diff --git a/caddy/frankenphp/Caddyfile b/caddy/frankenphp/Caddyfile
index 60de6f0..bee5da9 100644
--- a/caddy/frankenphp/Caddyfile
+++ b/caddy/frankenphp/Caddyfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	#	}
 	#}
 
-	root * public/
+	root public/
 	encode zstd br gzip
 
 	# Uncomment the following lines to enable Mercure and Vulcain modules
@@ -41,5 +41,7 @@
 
 	{$CADDY_SERVER_EXTRA_DIRECTIVES}
 
-	php_server
+	php_server {
+		root {$PWD}/public/
+	}
 }
diff --git a/docs/performance.md b/docs/performance.md
index bc3daf9..342b28d 100644
--- a/docs/performance.md
+++ b/docs/performance.md
@@ -52,6 +52,37 @@ set the `GOMEMLIMIT` environment variable to the available amount of memory.
 
 For more details, [the Go documentation page dedicated to this subject](https://pkg.go.dev/runtime#hdr-Environment_Variables) is a must-read to get the most out of the runtime.
 
+## Explicitly Set The Root Directory
+
+> [!TIP]
+>
+> The default `Caddyfile` provided in the Docker images already contains this optimization.
+
+When not explicitly set, FrankenPHP sets the `root` option of the `php_server` directive to the `{http.vars.root}` placeholder.
+The value of this placeholder [can be configured using the `root` directive provided by Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/directives/root)
+and can contain dynamic values.
+
+While convenient, this feature comes at a cost in terms of performance because the root directory is resolved at runtime,
+and, depending on your configuration, may change with each request.
+
+Explicitly set the root directory in the `php_server` directive to avoid this cost:
+
+```caddyfile
+php_server {
+    root /path/to/your/public/dir/
+}
+```
+
+Alternatively, you can use [the `PWD` environment variable](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604599/utilities/cd.html),
+which always contain the path to the current directory on POSIX systems (including on Linux, macOS and FreeBSD).
+This variable will only be resolved once, at Caddy startup:
+
+```caddyfile
+php_server {
+    root {$PWD}/public/
+}
+```
+
 ## `file_server`
 
 By default, the `php_server` directive automatically sets up a file server to
diff --git a/testdata/benchmark.Caddyfile b/testdata/benchmark.Caddyfile
index ceec74a..ca5219e 100644
--- a/testdata/benchmark.Caddyfile
+++ b/testdata/benchmark.Caddyfile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ http:// {
 
 		encode zstd br gzip
 		php_server {
+			root {$PWD}
 			file_server off
 			resolve_root_symlink false
 		}