diff --git a/public/releases/states.php b/public/releases/states.php
index 429214563c..b3422deb1a 100644
--- a/public/releases/states.php
+++ b/public/releases/states.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 $_SERVER['BASE_PAGE'] = 'releases/active.php';
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../../include/prepend.inc';
-require_once ProjectGlobals::getPublicRoot() . '/include/branches.inc';
+require_once ProjectGlobals::getProjectRoot() . '/include/branches.inc';
 
 header('Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8');