diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ba95f282..27ecfdb3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "react": "0.13.3",
     "react-modal": "0.3.0",
     "react-slick": "0.7.0",
+    "routes-to-nginx-conf": "0.0.2",
     "sass-loader": "2.0.1",
     "slick-carousel": "1.5.8",
     "style-loader": "0.12.3",
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index b12576a5d..5e027cbf4 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ var app = express();
 app.disable('x-powered-by');
 app.use(log());
 app.use(compression());
-app.use(express.static(path.resolve(__dirname, '../build'), {
-    lastModified: true,
-    maxAge: '1y'
-}));
 
 // Bind routes
 for (var item in routes) {
     var route = routes[item];
-    app.get(route.pattern, handler(route));
+    if ( route.static ) {
+      app.use( express.static( eval( route.resolve ), route.attributes ) );
+    } else {
+      app.get(route.pattern, handler(route));
+    }
 }
 
 // Start listening
diff --git a/server/routes.json b/server/routes.json
index 1e07b5438..9131e4645 100644
--- a/server/routes.json
+++ b/server/routes.json
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 [
     {
         "pattern": "/",
-        "view": "splash"
+        "view": "splash",
+        "static": false
     },
     {
         "pattern": "/about",
         "view": "about",
-        "title": "About"
+        "title": "About",
+        "static": false
     },
     {
         "pattern": "/components",
-        "view": "components"
+        "view": "components",
+        "static": false
+    },
+    {
+        "static": true,
+        "resolve": "path.resolve(__dirname, '../build')",
+        "attributes": { "lastModified": true, "maxAge": "1y" },
+        "_todo": " TODO: Define a specification for how each entry is used/expected to look like, given the nginx conf generator's needs and stand-alone run-time needs.  An outline of this so far: static requires resolve/attributes but could use pattern too.  ..."
     }
 ]