diff --git a/src/backend/FrontblockAdmin.ts b/src/backend/FrontblockAdmin.ts
index 969cd19..e652163 100644
--- a/src/backend/FrontblockAdmin.ts
+++ b/src/backend/FrontblockAdmin.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ export class FrontblockAdmin extends ConfigLoader<AdminConf>{
         this.express = express()
         this.express.use('/', express.static('static'))
 
+        /**
+         * get the compiled FrontendPlugins
+         */
         this.express.get('/plugins/:id'+".js", (request, response) => {
             let frontend = this.pm.getFrontend(request.params.id)
             response.status(200)
@@ -192,8 +195,23 @@ export class FrontblockAdmin extends ConfigLoader<AdminConf>{
             response.send(frontend)
         })
 
-        this.express.get("*", (req, res) => {
-            res.status(301).redirect('/')
+        /**
+         * serve the index.html from the static folder
+         */
+        this.express.get("/", (request, response) => {
+            response.status(200)
+            response.sendFile('index.html');
+        })
+
+        /**
+         * redirect all the other traffic to the single
+         * side app to the main entry point from where
+         * a webpacked and rolled up index.html is serverd
+         * and angular takes over routing
+         */
+        this.express.get("*", (request, response) => {
+            response.status(301)
+            response.redirect('/')
         })
 
         this.httpServer = new http.Server(this.express)