diff --git a/author/project/system/public/index.php b/author/project/system/public/index.php
index e49b21a..f3b9a35 100755
--- a/author/project/system/public/index.php
+++ b/author/project/system/public/index.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1); */
 define('PUBLIC', __DIR__);
 
 // Initializing path to the project root directory
-define('ROOT',  INDEX . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR	. '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR	. '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR	. '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+define('ROOT',  PUBLIC . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR	. '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR	. '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR	. '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 
 // Initializing path to the directory of views 
 define('VIEWS', realpath('..' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'views'));