diff --git a/src/constants.js b/src/constants.js
index 2f0bc6f..28d0dc1 100644
--- a/src/constants.js
+++ b/src/constants.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 
-const INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR = process.env.INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR ?? path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'static');
+const INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR = process.env.INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR ?? path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'static') + path.sep;
 
 // Reducing to consume less memory, exceeding it will cause the rendered output to be scaled down
 const MAX_CAIRO_DIMENSION = (
diff --git a/src/helpers/image.js b/src/helpers/image.js
index 48ece44..b896bc1 100644
--- a/src/helpers/image.js
+++ b/src/helpers/image.js
@@ -7,20 +7,13 @@ const {
 	lookup: mimeType
 } = require('mime-types');
 
-const {
-	INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR
-} = require('../constants');
+const { resolveItemPath } = require('./resolution');
+const {	INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR } = require('../constants');
 
 // Test if image is valid
 const validateImage = async src => {
-	if (!/^(https?\:\/\/|data\:)/.test(src)) {
-		try {
-			const location = path.join(INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR, src);
-			await fs.stat(location);
-		} catch(e) {
-			return false;
-		}
-	}
+	if (!/^(https?\:\/\/|data\:)/.test(src))
+		return resolveItemPath(src);
 	return true;
 };
 
@@ -80,7 +73,7 @@ const getImageLocation = async src => {
 };
 
 const imgToBase64 = async name => {
-	const buf = await fs.readFile(path.join(INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR, name));
+	const buf = await fs.readFile(resolveItemPath(name));
 	const extension = path.extname(name);
 	const contentType = mimeType(extension);
 	const dataURI = `data:${contentType};base64,${buf.toString('base64')}`;
diff --git a/src/helpers/render.js b/src/helpers/render.js
index 07f6417..7f905eb 100644
--- a/src/helpers/render.js
+++ b/src/helpers/render.js
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@ const { createCanvas, loadImage, registerFont } = require('canvas');
 const strftime = require('strftime');
 
 const {
-	getPlaceholder, isValidPlaceholder
-} = require('../helpers/placeholder');
-const {
-	INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR,
 	MAX_CAIRO_DIMENSION,
 	SINGLE_WHITE_PIXEL
 } = require('../constants');
 
+const { getPlaceholder } = require('./placeholder');
+const { resolveItemPath } = require('./resolution');
+
 if (!process.env.FONTS_LOADED) {
-	const RESOURCES = path.join(INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR, 'items.json');
+	const RESOURCES = resolveItemPath('items.json');
 	if (fs.existsSync(RESOURCES)) {
 		const fonts = fs.readJSONSync(RESOURCES).filter(i => i.type === 'font');
 		for (const font of fonts) {
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ if (!process.env.FONTS_LOADED) {
 				path: fontPath,
 				family
 			} = font;
-			registerFont(path.join(INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR, fontPath), { family });
+			registerFont(resolveItemPath(fontPath), { family });
 		}
 	}
 	process.env.FONTS_LOADED = 1;
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ const render = async (cert, fmt) => {
 	}
 
 	try {
-		const bgImg = await loadImage(path.join(INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR, cert.background));
+		const bgImg = await loadImage(resolveItemPath(cert.background));
 		ctx.drawImage(bgImg, 0, 0, width, height);
 	} catch(e) {}
 
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ const render = async (cert, fmt) => {
 				value = SINGLE_WHITE_PIXEL;
 			}
 
-			const toLoad = value.startsWith('data:') ? value : path.join(INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR, value);
+			const toLoad = value.startsWith('data:') ? value : resolveItemPath(value);
 			const imgToDraw = await loadImage(toLoad);
 			ctx.drawImage(imgToDraw, x, y, width, height);
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/helpers/resolution.js b/src/helpers/resolution.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bc63ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/resolution.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const path = require('path');
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
+
+const { INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR } = require('../constants');
+
+const resolveItemPath = src => {
+	for (const DIR of [INTERNAL_STATIC_DIR]) {
+		if (DIR == null)
+			continue;
+		const location = path.join(DIR, src);
+		if (fs.existsSync(location));
+			return location;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+	resolveItemPath
+};
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