From 5c4fbcf69867986334da680090491faee0a9de9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George Suntres <gsuntres@pm.me>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:47:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Project root of binary not file

---
 fs.go | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs.go b/fs.go
index dd7dd64..2562da3 100644
--- a/fs.go
+++ b/fs.go
@@ -1,18 +1,41 @@
 package sys
 
 import (
-  "runtime"
+  "log"
+  "os"
   "path/filepath"
 )
 
 func Rootify(path string) string {
-  return filepath.Join(GetProjectRoot(), path)
+  root, err := GetProjectRoot()
+  if err != nil {
+    log.Fatal(err)
+  }
+
+  return filepath.Join(root, path)
 }
 
-func GetProjectRoot() string {
-    _, b, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
-    // b is the absolute path to this specific .go file
-    // 1st Dir() gets the folder containing the file
-    // 2nd Dir() gets the parent of that folder
-    return filepath.Dir(filepath.Dir(b))
+// func GetProjectRoot() string {
+//     _, b, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
+//     // b is the absolute path to this specific .go file
+//     // 1st Dir() gets the folder containing the file
+//     // 2nd Dir() gets the parent of that folder
+//     return filepath.Dir(filepath.Dir(b))
+// }
+
+func GetProjectRoot() (string, error) {
+  exePath, err := os.Executable()
+  if err != nil {
+    return "", err
+  }
+
+  exeDir := filepath.Dir(exePath)
+
+  // adjust depending on your structure
+  // e.g. binary is in /project/bin/app → go up one level
+  root := filepath.Dir(exeDir)
+
+  return root, nil
 }
+
+