diff --git a/packages/core/src/common/vars.ts b/packages/core/src/common/vars.ts
index f4c19c16e6..1cb0271ab2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/common/vars.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/common/vars.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 // App's common configuration for any process (main, renderer, build pipeline, etc.)
 import type { ThemeId } from "../renderer/themes/lens-theme";
 
-export const publicPath = "/build/" as string;
 export const defaultThemeId: ThemeId = "lens-dark";
 export const defaultFontSize = 12;
 export const defaultTerminalFontFamily = "RobotoMono";
diff --git a/packages/core/src/main/router/router-content-types.ts b/packages/core/src/main/router/router-content-types.ts
index 4106e6b750..1bc00380b1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/main/router/router-content-types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/main/router/router-content-types.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 import type { LensApiResult } from "./route";
 
 export interface LensApiResultContentType {
-  resultMapper: (result: LensApiResult<any>) => ({
+  resultMapper: (result: LensApiResult<unknown>) => ({
     statusCode: number;
-    content: any;
+    content: unknown;
     headers: Record<string, string>;
   });
 }
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ const resultMapperFor =
 
 export type SupportedFileExtension = "json" | "txt" | "html" | "css" | "gif" | "jpg" | "png" | "svg" | "js" | "woff2" | "ttf";
 
-export const contentTypes: Record<SupportedFileExtension, LensApiResultContentType> = {
+export interface ContentTypes extends Record<SupportedFileExtension, LensApiResultContentType> {
+  [key: string]: LensApiResultContentType | undefined;
+}
+
+export const contentTypes: ContentTypes = {
   json: {
-    resultMapper: (result) => {
+    resultMapper: (result: LensApiResult<unknown>) => {
       const resultMapper = resultMapperFor("application/json");
 
       const mappedResult = resultMapper(result);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/main/routes/files/development.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/main/routes/files/development.injectable.ts
index 3251a9937b..98c95c7928 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/main/routes/files/development.injectable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/main/routes/files/development.injectable.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  */
 import { getInjectable } from "@ogre-tools/injectable";
 import httpProxy from "http-proxy";
+import path from "path";
 import { webpackDevServerPort } from "../../../../webpack/vars";
-import { publicPath } from "../../../common/vars";
 import type { LensApiRequest, RouteResponse } from "../../router/route";
 
 const devStaticFileRouteHandlerInjectable = getInjectable({
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ const devStaticFileRouteHandlerInjectable = getInjectable({
     const proxy = httpProxy.createProxy();
     const proxyTarget = `http://127.0.0.1:${webpackDevServerPort}`;
 
-    return async ({ raw: { req, res }}: LensApiRequest<"/{path*}">): Promise<RouteResponse<Buffer>> => {
-      if (req.url === "/" || !req.url || !req.url.startsWith(publicPath)) {
-        req.url = `${publicPath}/index.html`;
-      }
+    return async ({ raw: { req, res }, params }: LensApiRequest<"/{path*}">): Promise<RouteResponse<Buffer>> => {
+      const filePath = (!params.path || params.path === "/")
+        ? "/build/index.html"
+        : path.posix.extname(params.path)
+          ? params.path
+          : "/build/index.html";
+
+      req.url = filePath;
 
       proxy.web(req, res, { target: proxyTarget });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/main/routes/files/production.injectable.ts b/packages/core/src/main/routes/files/production.injectable.ts
index 1b9376215a..408f3e98ea 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/main/routes/files/production.injectable.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/main/routes/files/production.injectable.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@ import joinPathsInjectable from "../../../common/path/join-paths.injectable";
 import staticFilesDirectoryInjectable from "../../../common/vars/static-files-directory.injectable";
 import type { LensApiRequest } from "../../router/route";
 import path from "path";
-import type { SupportedFileExtension } from "../../router/router-content-types";
 import { contentTypes } from "../../router/router-content-types";
-import { loggerInjectionToken } from "@k8slens/logger";
-import { publicPath } from "../../../common/vars";
+import { prefixedLoggerInjectable } from "@k8slens/logger";
 
 const prodStaticFileRouteHandlerInjectable = getInjectable({
   id: "prod-static-file-route-handler",
@@ -19,39 +17,31 @@ const prodStaticFileRouteHandlerInjectable = getInjectable({
     const readFileBuffer = di.inject(readFileBufferInjectable);
     const joinPaths = di.inject(joinPathsInjectable);
     const staticFilesDirectory = di.inject(staticFilesDirectoryInjectable);
-    const logger = di.inject(loggerInjectionToken);
+    const logger = di.inject(prefixedLoggerInjectable, "FILE-ROUTE");
 
     return async ({ params }: LensApiRequest<"/{path*}">) => {
-      let filePath = params.path;
+      const filePath = (!params.path || params.path === "/")
+        ? "/build/index.html"
+        : path.posix.extname(params.path)
+          ? params.path
+          : "/build/index.html";
 
+      const assetFilePath = joinPaths(staticFilesDirectory, filePath);
 
-      for (let retryCount = 0; retryCount < 5; retryCount += 1) {
-        const assetFilePath = joinPaths(staticFilesDirectory, filePath);
-
-        if (!assetFilePath.startsWith(staticFilesDirectory)) {
-          return { statusCode: 404 };
-        }
-
-        try {
-          const fileExtension = path
-            .extname(assetFilePath)
-            .slice(1) as SupportedFileExtension;
-
-          const contentType = contentTypes[fileExtension] || contentTypes.txt;
-
-          return { response: await readFileBuffer(assetFilePath), contentType };
-        } catch (err) {
-          if (retryCount > 5) {
-            logger.error("handleStaticFile:", String(err));
-
-            return { statusCode: 404 };
-          }
-
-          filePath = `${publicPath}/index.html`;
-        }
+      if (!assetFilePath.startsWith(staticFilesDirectory)) {
+        return { statusCode: 404 };
       }
 
-      return { statusCode: 404 };
+      const fileExtension = path.extname(assetFilePath).slice(1);
+      const contentType = contentTypes[fileExtension] || contentTypes.txt;
+
+      try {
+        return { response: await readFileBuffer(assetFilePath), contentType };
+      } catch (err) {
+        logger.error(`failed to find file "${filePath}"`, err);
+
+        return { statusCode: 404 };
+      }
     };
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/webpack/vars.ts b/packages/core/webpack/vars.ts
index b0245dedae..2119137400 100644
--- a/packages/core/webpack/vars.ts
+++ b/packages/core/webpack/vars.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,11 @@ export const mainDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "main");
 export const buildDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "static", "build");
 export const extensionEntry = path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "extensions", "extension-api.ts");
 export const extensionOutDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "packages", "extensions", "dist");
-export const assetsFolderName = "assets";
 export const rendererDir = path.join(process.cwd(), "src", "renderer");
 export const appName = isDevelopment
   ? `${packageInfo.productName}Dev`
   : packageInfo.productName;
 export const htmlTemplate = path.resolve(rendererDir, "template.html");
-export const publicPath = "/build/";
 export const sassCommonVars = path.resolve(rendererDir, "components/vars.scss");
 export const webpackDevServerPort = Number(process.env.WEBPACK_DEV_SERVER_PORT) || 9191;