diff --git a/nixpacks.toml b/nixpacks.toml
index fc44cc8..2e9844c 100644
--- a/nixpacks.toml
+++ b/nixpacks.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [variables]
-NIXPACKS_PHP_FALLBACK_PATH = "/index.php"
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+NIXPACKS_PHP_FALLBACK_PATH = "/index.php"
+NIXPACKS_PHP_ROOT_DIR = "/app/public"
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diff --git a/index.php b/public/index.php
similarity index 71%
rename from index.php
rename to public/index.php
index 035f6f9..fb5e076 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <?php declare(strict_types=1);
 
-require_once __DIR__ . "/vendor/autoload.php";
+require_once __DIR__ . "/../vendor/autoload.php";
 
 if (php_sapi_name() === "cli-server" && preg_match('/\.(?:png|jpg|jpeg|gif|css|ico|js|mjs|css\.map|webp)$/', $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"])) {
     return false;    // serve the requested resource as-is.
 }
 
-require_once __DIR__ . "/src/app.php";
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+require_once __DIR__ . "/../src/app.php";
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