diff --git a/prosopopoee b/prosopopoee
index a96597d..f047901 100755
--- a/prosopopoee
+++ b/prosopopoee
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import yaml
+import shutil
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ def main():
 
     error(dirs, "I can't find at least one directory with a settings.yaml in the current working directory, you don't have any gallery?")
 
+    if not os.path.exists("build"):
+        os.makedirs("build")
+
+    # XXX recursively merge directories
+    shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
+    shutil.copytree(os.path.join(os.path.split(os.path.realpath(__file__))[0], "static"), os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build", "static"))
+
     for gallery in dirs:
         gallery_settings = yaml.safe_load(open(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), gallery, "settings.yaml"), "r"))