diff --git a/src/middleware/staticcontent.cpp b/src/middleware/staticcontent.cpp
index 97b4888..bdd4224 100644
--- a/src/middleware/staticcontent.cpp
+++ b/src/middleware/staticcontent.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "../http/mime.hpp"
 #include "../logger.hpp"
-#include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <ios>
 #include "staticcontent.hpp"
@@ -8,9 +7,14 @@
 
 namespace Middleware
 {
-	void ReadAllBytes(std::filesystem::path const & path, std::vector<char> & buffer)
+	bool TryReadAllBytes(std::string const & filePath, std::vector<char> & buffer)
 	{
-		std::ifstream ifs(path, std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::ate);
+		std::ifstream ifs(filePath, std::ios_base::binary | std::ios_base::ate);
+		if (!ifs.is_open())
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
+
     std::ifstream::pos_type length = ifs.tellg();
 
 		auto const oldBufferSize = buffer.size();
@@ -18,6 +22,30 @@ namespace Middleware
 
     ifs.seekg(0, std::ios_base::beg);
     ifs.read(&buffer[oldBufferSize], length);
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	bool ContainsDoubleDots(std::string const & s)
+	{
+		bool previousWasDot = false;
+		for(unsigned i = 0; i < s.size(); ++i)
+		{
+			if (s[i] == '.')
+			{
+				if(previousWasDot)
+				{
+					return true;
+				}
+				previousWasDot = true;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				previousWasDot = false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	void StaticContent::HandleRequest(Http::Request const & request, Http::Response & response)
@@ -33,7 +61,14 @@ namespace Middleware
 			}
 		}
 
-		std::filesystem::path path;
+		if (ContainsDoubleDots(request.url.GetPath()))
+		{
+			// We cannot deal with this, we are not going to bother checking if
+			// this double dot escapes our root directory
+			return;
+		}
+
+		std::string path;
 		if (request.url.HasPath())
 		{
 			path = root + request.url.GetPath();
@@ -44,13 +79,12 @@ namespace Middleware
 			path = root + "/index.html"; 
 		}
 
-		if (!std::filesystem::exists(path))
+		if (!TryReadAllBytes(path, response.content))
 		{
 			return;
 		}
 
 		response.code = HttpResponse::Code::OK;
-		ReadAllBytes(path, response.content);
 		response.contentType = Http::GetMimeType(path);
 
 		return;