diff --git a/_conv_cache/cache__shAfFEN2sdSn.pkl b/_conv_cache/cache__shAfFEN2sdSn.pkl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8425f4
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bac1edf..309dfe7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ emoji = "0.6.0"
 pyyaml = "6.0.1"
 python-dotenv = "1.0.0"
 openai = "1.30.4"
-<<<<<<< Updated upstream
 neo4j = "^5.20.0"
 nltk = "^3.8.1"
 scikit-learn = "^1.5.0"
@@ -39,9 +38,7 @@ pyjwt = "^2.8.0"
 python-multipart = "^0.0.9"
 pytest-asyncio = "^0.23.7"
 textblob = "^0.18.0.post0"
-=======
 tk = "0.1.0"
->>>>>>> Stashed changes
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "^7.4.3"
diff --git a/topos/services/basic_analytics/token_classifiers.py b/topos/services/basic_analytics/token_classifiers.py
index bb33c8e..d67889a 100644
--- a/topos/services/basic_analytics/token_classifiers.py
+++ b/topos/services/basic_analytics/token_classifiers.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from topos.utilities.utils import get_root_directory
 
 # Assuming the config.yaml is in ./topos/ relative to setup.py directory
-config_path = os.path.join(get_root_directory(), 'topos', 'config.yaml')
+config_path = os.path.join(get_root_directory(), 'config.yaml')
 
 with open(config_path, 'r') as file:
     settings = yaml.safe_load(file)
diff --git a/topos/utilities/utils.py b/topos/utilities/utils.py
index d4e9805..3928b99 100644
--- a/topos/utilities/utils.py
+++ b/topos/utilities/utils.py
@@ -3,25 +3,19 @@
 import os
 
 def get_root_directory():
-    def find_setup_py_upwards(start_path):
-        current_path = start_path
-        while True:
-            if 'setup.py' in os.listdir(current_path):
-                return current_path
-            parent_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(current_path, os.pardir))
-            if parent_path == current_path:  # Reached the root directory
-                return None
-            current_path = parent_path
-
-    # Starting from the current directory
-    current_directory = os.path.abspath('.')
-    setup_py_dir = find_setup_py_upwards(current_directory)
-
-    if setup_py_dir is None:
-        raise FileNotFoundError("setup.py not found in the directory tree.")
-
-    return setup_py_dir
-
+    # Get the current file's directory
+    current_file_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    
+    # Find the first occurrence of "monster" from the right
+    monster_index = current_file_directory.rfind("topos")
+    
+    if monster_index != -1:
+        # Get the path up to the first "monster" directory
+        base_monster_directory = current_file_directory[:monster_index + len("topos")]
+        return base_monster_directory
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("The 'topos' directory was not found in the path.")
+    
 def parse_json(data):
     import json
     return json.loads(data)