Problems Loading Image

I'm following a tutorial and attempting to create a blog in Flask, trying to return a default image for users when they create their profile. Flask can't seem to find the image I need, even though the path to the file seems correct. It returns a 404 error, saying the file can't be found:

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"GET /static/profile\_pics/default.jpeg HTTP/1.1" 404 -"

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Yet that is the correct path, the path to the image is:

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"PycharmProjects/flaskwebsite1/flaskblog/static/profile\_pics/default.jpeg"

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It finds the css style sheet, also in "static" correctly, so I'm really not sure what the issue could be as to why it isn't finding the image.

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Here are the relevant code snippets. Here's the route that uses the image:

@app.route("/account")
@login_required
def account():
#need to add an image file for the user
#image files to be stored in static directory
form = UpdateAccountForm()
image_file = url_for('static', filename='profile_pics/' + current_user.image_file)
return render_template('account.html', title='Account', image_file=image_file, form=form)

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Image\_file references the user class in my [models.py](https://models.py) file:


class User(db.Model, UserMixin):


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