diff --git a/API/Controllers/FallbackController.cs b/API/Controllers/FallbackController.cs
index 0c92547..d54abb9 100644
--- a/API/Controllers/FallbackController.cs
+++ b/API/Controllers/FallbackController.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class FallbackController : Controller
 
     public PhysicalFileResult Index()
     {
-        return PhysicalFile(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "wwwroot", "index.html"), "text/HTML");
+        return PhysicalFile(Path.Combine("@webroot@", "index.html"), "text/HTML");
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs b/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
index 8c6c796..711f315 100644
--- a/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/DirectoryService.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class DirectoryService : IDirectoryService
         ExistOrCreate(SiteThemeDirectory);
         FaviconDirectory = FileSystem.Path.Join(FileSystem.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "config", "favicons");
         ExistOrCreate(FaviconDirectory);
-        LocalizationDirectory = FileSystem.Path.Join(FileSystem.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "I18N");
+        LocalizationDirectory = FileSystem.Path.Join("@out@/lib/kavita-backend", "I18N");
         CustomizedTemplateDirectory = FileSystem.Path.Join(FileSystem.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "config", "templates");
         ExistOrCreate(CustomizedTemplateDirectory);
         TemplateDirectory = FileSystem.Path.Join(FileSystem.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "EmailTemplates");
diff --git a/API/Services/LocalizationService.cs b/API/Services/LocalizationService.cs
index ab3ad3d..f1a068b 100644
--- a/API/Services/LocalizationService.cs
+++ b/API/Services/LocalizationService.cs
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ public class LocalizationService : ILocalizationService
         else
         {
             _localizationDirectoryUi = directoryService.FileSystem.Path.Join(
-                directoryService.FileSystem.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(),
-                "wwwroot", "assets/langs");
+                "@webroot@", "assets/langs");
         }
 
         _cacheOptions = new MemoryCacheEntryOptions()
diff --git a/API/Startup.cs b/API/Startup.cs
index 7e3857c..84c466b 100644
--- a/API/Startup.cs
+++ b/API/Startup.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
@@ -314,9 +315,6 @@ public class Startup
         app.UsePathBase(basePath);
         if (!env.IsDevelopment())
         {
-            // We don't update the index.html in local as we don't serve from there
-            UpdateBaseUrlInIndex(basePath);
-
             // Update DB with what's in config
             var dataContext = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<DataContext>();
             var setting = dataContext.ServerSetting.SingleOrDefault(x => x.Key == ServerSettingKey.BaseUrl);
@@ -360,6 +358,7 @@ public class Startup
 
         app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
         {
+            FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider("@webroot@"),
             // bcmap files needed for PDF reader localizations (https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/issues/2970)
             ContentTypeProvider = new FileExtensionContentTypeProvider
             {
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ public class Startup
         try
         {
             var htmlDoc = new HtmlDocument();
-            var indexHtmlPath = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "wwwroot", "index.html");
+            var indexHtmlPath = Path.Combine("@webroot@", "index.html");
             htmlDoc.Load(indexHtmlPath);
 
             var baseNode = htmlDoc.DocumentNode.SelectSingleNode("/html/head/base");
