No such file or directory using fs to load a file in same directory

I am using ExpressJS and NodeJS. I am trying to load a json file from my server as a test. The json file is in the same location as the javascript file that is trying to read the json file but it says it cannot find the file even when i used relative path.

fs.readFile('./customers.json', 'utf8', (err, data) => {
    if (err) {
        console.log("ERROR: " + err);
    } else {
        jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
        res.json(data);
    }
});

The error i get when i go to localhost:3000/customers:

[0] ERROR: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory

Am i using the wrong path i am a bit confused what is wrong here since they are both in the same folder:

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