diff --git a/templates/website/src/collections/Media.ts b/templates/website/src/collections/Media.ts
index 3b3d654c9..d78b8a6db 100644
--- a/templates/website/src/collections/Media.ts
+++ b/templates/website/src/collections/Media.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ export const Media: CollectionConfig = {
   ],
   upload: {
     // Upload to the public/media directory in Next.js making them publicly accessible even outside of Payload
-    staticDir: path.resolve(dirname, '../../../public/media'),
+    staticDir: path.resolve(dirname, '../../public/media'),
   },
 }