@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ "net" 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -97,6 +98,12 @@ return nil }
 
 func New(runtimeConfig *Config) (*Server, error) {
+	builderConfig := &builder.IOConfig{
+		Source:      "content",
+		Destination: runtimeConfig.Root,
+		Development: runtimeConfig.Development,
+	}
+
 	if !runtimeConfig.Development {
 		vcsConfig := &vcs.Config{}
 		_, err := conf.Parse("", vcsConfig)
@@ -111,7 +118,12 @@ err = os.Chdir(vcsConfig.LocalPath) 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		runtimeConfig.Root = "public"
+
+		builderConfig.Source = filepath.Join(vcsConfig.LocalPath, "content")
+
+		publicDir := filepath.Join(runtimeConfig.Root, "public")
+		builderConfig.Destination = publicDir
+		runtimeConfig.Root = publicDir
 	}
 
 	config, err := cfg.GetConfig()
@@ -124,12 +136,6 @@ } 
 	listenAddress := net.JoinHostPort(runtimeConfig.ListenAddress, strconv.Itoa(runtimeConfig.Port))
 	top := http.NewServeMux()
-
-	builderConfig := &builder.IOConfig{
-		Source:      "content",
-		Destination: runtimeConfig.Root,
-		Development: runtimeConfig.Development,
-	}
 
 	err = rebuild(builderConfig, config)
 	if err != nil {