diff --git a/apps/backend/creds/demo.txt b/apps/backend/creds/demo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/apps/backend/assets/fcm-v1-account.json b/apps/backend/creds/fcm-v1-account.json
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/backend/assets/fcm-v1-account.json
rename to apps/backend/creds/fcm-v1-account.json
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/lib/firebase.ts b/apps/backend/src/lib/firebase.ts
index 252bdc2..ce2e652 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/lib/firebase.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/lib/firebase.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import admin from 'firebase-admin';
 import path from 'path';
 
 // Initialize Firebase Admin SDK
-const serviceAccountPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'assets', 'fcm-v1-account.json');
+const serviceAccountPath = path.join('.', 'creds', 'fcm-v1-account.json');
 
 if (!admin.apps.length) {
   admin.initializeApp({