diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 9870a0c..1bf47b9 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ const babel = require('gulp-babel');
 const paths = {
   tscripts: { src: ['src/**/*.ts'], dest: 'build' },
   jsscripts: { src: ['src/**/*.js'], dest: 'build' },
-  staticFiles: { src: ['src/templates/**/*'], dest: 'build/src/templates' },
-  staticAssets: { src: ['src/static/**/*'], dest: 'build/src/static' }
+  staticFiles: { src: ['src/templates/**/*'], dest: 'build/templates' },
+  staticAssets: { src: ['src/static/**/*'], dest: 'build/static' }
 };
 
 function defaultTask(cb) {
diff --git a/src/assets.js b/src/assets.js
index ff3495e..5d3ae9f 100644
--- a/src/assets.js
+++ b/src/assets.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 const HyperExpress = require("hyper-express");
 const assetRouter = new HyperExpress.Router();
 const LiveDirectory = require("live-directory");
+require('dotenv').config();
 
-const LiveAssets = new LiveDirectory("./src/static/", {
+const assetPath = process.env.DEV_MODE === "true" ? "./src/static/" : "./build/static/";
+const LiveAssets = new LiveDirectory(assetPath, {
   static: true,
   filter: {
     keep: {
diff --git a/src/routes.js b/src/routes.js
index 7022a7e..e748e47 100644
--- a/src/routes.js
+++ b/src/routes.js
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ const fs = require('node:fs');
 const { JSDOM } = require('jsdom');
 const herokuRouter = require('./v1/heroku');
 const assetRouter = require('./assets');
+require('dotenv').config();
 
 const herokuRouteRoot = "/v1/heroku";
-const homePage = fs.readFileSync('./src/templates/index.html', 'utf8');
+const templatePath = process.env.DEV_MODE === "true" ? "./src/templates/index.html" : "./build/templates/index.html";
+const homePage = fs.readFileSync(templatePath, 'utf8');
 const routes = [...assetRouter.routes, {
     routes: herokuRouter.routes,
     rootPath: herokuRouteRoot