diff --git a/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/embed/embed_riotweb.go b/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/embed/embed_riotweb.go
index a9e04a31..e0f63b29 100644
--- a/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/embed/embed_riotweb.go
+++ b/cmd/dendrite-demo-yggdrasil/embed/embed_riotweb.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func Embed(rootMux *mux.Router, listenPort int, serverName string) {
 	embeddedFS := _escFS(false)
 	embeddedServ := http.FileServer(embeddedFS)
 
-	rootMux.Handle("/", embeddedServ)
+	rootMux.NotFoundHandler = embeddedServ
 	rootMux.HandleFunc("/config.json", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 		configFile, err := embeddedFS.Open("/config.sample.json")
 		if err != nil {