diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 33564f1..f1e9744 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ RewriteRule ^api(/.*)?$ /index.php?api=$1 [L,QSA]
 
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteOptions AllowNoSlash
-RewriteRule ^((\.idea|\.git|src|test|core|static)(/.*)?)$ /index.php?site=$1 [L,QSA]
+RewriteRule ^((\.idea|\.git|src|test|core)(/.*)?)$ /index.php?site=$1 [L,QSA]
 
-RewriteEngine On
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?site=$1 [L,QSA]
\ No newline at end of file
+FallbackResource /index.php
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/core.php b/core/core.php
index f229914..d7b2f92 100644
--- a/core/core.php
+++ b/core/core.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function serveStatic(string $webRoot, string $file) {
 
   $pathInfo = pathinfo($path);
 
-  // maybe I will allow more later…
+  // TODO: add more file extensions here
   $allowedExtension = array("html", "htm");
   $ext = $pathInfo["extension"] ?? "";
   if (!in_array($ext, $allowedExtension)) {
@@ -116,7 +116,44 @@ function serveStatic(string $webRoot, string $file) {
     return "<b>Access restricted:</b> Extension '" . htmlspecialchars($ext) . "' not allowed.";
   }
 
+  $size = filesize($path);
   $mimeType = mime_content_type($path);
-  header("Content-Type: $mimeType");
-  readfile($path);
+  header("Content-Type: $mimeType"); // TODO: do we need to check mime type?
+  header("Content-Length: $size");
+  header('Accept-Ranges: bytes');
+
+  if (strcasecmp($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"], "HEAD") !== 0) {
+    $bufferSize = 1024*16;
+    $handle = fopen($path, "rb");
+    if($handle === false) {
+      http_response_code(500);
+      return "<b>Unable to read file:</b> " . htmlspecialchars($path);
+    }
+
+    $offset = 0;
+    $length = $size;
+
+    if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'])) {
+      $partialContent = true;
+      preg_match('/bytes=(\d+)-(\d+)?/', $_SERVER['HTTP_RANGE'], $matches);
+      $offset = intval($matches[1]);
+      $length = intval($matches[2]) - $offset;
+      http_response_code(206);
+      header('Content-Range: bytes ' . $offset . '-' . ($offset + $length) . '/' . $size);
+    }
+
+    if ($offset > 0) {
+      fseek($handle, $offset);
+    }
+
+    $bytesRead = 0;
+    while (!feof($handle) && $bytesRead < $length) {
+      $chunkSize = min($length - $bytesRead, $bufferSize);
+      echo fread($handle, $chunkSize);
+    }
+
+    fclose($handle);
+  }
+
+  return "";
 }
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 5136212..a3c221f 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -74,9 +74,13 @@ if(isset($_GET["api"]) && is_string($_GET["api"])) {
     }
   }
 } else {
-  $documentName = $_GET["site"] ?? "/";
+  $requestedUri = $_GET["site"] ?? $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
+  if (startsWith($requestedUri, "/")) {
+    $requestedUri = substr($requestedUri, 1);
+  }
+
   if ($installation) {
-    if ($documentName !== "" && $documentName !== "index.php") {
+    if ($requestedUri !== "" && $requestedUri !== "index.php") {
       $response = "Redirecting to <a href=\"/\">/</a>";
       header("Location: /");
     } else {
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ if(isset($_GET["api"]) && is_string($_GET["api"])) {
   } else {
 
     $req = new \Api\Routes\Find($user);
-    $success = $req->execute(array("request" => $documentName));
+    $success = $req->execute(array("request" => $requestedUri));
     $response = "";
     if (!$success) {
       http_response_code(500);