# projectDir not working as expected

**URL:** <https://forum.serverless.com/t/projectdir-not-working-as-expected/16047>\
**Category:** Serverless Framework\
**Tags:** aws, variables\
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/projectdir-not-working-as-expected/16047 "2021-10-08T08:40:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/jek/32/6256_2.png) [@jek](https://forum.serverless.com/u/jek)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/projectdir-not-working-as-expected/16047/1 "2021-10-08T08:40:57Z")

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package.json

```auto
  "devDependencies": {
    "serverless": "^2.61.0",
  },

```

serverless.yaml

```auto
service: SomeServices
variablesResolutionMode: 20210326
projectDir: ../
useDotenv: true
configValidationMode: warn

custom:
  deploymentBucket:
    policy: ${file(../serverless-deploymentBucketPolicy.json)}

```

I get the error:

`"custom.deploymentBucket": Cannot load file from outside of service folder`

Am I doing something wrong or am I encountering a bug?

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**Author:** ![jek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.serverless.com/jek/32/6256_2.png) [@jek](https://forum.serverless.com/u/jek)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.serverless.com/t/projectdir-not-working-as-expected/16047/2 "2021-10-08T09:45:04Z")

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It seems like this was resolved by installing the latest canary version of serverless (“2.61.0-05f937f2”).