diff --git a/snark-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/SnarkGradlePlugin.kt b/snark-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/SnarkGradlePlugin.kt
index 2271e3f..33858a1 100644
--- a/snark-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/SnarkGradlePlugin.kt
+++ b/snark-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/SnarkGradlePlugin.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package space.kscience.snark.plugin
 
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileTree
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.withType
 import java.io.File
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
diff --git a/snark-html/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/html/SnarkHtmlPlugin.kt b/snark-html/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/html/SnarkHtmlPlugin.kt
index 2da57c1..f7cf6bf 100644
--- a/snark-html/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/html/SnarkHtmlPlugin.kt
+++ b/snark-html/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/html/SnarkHtmlPlugin.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package space.kscience.snark.html
 import io.ktor.utils.io.core.readBytes
 import space.kscience.dataforge.context.*
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataTree
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.node
 import space.kscience.dataforge.io.IOPlugin
 import space.kscience.dataforge.io.IOReader
 import space.kscience.dataforge.io.JsonMetaFormat
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.readDataDirectory
 import space.kscience.snark.SnarkParser
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.extension
+import kotlin.io.path.toPath
 
 /**
  * A plugin used for rendering a [DataTree] as HTML
@@ -106,13 +108,17 @@ public fun SnarkHtmlPlugin.readDirectory(path: Path): DataTree<Any> = io.readDat
     parser.asReader(context, meta)
 }
 
-public fun SnarkHtmlPlugin.readResourceDirectory(
-    resource: String = "",
-    classLoader: ClassLoader = SnarkHtmlPlugin::class.java.classLoader,
-): DataTree<Any> = readDirectory(
-    Path.of(
-        classLoader.getResource(resource)?.toURI() ?: error(
-            "Resource with name $resource is not resolved"
-        )
-    )
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+public fun SnarkHtmlPlugin.readResources(
+    vararg resources: String,
+    classLoader: ClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().contextClassLoader,
+): DataTree<Any> {
+//    require(resource.isNotBlank()) {"Can't mount root resource tree as data root"}
+    return DataTree {
+        resources.forEach { resource ->
+            val path = classLoader.getResource(resource)?.toURI()?.toPath() ?: error(
+                "Resource with name $resource is not resolved"
+            )
+            node(resource, readDirectory(path))
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/snark-html/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/html/StaticSiteBuilder.kt b/snark-html/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/html/StaticSiteBuilder.kt
index b1dbdbe..63d0224 100644
--- a/snark-html/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/html/StaticSiteBuilder.kt
+++ b/snark-html/src/main/kotlin/space/kscience/snark/html/StaticSiteBuilder.kt
@@ -1,20 +1,28 @@
 package space.kscience.snark.html
 
+import io.ktor.utils.io.streams.asInput
+import io.ktor.utils.io.streams.asOutput
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import kotlinx.html.HTML
 import kotlinx.html.html
 import kotlinx.html.stream.createHTML
 import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataTree
-import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Laminate
-import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.Meta
-import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.toMutableMeta
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.DataTreeItem
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.await
+import space.kscience.dataforge.data.getItem
+import space.kscience.dataforge.io.Binary
+import space.kscience.dataforge.io.toByteArray
+import space.kscience.dataforge.io.writeBinary
+import space.kscience.dataforge.meta.*
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.Name
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.isEmpty
 import space.kscience.dataforge.names.plus
-import java.nio.file.Files
+import space.kscience.dataforge.workspace.FileData
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.contracts.InvocationKind
 import kotlin.contracts.contract
 import kotlin.io.path.*
+import kotlin.reflect.typeOf
 
 
 /**
@@ -29,19 +37,55 @@ internal class StaticSiteBuilder(
     private val outputPath: Path,
 ) : SiteBuilder {
 
-    override fun static(dataName: Name, routeName: Name) {
-        TODO("Not yet implemented")
-    }
 
-    private fun Path.copyRecursively(target: Path) {
-        Files.walk(this).forEach { source: Path ->
-            val destination: Path = target.resolve(source.relativeTo(this))
-            if (!destination.isDirectory()) {
-                //avoid re-creating directories
-                source.copyTo(destination, true)
+//    private fun Path.copyRecursively(target: Path) {
+//        Files.walk(this).forEach { source: Path ->
+//            val destination: Path = target.resolve(source.relativeTo(this))
+//            if (!destination.isDirectory()) {
+//                //avoid re-creating directories
+//                source.copyTo(destination, true)
+//            }
+//        }
+//    }
+
+    @OptIn(ExperimentalPathApi::class)
+    private suspend fun files(item: DataTreeItem<Any>, routeName: Name) {
+        //try using direct file rendering
+        item.meta[FileData.FILE_PATH_KEY]?.string?.let {
+            val file = Path.of(it)
+            val targetPath = outputPath.resolve(routeName.toWebPath())
+            targetPath.parent.createDirectories()
+            file.copyToRecursively(targetPath, followLinks = false)
+            //success, don't do anything else
+            return@files
+        }
+
+        when (item) {
+            is DataTreeItem.Leaf -> {
+                val datum = item.data
+                if (datum.type != typeOf<Binary>()) error("Can't directly serve file of type ${item.data.type}")
+                val targetPath = outputPath.resolve(routeName.toWebPath())
+                val binary = datum.await() as Binary
+                targetPath.outputStream().asOutput().use{
+                    it.writeBinary(binary)
+                }
+            }
+
+            is DataTreeItem.Node -> {
+                item.tree.items.forEach { (token, childItem) ->
+                    files(childItem, routeName + token)
+                }
             }
         }
     }
+
+    override fun static(dataName: Name, routeName: Name) {
+        val item: DataTreeItem<Any> = data.getItem(dataName) ?: error("Data with name $dataName is not resolved")
+        runBlocking {
+            files(item, routeName)
+        }
+    }
+
 //
 //    override fun file(file: Path, webPath: String) {
 //        val targetPath = outputPath.resolve(webPath)