diff --git a/static.js b/static.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a08f00bf..05af810a
--- a/static.js
+++ b/static.js
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
 var http = require("http"),
     url = require("url"),
     path = require("path"),
     fs = require("fs")
     port = process.env.C9_PORT || 8888;
 
+function guessFileType(name) {
+  var types = {
+    '.html': 'text/html',
+    '.xhtml': 'application/xhtml+xml',
+    '.js': 'text/javascript',
+    '.css': 'text/css',
+    '.png': 'image/png',
+    '.jpg': 'image/jpeg',
+  };
+
+  var ext = path.extname(name);
+
+  return ext in types ? types[ext] : 'text/plain';
+}
+
 http.createServer(function(request, response) {
 
   var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname
@@ -27,9 +44,9 @@ http.createServer(function(request, response) {
         return;
       }
 
-      response.writeHead(200);
+      response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": guessFileType(filename)});
       response.write(file, "binary");
       response.end();
     });
   });
-}).listen(port, "0.0.0.0");
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+}).listen(port, "0.0.0.0");