diff --git a/servers/fastapi/api/utils.py b/servers/fastapi/api/utils.py
index 31646834..aeaf3ee7 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/api/utils.py
+++ b/servers/fastapi/api/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
 import os
+import sys
 import traceback
 from typing import List, Optional
 
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ def update_env_with_user_config():
         os.environ["GOOGLE_API_KEY"] = user_config.GOOGLE_API_KEY
 
 
+def get_resource(relative_path):
+    base_path = getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)
+
+
 def replace_file_name(old_name: str, new_name: str) -> str:
     splitted = old_name.split(".")
     if len(splitted) < 1:
diff --git a/servers/fastapi/image_processor/icons_finder.py b/servers/fastapi/image_processor/icons_finder.py
index ac04f8b6..82cc0c1b 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/image_processor/icons_finder.py
+++ b/servers/fastapi/image_processor/icons_finder.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from typing import List, Optional
 
+from api.utils import get_resource
 from ppt_generator.models.query_and_prompt_models import (
     IconCategoryEnum,
     IconQueryCollectionWithData,
@@ -21,11 +22,11 @@ async def get_icon(
 
     with open(output_path, "wb") as f_a:
         try:
-            with open(f"assets/icons/bold/{icon_name}.png", "rb") as f_b:
+            with open(get_resource(f"assets/icons/bold/{icon_name}.png"), "rb") as f_b:
                 f_a.write(f_b.read())
         except Exception as e:
             print("Error finding icon: ", e)
-            with open(f"assets/icons/placeholder.png", "rb") as f_b:
+            with open(get_resource("assets/icons/placeholder.png"), "rb") as f_b:
                 f_a.write(f_b.read())
 
 
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ async def get_icons(
 
     icon_names = [result.page_content for result in results]
 
-    icon_paths = [f"assets/icons/bold/{each}-bold.png" for each in icon_names]
+    icon_paths = [
+        get_resource(f"assets/icons/bold/{each}-bold.png") for each in icon_names
+    ]
 
     icon_temp_paths = []
 
diff --git a/servers/fastapi/image_processor/icons_vectorstore_utils.py b/servers/fastapi/image_processor/icons_vectorstore_utils.py
index d41ed5ae..1eaf7119 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/image_processor/icons_vectorstore_utils.py
+++ b/servers/fastapi/image_processor/icons_vectorstore_utils.py
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ from langchain_core.vectorstores import InMemoryVectorStore
 
 from langchain_huggingface import HuggingFaceEmbeddings
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
+from api.utils import get_resource
 
 
 def get_icons_vectorstore():
-    vector_store_path = "assets/icons_vectorstore.json"
+    vector_store_path = get_resource("assets/icons_vectorstore.json")
 
     embeddings = HuggingFaceEmbeddings(model_name="all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def get_icons_vectorstore():
 
     vector_store = InMemoryVectorStore(embeddings)
 
-    with open("assets/icons.json", "r") as f:
+    with open(get_resource("assets/icons.json"), "r") as f:
         icons = json.load(f)
 
     icon_names = [icon["name"] for icon in icons["icons"]]
diff --git a/servers/fastapi/image_processor/images_finder.py b/servers/fastapi/image_processor/images_finder.py
index 6eae412b..bec1cc76 100644
--- a/servers/fastapi/image_processor/images_finder.py
+++ b/servers/fastapi/image_processor/images_finder.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from openai import OpenAI
 from ppt_generator.models.query_and_prompt_models import (
     ImagePromptWithThemeAndAspectRatio,
 )
+from api.utils import get_resource
 
 
 async def generate_image(
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ async def generate_image(
         await image_gen_func(image_prompt, output_path)
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"Error generating image: {e}")
-        with open("assets/images/placeholder.jpg", "rb") as f_a:
+        with open(get_resource("assets/images/placeholder.jpg"), "rb") as f_a:
             with open(output_path, "wb") as f_b:
                 f_b.write(f_a.read())