diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/awooop_truth_chain_service.py b/apps/api/src/services/awooop_truth_chain_service.py
index ec54c6a5..898aa6a6 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/awooop_truth_chain_service.py
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/awooop_truth_chain_service.py
@@ -708,9 +708,11 @@ def _execution_backend_summary(records: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 def _ansible_runtime_readiness() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[4]
     playbook_roots = [
         Path("/app/infra/ansible"),
         Path.cwd() / "infra" / "ansible",
+        repo_root / "infra" / "ansible",
     ]
     playbook_root = next((path for path in playbook_roots if path.exists()), None)
     playbook_paths = (