diff --git a/app/bootstrap.php b/app/bootstrap.php
index 27dda0ab10b..6cb24d62de7 100644
--- a/app/bootstrap.php
+++ b/app/bootstrap.php
@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@
 |
 | Next, we need to configure Hyde to use our project's base path.
 |
+| There are two ways we can do this, previously we were using getcwd(),
+| which allows for a lot of flexibility, but can also cause problems.
+| See this issue: https://github.com/hydephp/develop/issues/212
+|
 */
 
-\Hyde\Framework\Hyde::setBasePath(getcwd());
+// @deprecated usage \Hyde\Framework\Hyde::setBasePath(getcwd());
+\Hyde\Framework\Hyde::setBasePath(dirname(__DIR__));
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------