diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index cc14d8b..0843f01 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 kotlin.code.style=official
 
-toolsVersion=0.14.5-kotlin-1.8.20-RC
\ No newline at end of file
+toolsVersion=0.14.9-kotlin-1.8.20
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e1bef7e..15de902 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.2-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/snark-ktor/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/ktor/KtorSiteBuilder.kt b/snark-ktor/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/ktor/KtorSiteBuilder.kt
index e69f070..3e77a33 100644
--- a/snark-ktor/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/ktor/KtorSiteBuilder.kt
+++ b/snark-ktor/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/ktor/KtorSiteBuilder.kt
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ import io.ktor.http.fromFileExtension
 import io.ktor.server.application.Application
 import io.ktor.server.application.call
 import io.ktor.server.html.respondHtml
-import io.ktor.server.http.content.file
-import io.ktor.server.http.content.files
-import io.ktor.server.http.content.static
+import io.ktor.server.http.content.staticFiles
 import io.ktor.server.plugins.origin
 import io.ktor.server.response.respondBytes
 import io.ktor.server.routing.Route
@@ -63,18 +61,12 @@ public class KtorSiteBuilder(
                 Path.of(it).toFile()
             } catch (ex: Exception) {
                 //failure,
-                logger.error { "File $it could not be converted to java.io.File"}
+                logger.error { "File $it could not be converted to java.io.File" }
                 return@let
             }
 
-            if (file.isDirectory) {
-                ktorRoute.static(routeName.toWebPath()) {
-                    files(file)
-                }
-            } else {
-                val fileName = routeName.toWebPath()
-                ktorRoute.file(fileName, file)
-            }
+            val fileName = routeName.toWebPath()
+            ktorRoute.staticFiles(fileName, file)
             //success, don't do anything else
             return@files
         }