflow/:filename#.*#')
 def send_static(filename):
     log.debug("serving %s" % filename)
-    return bottle.static_file(filename, root='./public/')
+    return bottle.static_file(filename, root=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0])), "public"))
 
 
 def get_websocket_from_request():