diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 4a24c3e..8c13c2a 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ var indexRouter = require('./routes/index');
 
 var app = express();
 
-// Declare a global variable to hold project path
-global.__basedir = __dirname;
-
 // view engine setup
 app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
 app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
diff --git a/src/config/constants.js b/src/config/constants.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be33c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = {
+  basedir: __dirname,
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/models/file.js b/src/models/file.js
index 1eb911e..e775916 100644
--- a/src/models/file.js
+++ b/src/models/file.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* global basedir */
 const path = require('path');
 const URL = require("url");
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -12,7 +13,10 @@ const { PassThrough } = require('stream');
 const slugify = require('slugify');
 const e = require('express');
 
-const dest = path.join(appRoot, 'public/csv');
+// Load project path from config/constants.js
+const { basedir } = require('../config/constants');
+
+const dest = path.join(basedir, 'public/csv');
 
 
 // Create a generateFilePath function witch returns a path with a filename and datetime
@@ -116,12 +120,13 @@ class File extends EventEmitter {
 
 
   // create a parse method which read the file and return a stream
-  async parse(columns) {
+  parse(columns) {
     const stream = new PassThrough();
 
     // check if columns is valid
     if (!columns || columns.length) {
-      return Promise.reject(new Error('Invalid columns'));
+      // return Promise.reject(new Error('Invalid columns'));
+      return false;
     }
 
     // Create a variable to hold csv columns indexes