diff --git a/conservancy/settings/prod.py b/conservancy/settings/prod.py
index e1c97300eb43fcf1284739c9200f046378f38fe4..365d1ff84b20217fd77802a661b0a1482e5fd212 100644
--- a/conservancy/settings/prod.py
+++ b/conservancy/settings/prod.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ DATABASES = {
 
 # Apache/mod_wsgi doesn't make it straightforward to pass environment variables
 # to Django (can't use the Apache config).
-with open(BASE_DIR / 'secrets.json') as f:
+with open(BASE_DIR.parent / 'secrets.json') as f:
     secrets = json.load(f)
 
 def get_secret(secrets, setting):