Update api/routes.py

api/routes.py

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ from motor.motor_asyncio import AsyncIOMotorClient
 router = APIRouter()
 
 # Configuration
-SYNTHEA_DATA_DIR = "./output/fhir"
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent  # goes up from /api to project root
+SYNTHEA_DATA_DIR = BASE_DIR / "output" / "fhir"
 os.makedirs(SYNTHEA_DATA_DIR, exist_ok=True)
 
 # Models