Set static_folder path for all routes

Question

I have my Flask app initialized like this:

app = Flask(__name__, static_folder="../static/dist", template_folder="../static")

For the moment, I want to catch all routes and render the same template (which is a React app):

@app.route('/', defaults={'path': ''})
@app.route('/<path:path>')
    def any_root_path(path):
        return render_template('index.html')

This works for all URLs having only one slash, as my static folder is located one step up. Example: localhost:5000/home gets the static folder at:

localhost:5000/static

However when I try to access paths with more than one slash (for example localhost:5000/home/whatever), Flask tries to get the static folder with the path

localhost:5000/home/static/dist

What I want is to set the static_folder path as the same throughout, and not relative to the Route matched. Is this possible? Have I misunderstood something?

My file structure for reference:

my_app/
  server/
    app.py/    # my Flask app
  static/
    dist/
      someJavascript.js
    index.html