diff --git a/config.js.dist b/config.js.dist
index 76518baea..b015b55be 100644
--- a/config.js.dist
+++ b/config.js.dist
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ module.exports = {
      */
      verbose: false,
 
+    /*  Main pages
+     *  add exceptions to the router so that we can access /privacy.html
+     *  and other odd pages
+     */
+    mainPages: [
+        'index',
+        'privacy',
+        'terms',
+        'about',
+    ],
 
     /*
         You have the option of specifying an alternative storage adaptor.
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index f24117bd1..61e58a482 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ Fs.exists(__dirname + "/customize", function (e) {
 
 // FIXME I think this is a regression caused by a recent PR
 // correct this hack without breaking the contributor's intended behaviour.
-app.get(/\/(privacy|index|terms)\.html/, Express.static(__dirname + '/customize.dist'));
+
+var mainPages = config.mainPages || ['index', 'privacy', 'terms', 'about'];
+var mainPagePattern = new RegExp('^\/(' + mainPages.join('|') + ').html$');
+app.get(mainPagePattern, Express.static(__dirname + '/customize.dist'));
 
 app.use("/customize", Express.static(__dirname + '/customize'));
 app.use("/customize", Express.static(__dirname + '/customize.dist'));