diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index ad99bc884..2bee33796 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -108,11 +108,13 @@ type Registry struct {
 }
 
 type Static struct {
-	Routes string
+	NoRouteHTMLPath string
+	Routes          string
 }
 
 type File struct {
-	Path string
+	NoRouteHTMLPath string
+	Path            string
 }
 
 type Consul struct {
diff --git a/config/load.go b/config/load.go
index 692379fd7..282f4fd7c 100644
--- a/config/load.go
+++ b/config/load.go
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ func load(cmdline, environ, envprefix []string, props *properties.Properties) (c
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.Registry.Timeout, "registry.timeout", defaultConfig.Registry.Timeout, "timeout for registry to become available")
 	f.DurationVar(&cfg.Registry.Retry, "registry.retry", defaultConfig.Registry.Retry, "retry interval during startup")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.Registry.File.Path, "registry.file.path", defaultConfig.Registry.File.Path, "path to file based routing table")
+	f.StringVar(&cfg.Registry.File.NoRouteHTMLPath, "registry.file.noroutehtmlpath", defaultConfig.Registry.File.NoRouteHTMLPath, "path to file for HTML returned when no route is found")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.Registry.Static.Routes, "registry.static.routes", defaultConfig.Registry.Static.Routes, "static routes")
+	f.StringVar(&cfg.Registry.Static.NoRouteHTMLPath, "registry.static.noroutehtmlpath", defaultConfig.Registry.Static.NoRouteHTMLPath, "path to file for HTML returned when no route is found")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.Registry.Consul.Addr, "registry.consul.addr", defaultConfig.Registry.Consul.Addr, "address of the consul agent")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.Registry.Consul.Token, "registry.consul.token", defaultConfig.Registry.Consul.Token, "token for consul agent")
 	f.StringVar(&cfg.Registry.Consul.KVPath, "registry.consul.kvpath", defaultConfig.Registry.Consul.KVPath, "consul KV path for manual overrides")
diff --git a/fabio.properties b/fabio.properties
index 809295115..578d764ad 100644
--- a/fabio.properties
+++ b/fabio.properties
@@ -535,6 +535,14 @@
 # registry.static.routes =
 
 
+# registry.static.noroutehtmlpath configures the KV path for the HTML of the
+# noroutes page.
+#
+# The default is
+#
+# registry.static.noroutehtmlpath =
+
+
 # registry.file.path configures a file based routing table.
 # The value configures the path to the file with the routing table.
 #
@@ -543,6 +551,14 @@
 # registry.file.path =
 
 
+# registry.file.noroutehtmlpath configures the KV path for the HTML of the
+# noroutes page.
+#
+# The default is
+#
+# registry.file.noroutehtmlpath =
+
+
 # registry.consul.addr configures the address of the consul agent to connect to.
 #
 # The default is
@@ -574,7 +590,7 @@
 #
 # The default is
 #
-# registry.consul.kvpath = /fabio/noroutes.html
+# registry.consul.noroutehtmlpath = /fabio/noroutes.html
 
 # registry.consul.service.status configures the valid service status
 # values for services included in the routing table.
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f1ccda211..53f60a75d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ func initBackend(cfg *config.Config) {
 	for {
 		switch cfg.Registry.Backend {
 		case "file":
-			registry.Default, err = file.NewBackend(cfg.Registry.File.Path)
+			registry.Default, err = file.NewBackend(&cfg.Registry.File)
 		case "static":
-			registry.Default, err = static.NewBackend(cfg.Registry.Static.Routes)
+			registry.Default, err = static.NewBackend(&cfg.Registry.Static)
 		case "consul":
 			registry.Default, err = consul.NewBackend(&cfg.Registry.Consul)
 		default:
diff --git a/registry/file/backend.go b/registry/file/backend.go
index ff1109d5d..d9bdc1fd2 100644
--- a/registry/file/backend.go
+++ b/registry/file/backend.go
@@ -6,15 +6,17 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 
+	"github.com/fabiolb/fabio/config"
 	"github.com/fabiolb/fabio/registry"
 	"github.com/fabiolb/fabio/registry/static"
 )
 
-func NewBackend(filename string) (registry.Backend, error) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+func NewBackend(cfg *config.File) (registry.Backend, error) {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cfg.Path)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("[ERROR] Cannot read routes from ", filename)
+		log.Println("[ERROR] Cannot read routes from ", cfg.Path)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return static.NewBackend(string(data))
+	staticCfg := config.Static{cfg.NoRouteHTMLPath, string(data)}
+	return static.NewBackend(&staticCfg)
 }
diff --git a/registry/static/backend.go b/registry/static/backend.go
index a2fc86080..064d06569 100644
--- a/registry/static/backend.go
+++ b/registry/static/backend.go
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 
+	"github.com/fabiolb/fabio/config"
 	"github.com/fabiolb/fabio/registry"
 	"github.com/fabiolb/fabio/route"
 )
 
-type be struct{}
-
-var staticRoutes string
+type be struct {
+	cfg *config.Static
+}
 
-func NewBackend(routes string) (registry.Backend, error) {
-	staticRoutes = routes
-	return &be{}, nil
+func NewBackend(cfg *config.Static) (registry.Backend, error) {
+	return &be{cfg}, nil
 }
 
 func (b *be) Register() error {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (b *be) WriteManual(value string, version uint64) (ok bool, err error) {
 
 func (b *be) WatchServices() chan string {
 	ch := make(chan string, 1)
-	ch <- staticRoutes
+	ch <- b.cfg.Routes
 	return ch
 }
 
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ func (b *be) WatchManual() chan string {
 // WatchNoRouteHTML implementation that reads the noroute html from a
 // noroute.html file if it exists
 func (b *be) WatchNoRouteHTML() chan string {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("noroute.html")
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(b.cfg.NoRouteHTMLPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Println("[WARN] No noroute.html to read noroute html from")
+		log.Printf("[WARN] Could not read NoRouteHTMLPath (%s)", b.cfg.NoRouteHTMLPath)
 	}
 	route.SetHTML(string(data))
 	return make(chan string)