diff --git a/frontend/src/app/api/categories/route.ts b/frontend/src/app/api/categories/route.ts
index 2d33a3a..d4e76c5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/api/categories/route.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/api/categories/route.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import path from "path";
 
 export const dynamic = "force-static";
 
-const jsonDir = "public/json";
+const jsonDir = "../json";
 const metadataFileName = "metadata.json";
 const encoding = "utf-8";