# Public directory problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-directory-problem/90982>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 3, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-directory-problem/90982 "2007-04-03T16:09:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![goodieboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecc23a/32.png) [@goodieboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/goodieboy)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/public-directory-problem/90982/1 "2007-04-03T16:09:26Z")

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Hi,

We’ve got a rails app running and all of the paths for anything in the  
public directory have a prefix. Not sure if this is from using the  
image\_tag or not right now, need to look at the source. Anyway, Is  
there a way to change that prefix in the configuration, OR have Apache  
alias that directory? We’re using mongrel clusters. Any ideas?

Matt