diff --git a/nwb-guide.spec b/nwb-guide.spec
index 25d76a291..d4868ee6d 100644
--- a/nwb-guide.spec
+++ b/nwb-guide.spec
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import scipy
 from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files
 from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_all
 
-datas = [('./src/paths.config.json', './src'), ('./package.json', '.')]
+datas = [('./src/paths.config.json', '.'), ('./package.json', '.')]
 binaries = []
 hiddenimports = [
     'email_validator',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 739dcf06e..17393fe59 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "test:pipelines": "vitest pipelines",
     "test:server": "pytest src/pyflask/tests/ -s -vv",
     "wait5s": "node -e \"setTimeout(() => process.exit(0),5000)\"",
-    "test:executable": "concurrently -n EXE,TEST --kill-others --success first \"node tests/testPyinstallerExecutable.js --port 3434 --forever\" \"npm run wait5s && pytest pyflask/tests/ -s --target http://localhost:3434\"",
+    "test:executable": "concurrently -n EXE,TEST --kill-others --success first \"node tests/testPyinstallerExecutable.js --port 3434 --forever\" \"npm run wait5s && pytest src/pyflask/tests/ -s --target http://localhost:3434\"",
     "test:coverage": "npm run coverage:app && npm run coverage:server",
     "coverage:app": "npm run test:app -- --coverage",
     "coverage:server": "pytest src/pyflask/tests/ -s --cov=pyflask --cov-report=xml",
diff --git a/src/pyflask/app.py b/src/pyflask/app.py
index af363291f..65d3498bc 100644
--- a/src/pyflask/app.py
+++ b/src/pyflask/app.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     GUIDE_ROOT_FOLDER,
     STUB_SAVE_FOLDER_PATH,
     resource_path,
+    is_packaged
 )
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@
 LOG_FILE_PATH = Path(LOG_FOLDER, f"{timestamp}.log")
 
 # Initialize API
-package_json_file_path = resource_path("../package.json")
+package_json_file_path = resource_path("package.json" if is_packaged() else "../package.json")
 with open(file=package_json_file_path) as fp:
     package_json = json.load(fp=fp)
 
diff --git a/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/info/__init__.py b/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/info/__init__.py
index edde04113..d91d25519 100644
--- a/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/info/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/info/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
     GUIDE_ROOT_FOLDER,
     STUB_SAVE_FOLDER_PATH,
     resource_path,
+    is_packaged
 )
diff --git a/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/info/urls.py b/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/info/urls.py
index bf8a65116..d1b15aab1 100644
--- a/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/info/urls.py
+++ b/src/pyflask/manageNeuroconv/info/urls.py
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
+def is_packaged():
+    deployed = True
+    try:
+        sys._MEIPASS # PyInstaller creates a temp folder and stores path in _MEIPASS
+    except Exception:
+        deployed = False
+
+    return deployed
 
 def resource_path(relative_path):
     """Get absolute path to resource, works for dev and for PyInstaller"""
@@ -20,6 +28,7 @@ def resource_path(relative_path):
 path_config = resource_path(
     "paths.config.json"
 )  # NOTE: Must have pyflask for running the GUIDE as a whole, but errors for just the server
+
 f = path_config.open()
 data = json.load(f)
 GUIDE_ROOT_FOLDER = Path(Path.home(), data["root"])