diff --git a/app/public/cantusdata/management/commands/index_manuscript_mei.py b/app/public/cantusdata/management/commands/index_manuscript_mei.py
index 3d0281ae..48752779 100644
--- a/app/public/cantusdata/management/commands/index_manuscript_mei.py
+++ b/app/public/cantusdata/management/commands/index_manuscript_mei.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from solr.core import SolrConnection  # type: ignore
 
-MEI4_DIR = path.join("code", "production-mei-files")
+MEI4_DIR = path.join("/code", "production-mei-files")
 
 
 class Command(BaseCommand):
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser: CommandParser) -> None:
             default=MEI4_DIR,
             help=(
                 "The directory containing the MEI files to be indexed."
-                "Defaults to 'code/production-mei-files'."
+                "Defaults to '/code/production-mei-files'."
             ),
         )
         parser.add_argument(