diff --git a/examples/base/main.go b/examples/base/main.go
index 04b452be..3e5e2861 100644
--- a/examples/base/main.go
+++ b/examples/base/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v5"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase"
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	app.OnBeforeServe().Add(func(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
 		// serves static files from the provided public dir (if exists)
-		subFs := echo.MustSubFS(e.Router.Filesystem, "pb_public")
+		subFs := echo.MustSubFS(e.Router.Filesystem, filepath.Join(app.DataDir(), "../pb_public"))
 		e.Router.GET("/*", apis.StaticDirectoryHandler(subFs, false))
 
 		return nil