diff --git a/viskit/configuration/c_app.xml b/viskit/configuration/c_app.xml
index c8fe4c72e2e2047703905578e2de5be5eb060ad8..d8ae3b0790ce36407c668afd11771c8e07fe0505 100644
--- a/viskit/configuration/c_app.xml
+++ b/viskit/configuration/c_app.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
             <!-- These two attributes MUST always be at least zero-length Strings -->
             <!-- A default project path and name (DefaultProject) are included
                  in this template for convenience -->
-            <path dir="../assignments/src/MV3500Cohort2024JulySeptember/projects"/>
+            <path dir="assignments/src/MV3500Cohort2024JulySeptember/projects"/>
             <name value="ViskitOpenDis7Examples"/>
         </projecthome>
         <tabs>