diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58bb31c73bc7c..55e5928e4d14f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p align="center">
-    <img src="https://rawgit.com/badges/shields/master/logo.svg"
+    <img src="https://rawgit.com/badges/shields/master/public/logo.svg"
          height="130">
 </p>
 <p align="center">
diff --git a/404.html b/public/404.html
similarity index 100%
rename from 404.html
rename to public/404.html
diff --git a/public/favicon.png b/public/favicon.png
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000..4a40dca5ae66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/favicon.png
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../favicon.png
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000..79c5d6f02c996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../index.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logo.svg b/public/logo.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from logo.svg
rename to public/logo.svg
diff --git a/public/try.html b/public/try.html
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000..96b665b07f376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/try.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../try.html
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 6d8359bcc0716..3607d9db80efd 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ var serverPort = +process.env.PORT || +process.argv[2] || (secureServer? 443: 80
 var bindAddress = process.env.BIND_ADDRESS || process.argv[3] || '::';
 var infoSite = process.env.INFOSITE || "http://shields.io";
 var githubApiUrl = process.env.GITHUB_URL || 'https://api.github.com';
+var path = require('path');
 var Camp = require('camp');
 var camp = Camp.start({
-  documentRoot: __dirname,
+  documentRoot: path.join(__dirname, 'public'),
   port: serverPort,
   hostname: bindAddress,
   secure: secureServer