diff --git a/app/config.js b/app/config.js
index 058a5064..a0e36e61 100644
--- a/app/config.js
+++ b/app/config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const dotenvExpand = require('dotenv-expand');
 const process = require('process');
 
 const env = {};
-let dotEnvConfig = dotenv.config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '..', '.env'), processEnv: env });
+let dotEnvConfig = dotenv.config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '.env'), process: dotenv.config({ path: path.join(__dirname, '..', '.env'), processEnv: env})});
 dotEnvConfig = dotenvExpand.expand({ parsed: env, processEnv: env });
 
 const getAppHttpHost = () => env.APP_HTTP_HOST||'nm3clol-express-app';
diff --git a/app/server.js b/app/server.js
index 0ce91ea2..9df412a7 100644
--- a/app/server.js
+++ b/app/server.js
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ glob.globSync('**/*.md', {
   const route = expressRoutePathFromFilePath(filePath);
   const fullFilePath = path.join(config.pagesPath, filePath);
   let paths = route.split(path.posix.sep);
-  paths[0] = 'public';
   console.log(`Serving ${route} route as a page at ${fullFilePath}.`);
   app.get(route, async (req, res) => {
     const fm = matter.read(fullFilePath);
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ glob.globSync('**/*.md', {
 
 // console.log("Scanning for documents to create routes.");
 // glob.globSync('**/*{.pdf,.docx,.xlsx,.pptx,.doc,.xls,.ppt}', {
-//   cwd: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public'),
+//   cwd: path.join(config.publicPath),
 //   matchBase: true,
 //   follow: true,
 // }).forEach((filePath) => {
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ glob.globSync('**/*.md', {
 //     return filePath.substring(0, filePath.length - path.extname(filePath).length).replaceAll(path.sep, path.posix.sep);
 //   };
 //   const route = expressRoutePathFromFilePath(filePath);
-//   const fullFilePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', filePath);
+//   const fullFilePath = path.join(config.publicPath, filePath);
 //   let paths = route.split(path.posix.sep);
 //   paths[0] = 'public';
 //   console.log(`Setting route for ${route}`);
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ glob.globSync('**/*.md', {
 //TODO: Rewrite this facility so that it utilizes Git index as a filesystem.
 console.log("Scanning for web archive HTML documents to create routes.");
 glob.globSync('Web_Site_Archives/**/*{.htm,.html}', {
-  cwd: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public'),
+  cwd: config.publicPath,
   matchBase: true,
   follow: true,
 }).forEach((filePath) => {
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ glob.globSync('Web_Site_Archives/**/*{.htm,.html}', {
     return '/' + filePath.replaceAll(path.sep, path.posix.sep);
   };
   const route = expressRoutePathFromFilePath(filePath);
-  const fullFilePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', filePath);
+  const fullFilePath = path.join(config.publicPath, filePath);
   let paths = route.split(path.posix.sep);
   paths[0] = 'public';
   console.log(`Setting route for ${route}`);
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ glob.globSync('Web_Site_Archives/**/*{.htm,.html}', {
 //TODO: Rewrite this facility so that it utilizes Git index as a filesystem.
 console.log("Scanning for archived videos to create routes.");
 glob.globSync(['Russell_County/Board_of_Supervisors/YouTube_Archive/**/*.info.json', 'Virginia_Energy/YouTube_Archive/**/*.info.json', 'Virginia_Governor/**/*.info.json'], {
-  cwd: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public'),
+  cwd: config.publicPath,
   matchBase: true,
   follow: true,
 }).forEach((filePath) => {
@@ -153,16 +152,16 @@ glob.globSync(['Russell_County/Board_of_Supervisors/YouTube_Archive/**/*.info.js
   }
   const directory = dirFromFilePath(filePath);
   let videoURL = ""+glob.globSync("*.{mpg,mpeg,mp4,mkv,webm}", {
-    cwd: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', directory),
+    cwd: path.join(config.publicPath, directory),
     matchBase: true,
     follow: true,
   }).pop();
   let subtitleURL = ""+glob.globSync("*.en.vtt", {
-    cwd: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', directory),
+    cwd: path.join(config.publicPath, directory),
     matchBase: true,
     follow: true,
   }).pop();
-  let subtitleFile = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', directory, subtitleURL);
+  let subtitleFile = path.join(config.publicPath, directory, subtitleURL);
   const route = encodeURI(expressRoutePathFromFilePath(filePath));
   let paths = filePath.substring(0, filePath.lastIndexOf(path.sep) > 0 ? filePath.lastIndexOf(path.sep) : filePath.length-1).split(path.sep);
   paths = paths.map((name, idx, aPaths) => {
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ glob.globSync(['Russell_County/Board_of_Supervisors/YouTube_Archive/**/*.info.js
       url,
     };
   });
-  const fullFilePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'public', filePath);
+  const fullFilePath = path.join(config.publicPath, filePath);
   console.log(`Setting route for ${route}`);
   app.get(route, async (req, res) => {
     if (!req.path.endsWith('/')) {
diff --git a/views/video-player.ejs b/views/video-player.ejs
index 28dbaa31..9f79ef45 100644
--- a/views/video-player.ejs
+++ b/views/video-player.ejs
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
           <% if (h.shouldShowDirectorySeparator({index})) { %>
             <span class="separator">&rsaquo; </span>
           <% } %>
-          <% if (h.shouldShowWelcomeBanner({paths})) { %>
-            Welcome to <%= h.getDirectoryTitle({directory}) %>
+          <% if (h.shouldShowSiteWelcomeMessage({paths})) { %>
+            <i>&nbsp;</i>  
+            <%= h.getSiteWelcomeMessage() %>
           <% } else if (h.shouldOmitLinkOnLastBreadcrumb({paths, index})) { %>
-            <%= h.trimSlashes({path: value.name}) %>
+            <%= h.trimSlashes(value.name) %>
             <% } else if (index == 0) { %>
               <a href="/"><%= h.getSiteName() %></a>
             <% } else { %>