diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/css/query_builder.css b/frontend/src/metabase/css/query_builder.css
index 0d3a97a1fa9dcfc11fa9bc2c81ea574d549ddcb4..d0caf809344ed08bece9bfc12ae3820ba93631b4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/css/query_builder.css
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/css/query_builder.css
@@ -244,25 +244,29 @@
 .QueryError-image--noRows {
   width: 120px;
   height: 120px;
-  background-image: url("../app/assets/img/no_results.svg");
+  /* NOTE: this path works in normal builds but not "build-hot". Sorry. */
+  background-image: url("../assets/img/no_results.svg");
 }
 
 .QueryError-image--queryError {
   width: 120px;
   height: 120px;
-  background-image: url("../app/assets/img/no_understand.svg");
+  /* NOTE: this path works in normal builds but not "build-hot". Sorry. */
+  background-image: url("../assets/img/no_understand.svg");
 }
 
 .QueryError-image--serverError {
   width: 120px;
   height: 148px;
-  background-image: url("../app/assets/img/blown_up.svg");
+  /* NOTE: this path works in normal builds but not "build-hot". Sorry. */
+  background-image: url("../assets/img/blown_up.svg");
 }
 
 .QueryError-image--timeout {
   width: 120px;
   height: 120px;
-  background-image: url("../app/assets/img/stopwatch.svg");
+  /* NOTE: this path works in normal builds but not "build-hot". Sorry. */
+  background-image: url("../assets/img/stopwatch.svg");
 }
 
 .QueryError-message {