diff --git a/api/conf/conf.go b/api/conf/conf.go
index 6ea9af02de..2b26e5c821 100644
--- a/api/conf/conf.go
+++ b/api/conf/conf.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 	EnvDEV   = "dev"
 	EnvLOCAL = "local"
 
-	WebDir = "./html"
+	WebDir = "/html"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/api/internal/route.go b/api/internal/route.go
index a57e5c0e0a..dd0e54cd6d 100644
--- a/api/internal/route.go
+++ b/api/internal/route.go
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ func SetUpRouter() *gin.Engine {
 	store := cookie.NewStore([]byte("secret"))
 	r.Use(sessions.Sessions("session", store))
 	r.Use(filter.CORS(), filter.RequestId(), filter.RequestLogHandler(logger), filter.SchemaCheck(), filter.Authentication(), filter.RecoverHandler())
-	r.Use(static.Serve("/", static.LocalFile(conf.WebDir, false)))
+	r.Use(static.Serve("/", static.LocalFile(conf.WorkDir + conf.WebDir, false)))
 	r.NoRoute(func(c *gin.Context) {
-		c.File(fmt.Sprintf("%s/index.html", conf.WebDir))
+		c.File(fmt.Sprintf("%s/index.html", conf.WorkDir + conf.WebDir))
 	})
 
 	factories := []handler.RegisterFactory{
diff --git a/api/test/shell/cli_test.sh b/api/test/shell/cli_test.sh
index ad1568d2a8..0d46a56f6d 100755
--- a/api/test/shell/cli_test.sh
+++ b/api/test/shell/cli_test.sh
@@ -95,6 +95,26 @@ if [[ `grep -c "INFO" ./error.log` -eq '0' ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# run on a different path 
+workDir=$(pwd)
+rm -rf html
+mkdir html
+cd html
+echo "hi~" >> index.html
+APISIX_API_WORKDIR=$workDir $workDir/manager-api &
+sleep 5
+
+res=$(curl http://127.0.0.1:9000)
+pkill -f manager-api
+
+if [[ $res == "404 page not found" ]]; then
+    echo "failed: manager-api cant run on a different path"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cd -
+rm -rf html
+clean_up
 
 # test start info