diff --git a/server/app.js b/server/app.js
index 03eaf0d..8adb5c5 100755
--- a/server/app.js
+++ b/server/app.js
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import nconf from 'nconf';
 import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 
 import { SitespeedioServer } from './src/server.js';
-import { getLocalFilePath } from './src/util/fileutil.js';
+import { getBaseFilePath } from './src/util/fileutil.js';
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const version = require('./package.json').version;
-const defaultConfig = getLocalFilePath('../../config/default.yaml');
+const defaultConfig = getBaseFilePath('./config/default.yaml');
 
 nconf.argv();
 
diff --git a/server/src/util/add-test.js b/server/src/util/add-test.js
index eeb3955..3f3be84 100644
--- a/server/src/util/add-test.js
+++ b/server/src/util/add-test.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
   getDeviceQueue
 } from '../queuehandler.js';
 import { setConfigById } from '../configs.js';
-import { getLocalFilePath } from './fileutil.js';
+import { getBaseFilePath } from './fileutil.js';
 
 const logger = log.getLogger('sitespeedio.server');
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async function getDefaultSitespeedConfiguration() {
     return JSON.parse(result.toString());
   }
   const result = await readFile(
-    path.resolve(getLocalFilePath('../../config/sitespeed.json'))
+    path.resolve(getBaseFilePath('./config/sitespeed.json'))
   );
   return JSON.parse(result.toString());
 }
diff --git a/server/src/util/fileutil.js b/server/src/util/fileutil.js
index b3960c2..4db6fe9 100644
--- a/server/src/util/fileutil.js
+++ b/server/src/util/fileutil.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { dirname } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
-export function getLocalFilePath(thePath) {
+export function getBaseFilePath(theFile) {
   const currentFileUrl = import.meta.url;
   const currentFilePath = fileURLToPath(currentFileUrl);
   const currentDirectory = dirname(currentFilePath);
-  return path.resolve(currentDirectory, thePath);
+  return path.resolve(currentDirectory, '../../', theFile);
 }
diff --git a/server/src/util/text.js b/server/src/util/text.js
index ee9ee8a..e50bd2a 100644
--- a/server/src/util/text.js
+++ b/server/src/util/text.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import nconf from 'nconf';
 import y18n from 'y18n';
-import { getLocalFilePath } from './fileutil.js';
+import { getBaseFilePath } from './fileutil.js';
 const locale = nconf.get('localization:defaultLocale');
 const directory =
-  nconf.get('localization:directory') || getLocalFilePath('../../locales');
+  nconf.get('localization:directory') || getBaseFilePath('./locales');
 
 const myy18n = y18n({ updateFiles: false, locale, directory });
 
diff --git a/server/src/webserver.js b/server/src/webserver.js
index b8e6761..a69b2ed 100755
--- a/server/src/webserver.js
+++ b/server/src/webserver.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { api } from './routes/api/api.js';
 import { BasicAuth } from './middleware/basicauth.js';
 import { error404, error500 } from './middleware/errorhandler.js';
 import { setupStatic } from './static/index.js';
-import { getLocalFilePath } from './util/fileutil.js';
+import { getBaseFilePath } from './util/fileutil.js';
 
 const logger = log.getLogger('sitespeedio.server');
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function setupExpressServer() {
   app.use(express.json());
 
   app.set('view engine', 'pug');
-  app.set('views', path.resolve(getLocalFilePath('../../views')));
+  app.set('views', path.resolve(getBaseFilePath('./views')));
 
   app.enable('view cache');
 
diff --git a/testrunner/app.js b/testrunner/app.js
index cf79c36..6d86eb1 100755
--- a/testrunner/app.js
+++ b/testrunner/app.js
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ const version = require('./package.json').version;
 
 import { SitespeedioTestRunner } from './src/sitespeedio-testrunner.js';
 import { validate } from './src/validateconfig.js';
-import { getLocalFilePath } from './src/util.js';
+import { getBaseFilePath } from './src/util.js';
 
-const defaultConfig = getLocalFilePath('../config/default.yaml');
+const defaultConfig = getBaseFilePath('./config/default.yaml');
 
 function getFilteredConfig() {
   const config = nconf.get();
diff --git a/testrunner/src/testrunners/testrunner.js b/testrunner/src/testrunners/testrunner.js
index 6b5f140..2e82c32 100644
--- a/testrunner/src/testrunners/testrunner.js
+++ b/testrunner/src/testrunners/testrunner.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import log from 'intel';
 import nconf from 'nconf';
 
 import { queueHandler } from '../queue/queuehandler.js';
-import { getLocalFilePath } from '../util.js';
+import { getBaseFilePath } from '../util.js';
 const { join } = path;
 
 /**
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function prepareSitespeedConfig(job) {
 
   jobConfig.extends =
     nconf.get('sitespeedioConfigFile') === undefined
-      ? getLocalFilePath('../config/sitespeedDefault.json')
+      ? getBaseFilePath('./config/sitespeedDefault.json')
       : path.resolve(nconf.get('sitespeedioConfigFile'));
 
   return jobConfig;
diff --git a/testrunner/src/util.js b/testrunner/src/util.js
index b3960c2..67930b2 100644
--- a/testrunner/src/util.js
+++ b/testrunner/src/util.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { dirname } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
-export function getLocalFilePath(thePath) {
+export function getBaseFilePath(theFile) {
   const currentFileUrl = import.meta.url;
   const currentFilePath = fileURLToPath(currentFileUrl);
   const currentDirectory = dirname(currentFilePath);
-  return path.resolve(currentDirectory, thePath);
+  return path.resolve(currentDirectory, '../', theFile);
 }