diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index c4db73f..38f1a0f 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 !Cargo.lock
 !src/**
 !templates/**
+!static/**
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 65794d1..3ab3d68 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -568,6 +568,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-range-header"
+version = "0.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9171a2ea8a68358193d15dd5d70c1c10a2afc3e7e4c5bc92bc9f025cebd7359c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.9.5"
@@ -742,6 +748,16 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mime_guess"
+version = "2.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7c44f8e672c00fe5308fa235f821cb4198414e1c77935c1ab6948d3fd78550e"
+dependencies = [
+ "mime",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.8.2"
@@ -1373,13 +1389,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "bytes",
  "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
  "http",
  "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "http-range-header",
+ "httpdate",
+ "mime",
+ "mime_guess",
+ "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1514,6 +1538,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unic-common",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75b844d17643ee918803943289730bec8aac480150456169e647ed0b576ba539"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.14"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 18a921c..b4079ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ rusqlite = { version = "0.32.1", features = ["chrono", "bundled"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
 tera = "1.20.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["compression-br", "compression-gzip", "set-header"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["compression-br", "compression-gzip", "set-header", "fs"] }
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.19"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 281ed54..611b658 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ FROM alpine:3.21
 COPY --from=builder /app/target/release/calathea /app/calathea
 COPY --from=builder /app/dumb-init /app/dumb-init
 COPY templates /app/templates
+COPY static /app/static
 
 # Create a non-root user & make sure it can write to the data directory
 RUN set -x && \
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ RUN set -x && \
 
 WORKDIR /data
 
-ENV TEMPLATE_DIR=/app/templates
+ENV TEMPLATE_DIR=/app/templates \
+    STATIC_DIR=/app/static
 
 USER www-data:www-data
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 72a7da0..62fda66 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ const MIGRATIONS: [&str; 4] = [
     include_str!("migrations/002_comments.sql"),
     include_str!("migrations/003_events.sql"),
 ];
-const STATIC_FILES: [(&str, &'static str); 1] = [(
-    "htmx_2.0.4.min.js",
-    include_str!("static/htmx_2.0.4.min.js"),
-)];
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Context {
@@ -35,11 +31,13 @@ async fn main() {
     let template_dir = std::env::var("TEMPLATE_DIR").unwrap_or(String::from("./templates"));
     let tera = Tera::new(&format!("{template_dir}/**/*")).unwrap();
 
+    let static_dir = std::env::var("STATIC_DIR").unwrap_or(String::from("./static"));
+
     let ctx = Context {
         pool,
         tera: Arc::new(tera),
     };
-    let app = server::app(ctx).layer(CompressionLayer::new().br(true).gzip(true));
+    let app = server::app(ctx, &static_dir).layer(CompressionLayer::new().br(true).gzip(true));
 
     let address = "0.0.0.0:8000";
 
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 16c31de..56e156e 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use axum::{
     Router,
 };
 use tera::Context;
-use tower_http::set_header::SetResponseHeaderLayer;
+use tower_http::{services::ServeDir, set_header::SetResponseHeaderLayer};
 
 use crate::db::Plant;
 
@@ -48,18 +48,15 @@ pub fn render_view(
     }
 }
 
-pub fn app(ctx: crate::Context) -> axum::Router {
-    let mut router = Router::new()
+pub fn app(ctx: crate::Context, static_dir: &str) -> axum::Router {
+    let router = Router::new()
         .route("/", get(get_index))
         .nest("/plants", plants::app())
         .nest("/comments", comments::app())
         .nest("/events", events::app())
+        .nest_service("/static", ServeDir::new(static_dir))
         .with_state(ctx.clone());
 
-    for (name, content) in crate::STATIC_FILES {
-        router = router.route(&format!("/static/{}", name), get(content))
-    }
-
     // Routes return either partial or full pages depending on whether the request is done using
     // HTMX or just as a plain HTTP request. Adding the Vary header ensures caches don't mix
     // partial and full responses.
diff --git a/src/static/htmx_2.0.4.min.js b/static/htmx_2.0.4.min.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/static/htmx_2.0.4.min.js
rename to static/htmx_2.0.4.min.js