diff --git a/Model/NotesModel.php b/Model/NotesModel.php
index d08c891..b6d94f8 100644
--- a/Model/NotesModel.php
+++ b/Model/NotesModel.php
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class NotesModel extends Database
         $pdo = $this->linkDB();
         if (!$pdo) return ['success' => false, 'message' => 'Database error.'];
         
-        $uploadDir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/EIANotesApp/Uploads/';
+        $uploadDir = __DIR__ . '/../Uploads/';
         $uploadedFileNames = [];
 
         if (!file_exists($uploadDir)) {
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ class NotesModel extends Database
             $stmt->execute([$fileId]);
             $file = $stmt->fetch();
             if ($file) {
-                $filePath = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/EIANotesApp/Uploads/' . $file['stored_filename'];
+                $filePath = __DIR__ . '/../Uploads/' . $file['stored_filename'];
                 if (file_exists($filePath)) {
                     unlink($filePath);
                 }
diff --git a/Views/Notes/createNote.phtml b/Views/Notes/createNote.phtml
index 6fc2d9e..ae45380 100644
--- a/Views/Notes/createNote.phtml
+++ b/Views/Notes/createNote.phtml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ include dirname(__DIR__).'/header.phtml';
 
 //// Test write permissions
 //// This is the directory we will upload files to.
-//$uploadDir = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/EIANotesApp/Uploads/';
+//$uploadDir = __DIR__ . '/../Uploads/';
 //if (!file_exists($uploadDir)) {
 //    mkdir($uploadDir, 0777, true);
 //}