diff --git a/.env.defaults b/.env.defaults
index ea98216..661e585 100644
--- a/.env.defaults
+++ b/.env.defaults
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 PORT = 8000
 GRAB_SYMLINKS = true
-SYMLINK_DIR = "symlinks"
+SYMLINKS_DIR = "symlinks"
 STATIC_SHARE_RESTRICTION = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/serve.py b/serve.py
index 8ddf373..83f50fe 100644
--- a/serve.py
+++ b/serve.py
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ class CustomHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
             project_id = parts[0]
             project_dir = get_project_directory(project_id)
 
-            if not project_dir:
-                return os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "404.html")
             # Check .staticshare restriction
             if STATIC_SHARE_RESTRICTION:
                 staticshare_path = os.path.join(project_dir, ".staticshare")
@@ -90,14 +88,6 @@ class CustomHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
 
             project_dir = get_project_directory(project_id)
 
-            if not project_dir:
-                self.send_response(404)
-                self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
-                self.end_headers()
-                with open(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "404.html"), "rb") as f:
-                    self.wfile.write(f.read())
-                return
-
             if STATIC_SHARE_RESTRICTION:
                 staticshare_path = os.path.join(project_dir, ".staticshare")
                 if not os.path.isfile(staticshare_path):