diff --git a/static.js b/static.js
index 83c3b20a..69108eb3 100755
--- a/static.js
+++ b/static.js
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-var http = require("http"),
-    url = require("url"),
-    path = require("path"),
-    fs = require("fs"),
-    mime = require("mime"),
-    port = process.env.PORT || 8888;
+var http = require("http")
+  , path = require("path")
+  , mime = require("mime")
+  , url = require("url")
+  , fs = require("fs")
+  , port = process.env.PORT || 8888;
+
+// compatibility with node 0.6
+if (!fs.exists)
+  fs.exists = path.exists;
 
 http.createServer(function(request, response) {
 
   var uri = url.parse(request.url).pathname
     , filename = path.join(process.cwd(), uri);
   
-  path.exists(filename, function(exists) {
+  fs.exists(filename, function(exists) {
     if(!exists) {
       response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
       response.write("404 Not Found\n");