Fix Flask app initialization to determine project root before creating app

vidai/web.py

@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@ from .admin import admin_bp
 from .utils import get_current_user_session, login_required, admin_required
 
 # Determine project root (parent of vidai directory)
-project_root = os.path.dirname(app.root_path)
+current_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+project_root = os.path.dirname(current_dir)
+
 app = Flask(__name__,
             template_folder=os.path.join(project_root, 'templates'),
             static_folder=os.path.join(project_root, 'static'))
 app.secret_key = os.environ.get('FLASK_SECRET_KEY', 'dev-secret-key-change-in-production')
-os.makedirs('../static', exist_ok=True)
+
+# Ensure static directory exists
+os.makedirs(os.path.join(project_root, 'static'), exist_ok=True)
 
 # Ensure avatars directory exists
 avatars_dir = os.path.join(project_root, 'static', 'avatars')