diff --git a/05_DASHBOARD/app.R b/05_DASHBOARD/app.R
index 424750b..8d71a29 100644
--- a/05_DASHBOARD/app.R
+++ b/05_DASHBOARD/app.R
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ find_directory_of_file <- function(file_name, start_dir=getwd()) {
 
 # find file_name from current working directory
 # before trying from a shallower directory
-file_name <- "*05_DASHBOARD/app.R" # The file you are searching for
+file_name <- "*DASHBOARD/app.R" # The file you are searching for
 
 try({
   found_dir <- find_directory_of_file(file_name)
diff --git a/05_DASHBOARD/deploy-dev.R b/05_DASHBOARD/deploy-dev.R
index 88239a0..1b235b9 100644
--- a/05_DASHBOARD/deploy-dev.R
+++ b/05_DASHBOARD/deploy-dev.R
@@ -1,6 +1,27 @@
 # Load the rsconnect package
 library(rsconnect)
 
+# a function to list all files in a directory and its subdirectories
+list_all_files <- function(directories) {
+  all_files <- c() # Initialize an empty vector to store all file paths
+  
+  # Loop through each directory provided
+  for (dir in directories) {
+    if (!dir.exists(dir)) {
+      next # Skip if directory does not exist
+    }
+    
+    # Use list.files to recursively list all files in the directory and its subdirectories
+    # full.names = TRUE returns the full paths, which is what we want
+    files <- list.files(dir, recursive = TRUE, full.names = TRUE)
+    
+    # Append the files found to the all_files vector
+    all_files <- c(all_files, files)
+  }
+  
+  return(all_files)
+}
+
 # Authenticate
 rsconnect::setAccountInfo(
     name = Sys.getenv("SHINY_ACC_NAME"),
@@ -8,8 +29,9 @@ rsconnect::setAccountInfo(
     secret = Sys.getenv("SHINY_SECRET"))
 
 # Deploy
+req_files <- list_all_files(c("./04_Tests", "./03_Data_for_app")) # get all the required files
 rsconnect::deployApp(
     appDir = "./05_DASHBOARD",
-    appFiles = "app.R",
+    appFiles = c("app.R", req_files),
     appName = "Dashboard-dev",
     forceUpdate = TRUE)