diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7fa0735..12d25fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,6 +19,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "actix-files"
+version = "0.6.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf0bdd6ff79de7c9a021f5d9ea79ce23e108d8bfc9b49b5b4a2cf6fad5a35212"
+dependencies = [
+ "actix-http",
+ "actix-service",
+ "actix-utils",
+ "actix-web",
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "bytes",
+ "derive_more",
+ "futures-core",
+ "http-range",
+ "log",
+ "mime",
+ "mime_guess",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "v_htmlescape",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "actix-http"
 version = "3.6.0"
@@ -796,6 +819,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-range"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "21dec9db110f5f872ed9699c3ecf50cf16f423502706ba5c72462e28d3157573"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -1067,6 +1096,7 @@ checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 name = "personal-website"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "actix-files",
  "actix-web",
  "actix-web-lab",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1562,6 +1592,12 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "v_htmlescape"
+version = "0.15.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e8257fbc510f0a46eb602c10215901938b5c2a7d5e70fc11483b1d3c9b5b18c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 20d32f2..20e408b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ authors = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
+actix-files = "0.6.5"
 actix-web = "4.5.1"
 actix-web-lab = "0.20.2"
 anyhow = "1.0.81"
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index add4712..5484955 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub struct CliArgs {
     pub port: u16,
 
     /// Host ip to bind to, usually not required to change
-    #[arg(short, long, default_value="0.0.0.0")]
+    #[arg(long, default_value="0.0.0.0")]
     pub host: String,
 
     /// Extra debugging output
diff --git a/src/public/mod.rs b/src/public/mod.rs
index c854b21..45f37d7 100644
--- a/src/public/mod.rs
+++ b/src/public/mod.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ mod routes;
 mod templates;
 
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
+use actix_files as actix_fs;
 
 use crate::cli::CliArgs;
 
@@ -12,7 +13,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn start_actix(cli: &CliArgs) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     log::info!("Serving an http server at http://{bindip}");
     HttpServer::new(|| {
         App::new()
-            .route("/", web::get().to(routes::index))
+            .route("/", web::get().to(routes::index)) // index.html
+            .service(actix_fs::Files::new("/static", "./static").index_file("index.html")) // static directoryh
     })
 
     .bind(bindip)?