diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3a1b744..f8bc8c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 instance/
 config.txt
 /static/img/
-/__pycache__/
\ No newline at end of file
+/__pycache__/
+/static/volume/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 222a40b..6e2c462 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 from db_schema import Projects, db
 
-dev = False  # if true then uses config.txt to set environment variables
+dev = True  # if true then uses config.txt to set environment variables
 if dev:
     with open("config.txt", "r") as f:
         for line in f.readlines():
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ def add_photo(
 
 @app.route("/dog/")
 def dog():
-    # get random dog image from /static/img/dog/ folder
-    dog_images = listdir("static/img/dog")
+    # serve random dog image
+    dog_images = listdir(app.config["UPLOAD_FOLDER"] + "dog")
     dog_image = dog_images[randint(0, len(dog_images) - 1)]
-    return send_from_directory("static/img/dog", dog_image)
+    return send_from_directory(app.config["UPLOAD_FOLDER"] + "dog", dog_image)
 
 
 @app.route(DOG_URL, methods=["GET", "POST"])