diff --git a/generate_thumbnails.py b/generate_thumbnails.py
index d7b0187..f6241a1 100644
--- a/generate_thumbnails.py
+++ b/generate_thumbnails.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ def generator_finalized(generator):
     """
     output_path = generator.settings['OUTPUT_PATH']
     content_path = generator.settings['PATH']
+    media_path = os.path.join(content_path, 'media')
     thumb_dir = os.path.join(output_path, 'media', 'thumbnails')
 
     if not os.path.exists(thumb_dir):
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def generator_finalized(generator):
             # and STATIC_PATHS includes 'media'.
             # We assume article.image is a path relative to the 'content' folder.
             
-            source_image_full_path = os.path.join(content_path, image_path_rel_to_content)
+            source_image_full_path = os.path.join(media_path, image_path_rel_to_content)
 
             if not os.path.exists(source_image_full_path):
                 log.warning(f"Source image not found for article '{article.slug}': {source_image_full_path}")