diff --git a/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Web.hs b/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Web.hs
index ace4cd206..c1d9f343c 100644
--- a/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Web.hs
+++ b/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Web.hs
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ getStyleCss :: Handler HledgerWebApp ()
 getStyleCss = do
     app <- getYesod
     let dir = appWebdir app
-    s <- liftIO $ readFile $ dir </> "style.css"
-    header "Content-Type" "text/css"
-    return $ RepPlain $ toContent s
+    sendFile "text/css" $ dir </> "style.css"
 
 getJournalPage :: Handler HledgerWebApp RepHtml
 getJournalPage = withLatestJournalRender (const showTransactions)