feat: Implement static login page and fix server errors. Attempt 2

main.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from starlette.middleware.sessions import SessionMiddleware
 from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
@@ -8,6 +9,11 @@ from database import engine
 import auth # Import the new auth module
 from config import settings # Import settings to get the secret key
 
+# --- Absolute Path Configuration ---
+# Get the absolute path of the directory where this file is located
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static")
+
 # This line tells SQLAlchemy to create all the tables based on the models
 # we defined. It will create the `multichat_overlay.db` file with the
 # 'users' and 'settings' tables if they don't exist.
@@ -15,8 +21,8 @@ models.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
 
 app = FastAPI()
 
-# Mount the 'static' directory to serve files like login.html
-app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="static"), name="static")
+# Mount the 'static' directory using an absolute path for reliability
+app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=STATIC_DIR), name="static")
 
 # Add the authentication router
 app.include_router(auth.router)
@@ -27,4 +33,4 @@ app.add_middleware(SessionMiddleware, secret_key=settings.ENCRYPTION_KEY)
 
 @app.get("/")
 async def read_root():
-    return FileResponse("static/login.html")
+    return FileResponse(os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, "login.html"))