diff --git a/lib/showoff.rb b/lib/showoff.rb
index 54098f8a4..f5466ac06 100644
--- a/lib/showoff.rb
+++ b/lib/showoff.rb
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ def self.do_static(what)
           File.open(css_path) do |file|
             data = file.read
             data.scan(/url\((.*)\)/).flatten.each do |path|
+              next if path.match('^http')
               logger.debug path
               dir = File.dirname(path)
               FileUtils.makedirs(File.join(file_dir, dir))