diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index 9633526..e9bb19e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Install various apt dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev python3-pip libnghttp2-dev pkg-config libssl-dev liblua5.3-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get install libsqlite3-dev python3-pip libnghttp2-dev pkg-config libssl-dev liblua5.3-dev xxd
 
     - name: Install meson
       run: sudo pip3 install meson ninja
 
-
     - name: Configure Meson
       # Configure CMake in a 'build' subdirectory. `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is only required if you are using a single-configuration generator such as make.
       # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.html?highlight=cmake_build_type
diff --git a/Dockerfile.full-build b/Dockerfile.full-build
index 4505b93..c74b5b4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.full-build
+++ b/Dockerfile.full-build
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -yqq && apt-get install -yqq \
     openssl \
     libssl-dev \
     zlib1g-dev \
+    xxd \
     libsqlite3-dev
 COPY . /src
 WORKDIR /src
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 692e037..82eafa3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ check the log with `journalctl -u simplomon.service`
 On Debian derived systems the following works:
 
 ```
-apt install python3-pip pkg-config libnghttp2-dev libssl-dev liblua5.3-dev
+apt install python3-pip pkg-config libnghttp2-dev libssl-dev liblua5.3-dev xxd
 ```
 In addition, the project requires a recent version of meson, which you can
 get with 'pip3 install meson ninja' or perhaps 'pip install
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 16bf636..cb94712 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -70,7 +70,38 @@ doctest_dep=dependency('doctest')
 simplesockets_dep = dependency('simplesockets', static: true)
 # argparse_dep = dependency('argparse', version: '>=3')
 
+prog_xxd = find_program('xxd')
+
+index_html_h = custom_target(
+    'index_html.h', output : 'index_html.h',  input : 'html/index.html',  
+    command : [prog_xxd, '-i', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+)
+
+style_css_h = custom_target(
+    'style_css.h', output : 'style_css.h',  input : 'html/style.css',  
+    command : [prog_xxd, '-i', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+)
+
+simplomon_ico_h = custom_target(
+    'simplomon_ico.h', output : 'simplomon_ico.h',  input : 'html/simplomon.ico',  
+    command : [prog_xxd, '-i', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+)
+
+alpine_min_js_h = custom_target(
+    'alpine_min_js.h', output : 'alpine_min_js.h',  input : 'html/alpine.min.js',  
+    command : [prog_xxd, '-i', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+)
+
+logic_js_h = custom_target(
+    'logic_js.h', output : 'logic_js.h',  input : 'html/logic.js',  
+    command : [prog_xxd, '-i', '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+)
+
+
+webpages = [logic_js_h, alpine_min_js_h, simplomon_ico_h, style_css_h, index_html_h]
+
 executable('simplomon', 'simplomon.cc', 'notifiers.cc', 'minicurl.cc', 'dnsmon.cc', 'record-types.cc', 'dnsmessages.cc', 'dns-storage.cc', 'netmon.cc', 'luabridge.cc', 'webservice.cc', 'support.cc', 'promon.cc', 'mailmon.cc', 'nonblocker.cc',
+webpages,
 	dependencies: [json_dep, fmt_dep, cpphttplib,
 	simplesockets_dep, lua_dep, curl_dep, sqlite_dep, sqlitewriter_dep])
 
diff --git a/webservice.cc b/webservice.cc
index d3da83f..32cf6d3 100644
--- a/webservice.cc
+++ b/webservice.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 #include <openssl/bio.h>
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
+#include "index_html.h"
+#include "style_css.h"
+#include "logic_js.h"
+#include "alpine_min_js.h"
+#include "simplomon_ico.h"
 using namespace std;
 
 static std::mutex s_lock;
@@ -78,9 +83,8 @@ void updateWebService()
   }
 }
 
-static void webserverThread(std::unique_ptr<httplib::Server> svr, string addr)
+static void webserverThread(std::unique_ptr<httplib::Server> svr, ComboAddress ca)
 {
-  ComboAddress ca(addr, 8080);
   if(svr->listen(ca.toString(), ntohs(ca.sin4.sin_port))) {
     cout<<"Error launching server: "<<strerror(errno)<<endl;
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -134,7 +138,6 @@ static bool checkAuth(const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response &res)
 
   if(!g_webpassword || g_webpassword->empty())
     goto fail;
-
   
   if(B64Decode(auth.substr(6), dec))
     goto fail;
@@ -204,10 +207,26 @@ void startWebService(sol::table data)
     res.set_content(s_checkerstates.dump(), "application/json");
   });
 
-  svr->set_mount_point("/", "./html");  
+  svr->Get("/simplomon.ico", [](const auto& req, auto& res) {
+    res.set_content(string((const char*)___html_simplomon_ico, ___html_simplomon_ico_len), "image/x-icon");
+  });
+  svr->Get("/alpine.min.js", [](const auto& req, auto& res) {
+    res.set_content(string((const char*)___html_alpine_min_js, ___html_alpine_min_js_len), "application/javascript");
+  });
+  svr->Get("/logic.js", [](const auto& req, auto& res) {
+    res.set_content(string((const char*)___html_logic_js, ___html_logic_js_len), "application/javascript");
+  });
+  svr->Get("/style.css", [](const auto& req, auto& res) {
+    res.set_content(string((const char*)___html_style_css, ___html_style_css_len), "text/css");
+  });
+  svr->Get("/", [](const auto& req, auto& res) {
+    res.set_content(string((const char*)___html_index_html, ___html_index_html_len), "text/html");
+  });
 
-  
-  std::thread t(webserverThread, std::move(svr), data.get_or("address", string("0.0.0.0:8080")));
+  string addr = data.get_or("address", string("0.0.0.0:8080"));
+  ComboAddress ca(addr, 8080);
+  fmt::print("Going to launch webserver on {}\n", ca.toStringWithPort());
+  std::thread t(webserverThread, std::move(svr), ca);
   t.detach();
 }