diff --git a/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go b/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
index 1553ad5..44b8e82 100644
--- a/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
+++ b/snippetbox/cmd/web/routes.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
 	"github.com/justinas/alice"
+
+	"snippetbox.chaosfem.tw/ui"
 )
 
 // routes ...
@@ -20,8 +22,8 @@ func (app *application) routes() http.Handler {
 	})
 
 	// setup server for static files
-	fileServer := http.FileServer(http.Dir("./ui/static"))
-	router.Handler(http.MethodGet, "/static/*filepath", http.StripPrefix("/static", fileServer))
+	fileServer := http.FileServer(http.FS(ui.Files))
+	router.Handler(http.MethodGet, "/static/*filepath", fileServer)
 
 	dynamic := alice.New(app.sessionManager.LoadAndSave, noSurf, app.authenticate)
 
diff --git a/snippetbox/ui/efs.go b/snippetbox/ui/efs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4213ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snippetbox/ui/efs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package ui
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+)
+
+//go:embed "static"
+var Files embed.FS