diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6dbc321d..28bd1610 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "homepage",
-	"version": "1.41.2",
+	"version": "1.41.3",
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
diff --git a/src/lib/server/bible.ts b/src/lib/server/bible.ts
index a42634cd..de5f9e88 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/bible.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/bible.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { resolveStaticAsset } from './staticAsset';
 
 export interface BibleVerse {
 	bookName: string;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export interface BibleVerse {
 const versesCache = new Map<string, BibleVerse[]>();
 
 export function loadVersesFromFile(tsvPath?: string): BibleVerse[] {
-	const filePath = tsvPath ?? resolve('static/allioli.tsv');
+	const filePath = tsvPath ?? resolveStaticAsset('allioli.tsv');
 	const cached = versesCache.get(filePath);
 	if (cached) return cached;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/server/properBibleFallback.ts b/src/lib/server/properBibleFallback.ts
index 9c32fe88..276fc920 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/properBibleFallback.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/properBibleFallback.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import { resolve } from 'path';
 import { translateRefToTarget } from './bibleRefLatin';
 import { lookupReference } from './bible';
+import { resolveStaticAsset } from './staticAsset';
 
 export type FallbackLang = 'en' | 'de';
 
-const TSV_PATH: Record<FallbackLang, string> = {
-	en: 'static/drb.tsv',
-	de: 'static/allioli.tsv'
+const TSV_NAME: Record<FallbackLang, string> = {
+	en: 'drb.tsv',
+	de: 'allioli.tsv'
 };
 
 // Latin propers often cite successive verses in compact form like
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function stripPsalmSuperscription(text: string, lang: FallbackLang): string {
 
 export function fetchLocalFromBible(refs: string[], lang: FallbackLang): string | null {
 	if (!refs || refs.length === 0) return null;
-	const tsvPath = resolve(TSV_PATH[lang]);
+	const tsvPath = resolveStaticAsset(TSV_NAME[lang]);
 	const collected: string[] = [];
 	for (const rawRef of refs) {
 		for (const seg of splitCompoundRef(rawRef)) {
diff --git a/src/lib/server/staticAsset.ts b/src/lib/server/staticAsset.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb2941f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/server/staticAsset.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+const MODULE_DIR = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+// adapter-node bundles server code into build/server/chunks/*.js;
+// public static assets end up at build/client/. Resolve there first
+// so deploys that sit `build/` at any prefix work without a CWD.
+const BUILD_STATIC = resolve(MODULE_DIR, '..', '..', 'client');
+
+// Dev (vite/vite-node): CWD is the project root, raw static/ lives there.
+const DEV_STATIC = resolve('static');
+
+export function resolveStaticAsset(name: string): string {
+	const bundled = resolve(BUILD_STATIC, name);
+	if (existsSync(bundled)) return bundled;
+	return resolve(DEV_STATIC, name);
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/api/[faithLang=faithLang]/bibel/[reference]/+server.ts b/src/routes/api/[faithLang=faithLang]/bibel/[reference]/+server.ts
index 965bfa87..ba029170 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/[faithLang=faithLang]/bibel/[reference]/+server.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/[faithLang=faithLang]/bibel/[reference]/+server.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { json, error } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 import type { RequestHandler } from './$types';
 import { lookupReference } from '$lib/server/bible';
-import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { resolveStaticAsset } from '$lib/server/staticAsset';
 
 const tsvFiles: Record<string, string> = {
-  glaube: 'static/allioli.tsv',
-  faith: 'static/drb.tsv'
+  glaube: 'allioli.tsv',
+  faith: 'drb.tsv'
 };
 
 export const GET: RequestHandler = async ({ params }) => {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export const GET: RequestHandler = async ({ params }) => {
     return error(400, 'Missing reference parameter');
   }
 
-  const tsvPath = resolve(tsvFiles[params.faithLang]);
+  const tsvPath = resolveStaticAsset(tsvFiles[params.faithLang]);
 
   try {
     const result = lookupReference(reference, tsvPath);