diff --git a/configure_build.sh b/configure_build.sh
index 1dbf394..92975f1 100755
--- a/configure_build.sh
+++ b/configure_build.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR
 git submodule init
 git submodule update
 
+# apply misc patches to fix compile time bugs
+patch -p1 < patches/*.patch
+
 cp -r mastodont-c treebird/
 cp treebird/config.def.h treebird/config.h
 
diff --git a/patches/fix_missing_index_static_include_bug.patch b/patches/fix_missing_index_static_include_bug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f26c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/fix_missing_index_static_include_bug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+diff --git a/treebird/static/index.html b/treebird/static/index.html
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..4f12261
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/treebird/static/index.html
+@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
++<!DOCTYPE html>
++<html>
++  <head>
++    <meta charset="utf-8">
++    <title>%s</title>
++    <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon.png">
++    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/%s%s.css">
++  </head>
++  <body %s>
++    <div></div>
++    <div id="main-page-container">
++      <div id="main-page">
++        <header id="navbar">
++          <a href="%s/"><img src="/treebird_logo.png" height="42"></a>
++          <span class="info">%s</span>
++          <div id="navbar-right-container">
++            <div id="navbar-right">
++              %s
++              <!-- Searchbox -->
++              <form action="%s/search" method="get">
++                <input type="textbox" class="group group-left group-inputbox" placeholder="%s" id="searchbox" name="q"><!-- i hate HTML
++                                                                                                                         --><input type="submit" class="btn group group-right" value="%s">
++              </form>
++            </div>
++          </div>
++        </header>
++        <table id="content" class="ui-table">
++          <!-- Navigation -->
++          <tr>
++            <td id="leftbar" class="sidebar">
++              <ul>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/">%s</a></li>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/local/">%s</a></li>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/federated/">%s</a></li>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/notifications">%s</a></li>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/lists">%s</a></li>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/favourites">%s</a></li>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/bookmarks">%s</a></li>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/direct">%s</a></li>
++                <li><a class="sidebarbtn %s" href="%s/config">%s</a></li>
++              </ul>
++              %s
++            </td>
++            
++            <!-- Display for posts -->
++            <td id="main">
++              %s
++            </td>
++
++            <!-- Notifications and such -->
++            <td id="rightbar" class="sidebar">
++              %s
++            </td>
++          </tr>
++        </table>
++      </div>
++    </div>
++  </body>
++</html>
