diff --git a/lib/sorting-hat.js b/lib/sorting-hat.js
index 576eda2..1f2c91d 100644
--- a/lib/sorting-hat.js
+++ b/lib/sorting-hat.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
+
 var os = require('os');
 var path = require('path');
+var fs = require('fs');
 
 module.exports.print = function (config) {
   var services = { https: {}, http: {}, tcp: {} };
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ module.exports.assign = function (state, tun, cb) {
       state._serveStatic = require('serve-static');
       state._defaultServe = state._serveStatic(path.join(__dirname, 'html'));
       state.defaultHttpServer = require('http').createServer(function (req, res) {
+        // TODO serve api
         state._defaultServe(req, res, state._finalHandler(req, res));
       });
     }
@@ -224,8 +227,9 @@ module.exports.assign = function (state, tun, cb) {
       } catch(e2) {
         console.error("Failed to require('" + handlerpath + "'):", e1.message);
         console.error("Failed to require('" + path.join(localshare, handlerpath) + "'):", e2.message);
-        console.warn("Using default handler for '" + handle + ":" + id + "'");
+        console.warn("Trying static and index handlers for '" + handle + ":" + id + "'");
         echoTcp(cb);
+        return;
       }
     }
     var socketPair = require('socket-pair');
@@ -298,7 +302,40 @@ module.exports.assign = function (state, tun, cb) {
       return;
     }
 
-    handlers.https(tlsSocket, tun, id);
+    fs.access(conf.handler, fs.constants.R_OK, function (err1) {
+      fs.stat(conf.handler, function (err2, stat) {
+        if (err1 || err2) {
+          // TODO handle errors
+          handlers.https(tlsSocket, tun, id);
+          return;
+        }
+        var isFile = stat.isFile();
+        state._finalHandler = require('finalhandler');
+        state._serveStatic = require('serve-static');
+        state._serveIndex = require('serve-index');
+        var serveIndex;
+        var serveStatic;
+        if (isFile) {
+          serveStatic = state._serveStatic(path.dirname(conf.handler), { dotfiles: 'allow', index: [ 'index.html' ] });
+          serveIndex = function (req, res, next) { next(); };
+          isFile = path.basename(conf.handler);
+        } else {
+          serveStatic = state._serveStatic(conf.handler, { dotfiles: 'allow', index: [ 'index.html' ] });
+          serveIndex = state._serveIndex(conf.handler, { hidden: true, icons: true, view: 'tiles' });
+        }
+        handler = function (req, res) {
+          if (isFile) {
+            req.url = '/' + isFile;
+          }
+          serveStatic(req, res, function () {
+            serveIndex(req, res, state._finalHandler(req, res));
+          });
+        };
+        handlerservers[conf.handler] = http.createServer(handler);
+        handlerservers[conf.handler].emit('connection', tlsSocket);
+        process.nextTick(function () { tlsSocket.resume(); });
+      });
+    });
   }
 
   function terminateTls(tun, cb) {