diff --git a/server/admin.api.js b/server/admin.api.js
index d0676f47f..1b6e5328d 100644
--- a/server/admin.api.js
+++ b/server/admin.api.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ const isProd = nodeEnv === 'production';
 
 import HomebrewAPI  from './homebrew.api.js';
 import asyncHandler from 'express-async-handler';
-import { splitTextStyleAndMetadata } from '../shared/helpers.js';
 
 process.env.ADMIN_USER = process.env.ADMIN_USER || 'admin';
 process.env.ADMIN_PASS = process.env.ADMIN_PASS || 'password3';
@@ -148,8 +147,6 @@ export default function createAdminApi(vite) {
 			brew[property] = cleanText(brew[property]);
 		});
 
-		splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brew);
-
 		req.body = brew;
 
 		// Remove Account from request to prevent Admin user from being added to brew as an Author
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index 4cf9f1fc1..70a32c59c 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ const api = {
 
 			const fixedStub = migrateSystemsToTags(stub);
 			req.brew = fixedStub;
+			splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 			next();
 		};
 	},
 	getCSS : async (req, res)=>{
 		const { brew } = req;
 		if(!brew) return res.status(404).send('');
-		splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brew);
 		if(!brew.style) return res.status(404).send('');
 
 		res.set({
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ const api = {
 					});
 
 				currentTheme = req.brew;
-				splitTextStyleAndMetadata(currentTheme);
 				if(!currentTheme.tags.some((tag)=>tag === 'meta:theme' || tag === 'meta:Theme'))
 					throw { brewId: req.params.id, name: 'Invalid Theme Selected', message: 'Selected theme does not have the meta:theme tag', status: 422, HBErrorCode: '10' };
 				themeName   ??= currentTheme.title;
@@ -384,7 +383,6 @@ const api = {
 		// Initialize brew from request and body, destructure query params, and set the initial value for the after-save method
 		const brewFromClient = api.excludePropsFromUpdate(req.body);
 		const brewFromServer = req.brew;
-		splitTextStyleAndMetadata(brewFromServer);
 
 		if(brewFromServer?.version !== brewFromClient?.version){
 			console.log(`Version mismatch on brew ${brewFromClient.editId}`);
diff --git a/server/page-routes.js b/server/page-routes.js
index e2e7be193..85436d2bc 100644
--- a/server/page-routes.js
+++ b/server/page-routes.js
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ export default function pageRoutes({
 		};
 
 		sanitizeBrew(req.brew, 'edit');
-		splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 		res.header('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store');	//reload the latest saved brew when pressing back button, not the cached version before save.
 		return next();
 	}));
@@ -252,7 +251,6 @@ export default function pageRoutes({
 	//New Page from ID
 	app.get('/new/:id', asyncHandler(getBrew('share')), asyncHandler(async(req, res, next)=>{
 		sanitizeBrew(req.brew, 'share');
-		splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 		const brew = {
 			shareId  : req.brew.shareId,
 			title    : `CLONE - ${req.brew.title}`,
@@ -303,14 +301,13 @@ export default function pageRoutes({
 				const googleId = brew.googleId;
 				const shareId = brew.shareId;
 				await GoogleActions.increaseView(googleId, shareId, 'share', brew)
-                    .catch((err)=>{next(err);});
+      		.catch((err)=>{next(err);});
 			} else {
 				await HomebrewModel.increaseView({ shareId: brew.shareId });
 			}
 		};
 
 		brew.authors.includes(req.account?.username) ? sanitizeBrew(req.brew, 'shareAuthor') : sanitizeBrew(req.brew, 'share');
-		splitTextStyleAndMetadata(req.brew);
 		return next();
 	}));
 
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 4ec249a88..b22747ce5 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
 	plugins : [react(), generateAssetsPlugin()],
 	resolve : {
 		alias : {
-			'@vitreum'      : path.resolve(__dirname, './vitreum'),
-			'@shared'       : path.resolve(__dirname, './shared'),
-			'@sharedStyles' : path.resolve(__dirname, './shared/naturalcrit/styles'),
-			'@navbar'       : path.resolve(__dirname, './client/homebrew/navbar'),
-			'@themes'       : path.resolve(__dirname, './themes'),
-			'@components'   : path.resolve(__dirname, './client/components')
+			'@vitreum'      : path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, './vitreum'),
+			'@shared'       : path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, './shared'),
+			'@sharedStyles' : path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, './shared/naturalcrit/styles'),
+			'@navbar'       : path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, './client/homebrew/navbar'),
+			'@themes'       : path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, './themes'),
+			'@components'   : path.resolve(import.meta.dirname, './client/components')
 		},
 	},
 	build : {