diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/gui.go b/cmd/syncthing/gui.go
index 8033ff5c..2b0b2384 100644
--- a/cmd/syncthing/gui.go
+++ b/cmd/syncthing/gui.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ var (
 	configInSync = true
 	guiErrors    = []guiError{}
 	guiErrorsMut sync.Mutex
+	static       = embeddedStatic()
+	staticFunc   = static.(func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request))
 )
 
 const (
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ func startGUI(cfg GUIConfiguration, m *Model) {
 		if len(cfg.User) > 0 && len(cfg.Password) > 0 {
 			mr.Use(basic(cfg.User, cfg.Password))
 		}
-		mr.Use(embeddedStatic())
+		mr.Use(static)
 		mr.Use(martini.Recovery())
 		mr.Use(restMiddleware)
 		mr.Action(router.Handle)
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ func startGUI(cfg GUIConfiguration, m *Model) {
 }
 
 func getRoot(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	http.Redirect(w, r, "/index.html", 302)
+	r.URL.Path = "/index.html"
+	staticFunc(w, r)
 }
 
 func restMiddleware(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/gui_embedded.go b/cmd/syncthing/gui_embedded.go
index 04cc5af8..3bf656ec 100644
--- a/cmd/syncthing/gui_embedded.go
+++ b/cmd/syncthing/gui_embedded.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func embeddedStatic() interface{} {
 	var modt = time.Now().UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat)
 
-	return func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, log *log.Logger) {
+	return func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		file := req.URL.Path
 
 		if file[0] == '/' {