diff --git a/sx/sxc/pages/helpers.py b/sx/sxc/pages/helpers.py
index ba8a1cd..2bd80fe 100644
--- a/sx/sxc/pages/helpers.py
+++ b/sx/sxc/pages/helpers.py
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ def _special_forms_data() -> dict:
     from shared.sx.parser import parse_all, serialize
     from shared.sx.types import Symbol, Keyword
 
-    spec_path = os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
-        "..", "..", "..", "shared", "sx", "ref", "special-forms.sx",
-    )
+    ref_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "..", "shared", "sx", "ref")
+    if not os.path.isdir(ref_dir):
+        ref_dir = "/app/shared/sx/ref"
+    spec_path = os.path.join(ref_dir, "special-forms.sx")
     with open(spec_path) as f:
         exprs = parse_all(f.read())