diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/HBS2/Git/Web/Assets.hs b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/HBS2/Git/Web/Assets.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..993f30f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/HBS2/Git/Web/Assets.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{-# Language TemplateHaskell #-}
+module HBS2.Git.Web.Assets where
+
+import Data.FileEmbed
+
+import Data.ByteString
+
+version :: Int
+version = 3
+
+assetsDir :: [(FilePath, ByteString)]
+assetsDir = $(embedDir "hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets")
+
+
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/css/custom.css b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/css/custom.css
similarity index 100%
rename from hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/css/custom.css
rename to hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/css/custom.css
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/css/fontawesomeall.css b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/css/fontawesomeall.css
similarity index 100%
rename from hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/css/fontawesomeall.css
rename to hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/css/fontawesomeall.css
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/css/pico.min.css b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/css/pico.min.css
similarity index 100%
rename from hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/css/pico.min.css
rename to hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/css/pico.min.css
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/icon/lock-closed.svg b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/icon/lock-closed.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/icon/lock-closed.svg
rename to hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/icon/lock-closed.svg
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/icon/refresh.svg b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/icon/refresh.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/icon/refresh.svg
rename to hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/icon/refresh.svg
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/icon/xclip.svg b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/icon/xclip.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/icon/xclip.svg
rename to hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/icon/xclip.svg
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/icon/xclipdone.svg b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/icon/xclipdone.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/icon/xclipdone.svg
rename to hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard-assets/assets/icon/xclipdone.svg
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/GitDashBoard.hs b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/GitDashBoard.hs
index 83719c7f..c43a1027 100644
--- a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/GitDashBoard.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/GitDashBoard.hs
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import HBS2.Prelude.Plated
 import HBS2.OrDie
 import HBS2.System.Dir
 
-import HBS2.Git.Html.Root
+import HBS2.Git.Web.Assets
+import HBS2.Git.Web.Html.Root
 
 import HBS2.Peer.CLI.Detect
 
 import Data.Config.Suckless
+import Data.Config.Suckless.KeyValue
 
 import Lucid
 import Options.Applicative as O
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ import Control.Applicative
 import Data.ByteString.Lazy qualified as LBS
 import Network.HTTP.Types.Status
 import Network.Wai.Middleware.Static hiding ((<|>))
+import Network.Wai.Middleware.StaticEmbedded as E
 import Network.Wai.Middleware.RequestLogger
 import Text.InterpolatedString.Perl6 (qc)
 import Web.Scotty.Trans
@@ -33,9 +36,15 @@ import UnliftIO
 
 data HttpPortOpt
 
+data DevelopAssetsOpt
+
 instance HasConf m => HasCfgKey HttpPortOpt a m where
   key = "port"
 
+
+instance HasConf m => HasCfgKey DevelopAssetsOpt a m where
+  key = "develop-assets"
+
 data RunDashBoardOpts = RunDashBoardOpts
   { configPath :: Maybe FilePath }
 
@@ -110,15 +119,26 @@ runDashBoardM cli m = do
 
   withDashBoardEnv env m
 
--- type App =
 
-runDashboardWeb :: ScottyT (DashBoardM IO) ()
-runDashboardWeb = do
+data WebOptions =
+  WebOptions
+  { _assetsOverride :: Maybe FilePath
+  }
+
+
+runDashboardWeb :: WebOptions -> ScottyT (DashBoardM IO) ()
+runDashboardWeb wo = do
   middleware logStdout
 
-  middleware $ staticPolicy (noDots >-> addBase "hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/assets/")
+  let assets = _assetsOverride wo
 
-  get "/" $ do
+  case assets of
+    Nothing -> do
+      middleware (E.static assetsDir)
+    Just f -> do
+     middleware $ staticPolicy (noDots >-> addBase f)
+
+  get "/" do
     html =<< renderTextT (dashboardRootPage mempty)
 
 main :: IO ()
@@ -130,13 +150,15 @@ main = do
 
     -- FIXME: to-config
     pno <- cfgValue @HttpPortOpt @(Maybe Int) <&> fromMaybe 8090
+    wo  <- cfgValue @DevelopAssetsOpt @(Maybe FilePath) <&> WebOptions
 
     soname <- runMaybeT (getRPC <|> detectRPC)
                 `orDie` "hbs2-peer RPC not detected"
 
     env <- ask
+    conf <- getConf
 
-    scottyT pno (withDashBoardEnv env) runDashboardWeb
+    scottyT pno (withDashBoardEnv env) (runDashboardWeb wo)
 
   where
     opts = info (configParser <**> helper)
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/Html/Root.hs b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/Web/Html/Root.hs
similarity index 98%
rename from hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/Html/Root.hs
rename to hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/Web/Html/Root.hs
index 30e1ec7f..1a20c472 100644
--- a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/Html/Root.hs
+++ b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git-dashboard/src/HBS2/Git/Web/Html/Root.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module HBS2.Git.Html.Root where
+module HBS2.Git.Web.Html.Root where
 
 import HBS2.Prelude
 import HBS2.Base58
diff --git a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git.cabal b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git.cabal
index 3b8d935e..2c3653fd 100644
--- a/hbs2-git/hbs2-git.cabal
+++ b/hbs2-git/hbs2-git.cabal
@@ -125,23 +125,39 @@ library
     hs-source-dirs:   hbs2-git-client-lib
 
 
+library hbs2-git-dashboard-assets
+  import:           shared-properties
+
+  build-depends:
+    base, file-embed
+
+  exposed-modules:
+      HBS2.Git.Web.Assets
+
+  hs-source-dirs:   hbs2-git-dashboard-assets
+
+  default-language: GHC2021
+
+
 executable hbs2-git-dashboard
     import:           shared-properties
     main-is:          GitDashBoard.hs
 
     other-modules:
-      HBS2.Git.Html.Root
+      HBS2.Git.Web.Html.Root
 
     -- other-extensions:
     build-depends:
-        base, hbs2-peer, hbs2-git, suckless-conf
+        base, hbs2-git-dashboard-assets, hbs2-peer, hbs2-git, suckless-conf
         , binary
         , vector
         , optparse-applicative
         , http-types
+        , file-embed
         , wai
         , wai-extra
         , wai-middleware-static
+        , wai-middleware-static-embedded
         , lucid
         , lucid-htmx
         , scotty >= 0.22