diff --git a/SimpleHttpServer/HttpServer.cs b/SimpleHttpServer/HttpServer.cs
index d736b76..a1b136d 100644
--- a/SimpleHttpServer/HttpServer.cs
+++ b/SimpleHttpServer/HttpServer.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using SimpleHttpServer.Types.ParameterConverters;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Numerics;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace SimpleHttpServer;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ public sealed class HttpServer {
 
     private readonly HttpListener listener;
     private Task? listenerTask;
-    private readonly Logger logger;
+    private readonly Logger mainLogger;
+    private readonly Logger requestLogger;
     private readonly SimpleHttpServerConfiguration conf;
     private bool shutdown = false;
 
@@ -22,19 +24,20 @@ public sealed class HttpServer {
         conf = configuration;
         listener = new HttpListener();
         listener.Prefixes.Add($"http://localhost:{port}/");
-        logger = new(LogOutputTopic.Main, conf);
+        mainLogger = new(LogOutputTopic.Main, conf);
+        requestLogger = new(LogOutputTopic.Request, conf);
     }
 
     public void Start() {
-        logger.Information($"Starting on port {Port}...");
+        mainLogger.Information($"Starting on port {Port}...");
         Assert(listenerTask == null, "Server was already started!");
         listener.Start();
         listenerTask = Task.Run(GetContextLoopAsync);
-        logger.Information($"Ready to handle requests!");
+        mainLogger.Information($"Ready to handle requests!");
     }
 
     public async Task StopAsync(CancellationToken ctok) {
-        logger.Information("Stopping server...");
+        mainLogger.Information("Stopping server...");
         Assert(listenerTask != null, "Server was not started!");
         shutdown = true;
         listener.Stop();
@@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ public sealed class HttpServer {
                 _ = ProcessRequestAsync(ctx);
             } catch (HttpListenerException ex) when (ex.ErrorCode == 995) { //The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request
             } catch (Exception ex) {
-                logger.Fatal($"Caught otherwise uncaught exception in GetContextLoop:\n{ex}");
+                mainLogger.Fatal($"Caught otherwise uncaught exception in GetContextLoop:\n{ex}");
             }
         }
     }
@@ -127,24 +130,70 @@ public sealed class HttpServer {
                 }
 
                 var reqMethod = Enum.GetName(attrib.RequestMethod) ?? throw new ArgumentException("Request method was undefined");
+                mainLogger.Information($"Registered endpoint: '{reqMethod} {normLocation}'");
                 simpleEndpointMethodInfos.Add((normLocation, reqMethod), new EndpointInvocationInfo(mi, qparams));
             }
         }
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Serves all files located in <paramref name="filesystemDirectory"/> on a website path that is relative to <paramref name="requestPath"/>, 
+    /// while restricting requests to inside the local filesystem directory. Static serving has a lower priority than registering an endpoint.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="requestPath"></param>
+    /// <param name="filesystemDirectory"></param>
+    public void RegisterStaticServePath(string requestPath, string filesystemDirectory) {
+        var absPath = Path.GetFullPath(filesystemDirectory);
+        string npath = NormalizeUrlPath(requestPath);
+        mainLogger.Information($"Registered static serve path: '{npath}' --> '{absPath}'");
+        staticServePaths.Add(npath, absPath);
+    }
+
+    private readonly Dictionary<string, string> staticServePaths = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
     private readonly Dictionary<Type, IParameterConverter> stringToTypeParameterConverters = new();
 
-    private string NormalizeUrlPath(string url) => '/' + url.TrimStart('/');
+    private static string NormalizeUrlPath(string url) {
+        var fwdSlashUrl = url.Replace('\\', '/');
+
+        var segments = fwdSlashUrl.Trim('/').Split('/', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries).ToList();
+        List<string> simplifiedSegmentsReversed = new List<string>();
+        int doubleDotsEncountered = 0;
+        for (int i = segments.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            var segment = segments[i];
+            if (segment == ".") {
+                continue; // remove single dot segments
+            }
+            if (segment == "..") {
+                doubleDotsEncountered++; // if we encounter a doubledot, keep track of that and dont add it to the output yet
+                continue;
+            }
+            // otherwise only keep the segment if doubleDotsEncountered > 0
+            if (doubleDotsEncountered > 0) {
+                doubleDotsEncountered--;
+                continue;
+            }
+            simplifiedSegmentsReversed.Add(segment);
+        }
+
+        var rv = new StringBuilder();
+        for (int i = 0; i < doubleDotsEncountered; i++) {
+            rv.Append("../");
+        }
+        rv.AppendJoin('/', simplifiedSegmentsReversed.Reverse<string>());
+
+        return '/' + (rv.ToString().TrimEnd('/') + (fwdSlashUrl.EndsWith('/') ? "/" : "")).TrimStart('/');
+    }
 
     private async Task ProcessRequestAsync(HttpListenerContext ctx) {
         using RequestContext rc = new RequestContext(ctx);
         try {
             var decUri = WebUtility.UrlDecode(ctx.Request.RawUrl)!; // TODO add path escape countermeasures+unittests
-            var splitted = NormalizeUrlPath(decUri).Split('?', 2, StringSplitOptions.None);
-            var path = WebUtility.UrlDecode(splitted.First());
+            var splitted = decUri.Split('?', 2, StringSplitOptions.None);
+            var reqPath = NormalizeUrlPath(WebUtility.UrlDecode(splitted.First()));
 
 
-            if (simpleEndpointMethodInfos.TryGetValue((path, ctx.Request.HttpMethod.ToUpperInvariant()), out var endpointInvocationInfo)) {
+            if (simpleEndpointMethodInfos.TryGetValue((reqPath, ctx.Request.HttpMethod.ToUpperInvariant()), out var endpointInvocationInfo)) {
                 var mi = endpointInvocationInfo.methodInfo;
                 var qparams = endpointInvocationInfo.queryParameters;
                 var args = splitted.Length == 2 ? splitted[1] : null;
@@ -193,13 +242,23 @@ public sealed class HttpServer {
 
                 await (Task) (mi.Invoke(null, convertedQParamValues) ?? throw new NullReferenceException("Website func returned null unexpectedly"));
             } else {
+
+                foreach (var (k, v) in staticServePaths) {
+                    if (k.StartsWith(reqPath)) { // do a static serve
+                        // TODO finish and add path traversal checking
+
+
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // invoke 404
                 await HandleDefaultErrorPageAsync(rc, 404);
             }
 
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             await HandleDefaultErrorPageAsync(rc, 500);
-            logger.Fatal($"Caught otherwise uncaught exception while ProcessingRequest:\n{ex}");
+            mainLogger.Fatal($"Caught otherwise uncaught exception while ProcessingRequest:\n{ex}");
         }
     }