diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index c43f0d2..28ee83c 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ staticbucketurl = 'https://storage.googleapis.com/sarsooxyzstatic/'
 
 @app.route('/')
 def main():
-    return render_template('index.html')
+    return render_template('index.html', staticroot = staticbucketurl)
 
 @app.route('/music')
 def music():
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cecb7f4..f472fb9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 Flask==1.0.2
 requests==2.20
+google.cloud.firestore==0.31.0
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diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 1e40526..5f65104 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@
 			<p>proficient in C, Java, Python</p>
 		</div>
 		<div class="col-3 profile">
-			<img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='me.JPG') }}" height=150>
+			<img src="{{ staticroot }}me.jpg" height=150>
 			<p style="text-align: center">sarsoo</p>
 		</div>
 	</div>
 
 	<div class="gallerystrip row">
-		<img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='art/freddie.jpg') }}" alt="freddie gibbs" class="col-pad-4">
-		<img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='art/self.jpg') }}" alt="me" class="col-pad-4">
-		<img src="{{ url_for('static', filename='art/horse.jpg') }}" alt="tempation of saint anthony" class="col-pad-4">
+		<img src="{{ staticroot }}art/freddie.jpg" alt="freddie gibbs" class="col-pad-4">
+		<img src="{{ staticroot }}art/self.jpg" alt="me" class="col-pad-4">
+		<img src="{{ staticroot }}art/horse.jpg" alt="tempation of saint anthony" class="col-pad-4">
 	</div>
 {% endblock %}