diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/app-ci.yaml
similarity index 96%
rename from .github/workflows/ci.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/app-ci.yaml
index e38c7b1..d560902 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/app-ci.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
 
+defaults:
+  run:
+    working-directory: app
+
 jobs:
   run-checks:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/render.yaml b/render.yaml
index c0b18b8..c29cc44 100644
--- a/render.yaml
+++ b/render.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ databases:
 services:
   - type: web
     name: querykey-prod-web
+    rootDir: app
     env: docker
     dockerfilePath: Dockerfile
     dockerContext: .
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ services:
 
   - type: web
     name: querykey-prod-wss
+    rootDir: app
     env: docker
     dockerfilePath: Dockerfile
     dockerContext: .