Update backend/main.py

backend/main.py

@@ -25,13 +25,17 @@ from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
 import pathlib
 
-_static_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "static"
+_static_dir = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / "backend" / "static"
 if _static_dir.exists():
     app.mount("/assets", StaticFiles(directory=str(_static_dir / "assets")), name="assets")
 
     @app.get("/")
     async def serve_index():
         return FileResponse(str(_static_dir / "index.html"))
+else:
+    @app.get("/")
+    async def serve_fallback():
+        return {"status": "running", "message": "static dir not found at: " + str(_static_dir)}
 
 # ── Config ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 GROQ_MODEL   = "llama-3.3-70b-versatile"