diff --git a/explorer_frontend/public/readRuntimeConfig.js b/explorer_frontend/public/readRuntimeConfig.js
index 21a9bc39..597d16d6 100644
--- a/explorer_frontend/public/readRuntimeConfig.js
+++ b/explorer_frontend/public/readRuntimeConfig.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ function loadConfig() {
   var config = {};
   var localConfig = {};
 
-  var configToml = fetchTomlFileSync("./runtime-config.toml");
-  var localConfigToml = fetchTomlFileSync("./runtime-config.local.toml");
+  var configToml = fetchTomlFileSync("/runtime-config.toml");
+  var localConfigToml = fetchTomlFileSync("/runtime-config.local.toml");
 
   if (configToml) {
     config = safeParseToml(configToml);