diff --git a/Asa/Program.cs b/Asa/Program.cs
index 553e8bb19..764594439 100644
--- a/Asa/Program.cs
+++ b/Asa/Program.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ private static int RunGuiCommand(GuiCommandOptions opts)
 
             WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(Array.Empty<string>())
                     .UseStartup<Asa.Startup>()
+                    .UseKestrel(options => {
+                        options.Listen(IPAddress.Loopback, 5000); //HTTP port
+                    })
                     .Build()
                     .Run();
 
diff --git a/Asa/Startup.cs b/Asa/Startup.cs
index e26099e26..3ae1b8203 100644
--- a/Asa/Startup.cs
+++ b/Asa/Startup.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Serilog;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Reflection;
 
 namespace Asa
 {
@@ -34,11 +40,27 @@ public static void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
             {
                 app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
             }
-            app.UseStaticFiles();
 
             app.UseRouting();
 
-            app.UseAuthorization();
+            string codeBase = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase;
+            UriBuilder uri = new UriBuilder(codeBase);
+            string path = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Uri.UnescapeDataString(uri.Path)),"wwwroot");
+
+            try
+            {
+                app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
+                {
+                    FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(path),
+                    RequestPath = new PathString("")
+                });
+            }
+            catch(Exception e)
+            {
+                Log.Debug("Had an issue setting static file path. Reverting to default.");
+                app.UseStaticFiles();
+            }
+
 
             app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
             {