diff --git a/src/raster.rs b/src/raster.rs
index 9674593..81b3c8f 100644
--- a/src/raster.rs
+++ b/src/raster.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ impl Rasterizer {
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         let mut fontdb = fontdb::Database::new();
         fontdb.load_system_fonts();
-        fontdb.load_fonts_dir("./fonts");
+        fontdb.load_fonts_dir(if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+            "src/fonts"
+        } else {
+            "fonts"
+        });
 
         Self { font_db: fontdb }
     }
diff --git a/src/template.rs b/src/template.rs
index 1ac4048..d492947 100644
--- a/src/template.rs
+++ b/src/template.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ use timeago::Formatter;
 
 lazy_static! {
     static ref TEMPLATES: Tera = {
-        let mut _tera = match Tera::new("templates/**/*.svg") {
+        let template_pattern = if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
+            // Development: templates are in src/templates
+            "src/templates/**/*.svg"
+        } else {
+            // Production: templates are in /usr/src/app/templates (relative to working dir)
+            "templates/**/*.svg"
+        };
+
+        let mut _tera = match Tera::new(template_pattern) {
             Ok(t) => {
                 let names: Vec<&str> = t.get_template_names().collect();
                 println!("{} templates found ([{}]).", names.len(), names.join(", "));