diff --git a/config/application.rb.SAMPLE b/config/application.rb.SAMPLE
--- a/config/application.rb.SAMPLE
+++ b/config/application.rb.SAMPLE
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
     # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets
     config.assets.version = '1.0'
 
+    # ---------------- IMPORTANT ----------------------
+    # If we deploy the app into a subdir name "grader", be sure to do "rake assets:precompile RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT=/grader"
+    # moreover, using the following line instead also known to works 
+    #config.action_controller.relative_url_root = '/grader'
+
+    #font path
+    config.assets.paths << "#{Rails}/vendor/assets/fonts"
+
     config.assets.precompile += ['announcement_refresh.js','effects.js','site_update.js']
     config.assets.precompile += ['local_jquery.js','tablesorter-theme.cafe.css']
     %w( announcements configurations contests contest_management graders heartbeat