diff --git a/pkg/kubecfg/proxy_server.go b/pkg/kubecfg/proxy_server.go
index a832febb241..37ee056552f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubecfg/proxy_server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubecfg/proxy_server.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package kubecfg
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
@@ -31,18 +30,18 @@ type ProxyServer struct {
 	Client *client.Client
 }
 
+func makeFileHandler(prefix, base string) http.Handler {
+	return http.StripPrefix(prefix, http.FileServer(http.Dir(base)))
+}
+
 func NewProxyServer(filebase, host string, auth *client.AuthInfo) *ProxyServer {
 	server := &ProxyServer{
 		Host:   host,
 		Auth:   auth,
 		Client: client.New(host, auth),
 	}
-	fileServer := &fileServer{
-		prefix: "/static/",
-		base:   filebase,
-	}
 	http.Handle("/api/", server)
-	http.Handle("/static/", fileServer)
+	http.Handle("/static/", makeFileHandler("/static/", filebase))
 	return server
 }
 
@@ -74,15 +73,3 @@ func (s *ProxyServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	w.Write(data)
 }
-
-type fileServer struct {
-	prefix string
-	base   string
-}
-
-func (f *fileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	filename := r.URL.Path[len(f.prefix):]
-	bytes, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(f.base + filename)
-	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	w.Write(bytes)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/kubecfg/proxy_server_test.go b/pkg/kubecfg/proxy_server_test.go
index 26af91ac07f..7b838137d81 100644
--- a/pkg/kubecfg/proxy_server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubecfg/proxy_server_test.go
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@ func TestFileServing(t *testing.T) {
 	expectNoError(t, err)
 	err = ioutil.WriteFile(dir+"/test.txt", []byte(data), 0755)
 	expectNoError(t, err)
-	handler := fileServer{
-		prefix: "/foo/",
-		base:   dir,
-	}
-	server := httptest.NewServer(&handler)
+	prefix := "/foo/"
+	handler := makeFileHandler(prefix, dir)
+	server := httptest.NewServer(handler)
 	client := http.Client{}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", server.URL+handler.prefix+"/test.txt", nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", server.URL+prefix+"test.txt", nil)
 	expectNoError(t, err)
 	res, err := client.Do(req)
 	expectNoError(t, err)