diff --git a/web/src/js/flow/utils.js b/web/src/js/flow/utils.js
index 3c38058ee..9d4e10124 100644
--- a/web/src/js/flow/utils.js
+++ b/web/src/js/flow/utils.js
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ export var MessageUtils = {
         } else if (message === flow.response) {
             message = "response";
         }
-        return `/flows/${flow.id}/${message}/content` +  (view ? `/${view}` : '');
+        if (global.MITMWEB_STATIC) {
+            let url = view ?
+                `/flows/${flow.id}/${message}/content/${view}` :
+                `/flows/${flow.id}/${message}/_content`
+            return url;
+        } else {
+            return `/flows/${flow.id}/${message}/content` + (view ? `/${view}` : '');
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/web/src/js/utils.js b/web/src/js/utils.js
index e8470cec4..68daa1add 100644
--- a/web/src/js/utils.js
+++ b/web/src/js/utils.js
@@ -81,7 +81,21 @@ function getCookie(name) {
 }
 const xsrf = `_xsrf=${getCookie("_xsrf")}`;
 
+
 export function fetchApi(url, options={}) {
+    if (global.MITMWEB_STATIC) {
+        let path = url.split('/'),
+            filename = path.pop()
+        filename = '_' + filename
+        path.push(filename)
+        let new_url = path.join('/')
+        return _fetchApi(new_url, options)
+    } else {
+        return _fetchApi(url, options)
+    }
+}
+
+function _fetchApi(url, options={}) {
     if (options.method && options.method !== "GET") {
         if (url.indexOf("?") === -1) {
             url += "?" + xsrf;
@@ -96,7 +110,7 @@ export function fetchApi(url, options={}) {
     });
 }
 
-fetchApi.put = (url, json, options) => fetchApi(
+fetchApi.put = (url, json, options) => _fetchApi(
     url,
     {
         method: "PUT",