diff --git a/.github/workflows/int_poweron-nyla-int.yml b/.github/workflows/int_poweron-nyla-int.yml
index 756e8cb..cc3e3e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/int_poweron-nyla-int.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/int_poweron-nyla-int.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           npm run build --if-present
 
       - name: Zip artifact for deployment
-        run: zip release.zip ./* -r
+        run: zip release.zip ./* -r -x "node_modules/*" ".git/*" "*.md" ".github/*"
 
       - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index bd5984e..4943d52 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-const express = require('express');
-const path = require('path');
+import express from 'express';
+import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
 const app = express();
 
 // Serve static files from the dist directory