diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/preload/instance.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/preload/instance.ex
index 0b6fd3313..5c6e33e47 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/preload/instance.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/preload/instance.ex
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Preload.Providers.Instance do
   alias Pleroma.Web.MastodonAPI.InstanceView
   alias Pleroma.Web.Nodeinfo.Nodeinfo
   alias Pleroma.Web.Preload.Providers.Provider
+  alias Pleroma.Plugs.InstanceStatic
 
   @behaviour Provider
   @instance_url :"/api/v1/instance"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Preload.Providers.Instance do
   end
 
   defp build_panel_tag(acc) do
-    instance_path = Path.join(:code.priv_dir(:pleroma), "static/instance/panel.html")
+    instance_path = InstanceStatic.file_path(@panel_url |> to_string())
 
     if File.exists?(instance_path) do
       panel_data = File.read!(instance_path)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/preload_static/instance/panel.html b/test/fixtures/preload_static/instance/panel.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc58e4e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/preload_static/instance/panel.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+HEY!
diff --git a/test/web/preload/instance_test.exs b/test/web/preload/instance_test.exs
index 42a0d87bc..df150d7be 100644
--- a/test/web/preload/instance_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/preload/instance_test.exs
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.Preload.Providers.InstanceTest do
            )
   end
 
+  test "it works with overrides" do
+    clear_config([:instance, :static_dir], "test/fixtures/preload_static")
+
+    %{"/instance/panel.html": panel} = Instance.generate_terms(nil)
+
+    assert String.contains?(
+             panel,
+             "HEY!"
+           )
+  end
+
   test "it renders the node_info", %{"/nodeinfo/2.0": nodeinfo} do
     %{
       metadata: metadata,