diff --git a/internal/gounicorn/gounicorn.go b/internal/gounicorn/gounicorn.go
index 3013d6daa6ed..ded21a4d2c53 100644
--- a/internal/gounicorn/gounicorn.go
+++ b/internal/gounicorn/gounicorn.go
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ import (
 	"goauthentik.io/internal/utils"
 )
 
+var (
+	manageCmd    string = "./manage.py"
+	gunicornCmd  string = "gunicorn"
+	gunicornConf string = "./lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py"
+	pidDir       string = ""
+)
+
 type GoUnicorn struct {
 	Healthcheck      func() bool
 	healthyCallbacks []func()
@@ -58,16 +65,16 @@ func New(healthcheck func() bool) *GoUnicorn {
 }
 
 func (g *GoUnicorn) initCmd() {
-	command := "./manage.py"
+	command := manageCmd
 	args := []string{"dev_server"}
 	if !config.Get().Debug {
-		pidFile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "authentik-gunicorn.*.pid")
+		pidFile, err := os.CreateTemp(pidDir, "authentik-gunicorn.*.pid")
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to create temporary pid file: %v", err))
 		}
 		g.pidFile = pidFile.Name()
-		command = "gunicorn"
-		args = []string{"-c", "./lifecycle/gunicorn.conf.py", "authentik.root.asgi:application"}
+		command = gunicornCmd
+		args = []string{"-c", gunicornConf, "authentik.root.asgi:application"}
 		if g.pidFile != "" {
 			args = append(args, "--pid", g.pidFile)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/web/static.go b/internal/web/static.go
index 1050bfa2c861..97e58e57bf95 100644
--- a/internal/web/static.go
+++ b/internal/web/static.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (ws *WebServer) configureStatic() {
 	staticRouter.Use(ws.staticHeaderMiddleware)
 	staticRouter.Use(web.DisableIndex)
 
-	distFs := http.FileServer(http.Dir("./web/dist"))
+	distFs := http.FileServer(staticWeb.StaticDir)
 
 	pathStripper := func(handler http.Handler, paths ...string) http.Handler {
 		h := handler
diff --git a/web/static.go b/web/static.go
index 9a5c3d0be794..9ce32f4e6734 100644
--- a/web/static.go
+++ b/web/static.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ var RobotsTxt []byte
 //go:embed security.txt
 var SecurityTxt []byte
 
-var StaticDir = http.Dir("./web/dist/")
+var staticDir = "./web/dist/"
+
+var StaticDir = http.Dir(staticDir)
 
 var StaticHandler = http.FileServer(StaticDir)