diff --git a/modules/web/ese.nix b/modules/web/ese.nix
index acea225..95bd8d1 100644
--- a/modules/web/ese.nix
+++ b/modules/web/ese.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { config, ... }:
 let
   domain = "ese.${config.networking.domain}";
+  webRoot = "/srv/web/ese";
 in
 {
   services.nginx = {
@@ -10,12 +11,12 @@ in
         return = "302 /2024/";
       };
       locations."/" = {
-        root = "/srv/web/ese/served";
+        root = webRoot;
         tryFiles = "$uri $uri/ =404";
       };
       # cache static assets
       locations."~* \.(?:css|svg|webp|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|mp4|mp3|ogg|ogv|webm|ttf|woff2|woff)$" = {
-        root = "/srv/web/ese/served";
+        root = webRoot;
         extraConfig = ''
           expires 1y;
         '';