diff --git a/allianceauth/custom_css/templatetags/custom_css.py b/allianceauth/custom_css/templatetags/custom_css.py
index 2f355d45..d3a935a9 100644
--- a/allianceauth/custom_css/templatetags/custom_css.py
+++ b/allianceauth/custom_css/templatetags/custom_css.py
@@ -28,17 +28,16 @@ def custom_css_static(path: str) -> str:
     :rtype:
     """
 
-    custom_css_changed = CustomCSS.objects.first().timestamp.timestamp()
-    custom_css_version = (
-        str(custom_css_changed).replace(" ", "").replace(":", "").replace("-", "")
-    )  # remove spaces, colons, and dashes
-    static_url = static(path)
-
     try:
-        Path(f"{settings.STATIC_ROOT}allianceauth/custom-styles.css").resolve(strict=True)
+        Path(f"{settings.STATIC_ROOT}{path}").resolve(strict=True)
     except FileNotFoundError:
         return ""
     else:
+        custom_css_changed = CustomCSS.objects.first().timestamp.timestamp()
+        custom_css_version = (
+            str(custom_css_changed).replace(" ", "").replace(":", "").replace("-", "")
+        )  # remove spaces, colons, and dashes
+        static_url = static(path)
         versioned_url = static_url + "?v=" + custom_css_version
 
         return mark_safe(f'<link rel="stylesheet" href="{versioned_url}">')