From b810868239cb506f1c7d244ffcbe4bf176d588f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: silentoplayz <jacwoo21@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:17:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Alembic CLI commands from failing

---
 backend/open_webui/alembic.ini |  2 +-
 backend/open_webui/env.py      | 15 +++++++++------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/open_webui/alembic.ini b/backend/open_webui/alembic.ini
index 4eff85f0c6..dccd8a3c12 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/alembic.ini
+++ b/backend/open_webui/alembic.ini
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ script_location = migrations
 
 # sys.path path, will be prepended to sys.path if present.
 # defaults to the current working directory.
-prepend_sys_path = .
+prepend_sys_path = ..
 
 # timezone to use when rendering the date within the migration file
 # as well as the filename.
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index e561036408..b6ba940d94 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -17,14 +17,17 @@ from open_webui.constants import ERROR_MESSAGES
 # Load .env file
 ####################################
 
-OPEN_WEBUI_DIR = Path(__file__).parent  # the path containing this file
-print(OPEN_WEBUI_DIR)
+# Use .resolve() to get the canonical path, removing any '..' or '.' components
+_this_file_path_resolved = Path(__file__).resolve()
 
-BACKEND_DIR = OPEN_WEBUI_DIR.parent  # the path containing this file
-BASE_DIR = BACKEND_DIR.parent  # the path containing the backend/
+# OPEN_WEBUI_DIR should be the directory where env.py resides (open_webui/)
+OPEN_WEBUI_DIR = _this_file_path_resolved.parent
 
-print(BACKEND_DIR)
-print(BASE_DIR)
+# BACKEND_DIR is the parent of OPEN_WEBUI_DIR (backend/)
+BACKEND_DIR = OPEN_WEBUI_DIR.parent
+
+# BASE_DIR is the parent of BACKEND_DIR (open-webui-dev/)
+BASE_DIR = BACKEND_DIR.parent
 
 try:
     from dotenv import find_dotenv, load_dotenv