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 # Image API
 This is an Actix-web server for serving images and videos from a filesystem.
-Upon first run it will generate thumbnails for all images and videos at `DEFAULT_PATH`.
+Upon first run it will generate thumbnails for all images and videos at `BASE_PATH`.
 
 ## Environment
 There are a handful of required environment variables to have the API run.