diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b3a23ae..6838011 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 source "http://rubygems.org"
 
-gem 'rake'
-gem 'rack'
-gem 'jekyll'
-gem 'rdiscount'
-gem 'pygments.rb'
-gem 'RedCloth'
-gem 'haml', '>= 3.1'
-gem 'compass', '>= 0.11'
-gem 'rubypants'
-gem 'rb-fsevent'
-gem 'stringex'
+group :development do
+  gem 'rake'
+  gem 'rack'
+  gem 'jekyll'
+  gem 'rdiscount'
+  gem 'pygments.rb'
+  gem 'RedCloth'
+  gem 'haml', '>= 3.1'
+  gem 'compass', '>= 0.11'
+  gem 'rubypants'
+  gem 'rb-fsevent'
+  gem 'stringex'
+end
+
+gem 'sinatra', '1.2.6'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f2fc737..0ae80bc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ GEM
     rubypython (0.5.1)
       blankslate (>= 2.1.2.3)
       ffi (~> 1.0.7)
-    sass (3.1.7)
+    sass (3.1.5)
+    sinatra (1.2.6)
+      rack (~> 1.1)
+      tilt (>= 1.2.2, < 2.0)
     stringex (1.3.0)
     syntax (1.0.0)
+    tilt (1.3.2)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -57,4 +61,5 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rb-fsevent
   rdiscount
   rubypants
+  sinatra (= 1.2.6)
   stringex
diff --git a/config.ru b/config.ru
index 060867f..b1b746b 100644
--- a/config.ru
+++ b/config.ru
@@ -1,35 +1,25 @@
-require 'rubygems'
 require 'bundler/setup'
-require 'rack'
+require 'sinatra/base'
 
 # The project root directory
 $root = ::File.dirname(__FILE__)
 
-# Common Rack Middleware
-use Rack::ShowStatus      # Nice looking 404s and other messages
-use Rack::ShowExceptions  # Nice looking errors
+class SinatraStaticServer < Sinatra::Base  
 
-#
-# From Rack::DirectoryIndex:
-# https://github.com/craigmarksmith/rack-directory-index/
-#
-module Rack
-  class DirectoryIndex
-    def initialize(app)
-      @app = app
-    end
-    def call(env)
-      index_path = ::File.join($root, 'public', Rack::Request.new(env).path.split('/'), 'index.html')
-      if ::File.exists?(index_path)
-        return [200, {"Content-Type" => "text/html"}, [::File.read(index_path)]]
-      else
-        @app.call(env)
-      end
-    end
+  get(/.+/) do
+    send_sinatra_file(request.path) {404}
   end
+
+  not_found do
+    send_sinatra_file('404.html') {"Sorry, I cannot find #{request.path}"}
+  end
+
+  def send_sinatra_file(path, &missing_file_block)
+    file_path = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'public',  path)
+    file_path = File.join(file_path, 'index.html') unless file_path =~ /\.[a-z]+$/i  
+    File.exist?(file_path) ? send_file(file_path) : missing_file_block.call
+  end
+
 end
 
-use Rack::DirectoryIndex
-
-run Rack::Directory.new($root + '/public')
-
+run SinatraStaticServer
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