diff --git a/services/web/pkg/assets/server.go b/services/web/pkg/assets/server.go
index 527134330..af97f498d 100644
--- a/services/web/pkg/assets/server.go
+++ b/services/web/pkg/assets/server.go
@@ -22,18 +22,24 @@ func (f *fileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	upath := path.Clean(path.Join("/", r.URL.Path))
 	r.URL.Path = upath
 
-	asset, err := f.root.Open(upath)
-	if err != nil {
+	disableCache := func() {
+		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+	}
+	handleIndex := func() {
+		disableCache()
 		r.URL.Path = "/index.html"
 		f.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	}
+	asset, err := f.root.Open(upath)
+	if err != nil {
+		handleIndex()
 		return
 	}
 	defer asset.Close()
 
 	s, _ := asset.Stat()
 	if s.IsDir() {
-		r.URL.Path = "/index.html"
-		f.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		handleIndex()
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ func (f *fileServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	switch s.Name() {
 	case "index.html", "oidc-callback.html", "oidc-silent-redirect.html":
+		disableCache()
 		_ = withBase(buf, asset, "/")
 	default:
 		_, _ = buf.ReadFrom(asset)
diff --git a/services/web/pkg/service/v0/service.go b/services/web/pkg/service/v0/service.go
index c03ccef34..a00e28bcd 100644
--- a/services/web/pkg/service/v0/service.go
+++ b/services/web/pkg/service/v0/service.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package svc
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ func (p Web) getPayload() (payload []byte, err error) {
 			Msg("web config doesn't exist")
 	}
 
-	payload, err = ioutil.ReadFile(p.config.Web.Path)
+	payload, err = os.ReadFile(p.config.Web.Path)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		p.logger.Fatal().
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ func (p Web) getPayload() (payload []byte, err error) {
 }
 
 // Config implements the Service interface.
-func (p Web) Config(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func (p Web) Config(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
 
 	payload, err := p.getPayload()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -152,13 +151,6 @@ func (p Web) Static(ttl int) http.HandlerFunc {
 		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", fmt.Sprintf("max-age=%s, must-revalidate", strconv.Itoa(ttl)))
 		w.Header().Set("Expires", expires)
 		w.Header().Set("Last-Modified", lastModified)
-
-		if r.URL.Path == rootWithSlash || r.URL.Path == rootWithSlash+"index.html" {
-			w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
-
-		} else {
-			w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "must-revalidate")
-		}
 		w.Header().Set("SameSite", "Strict")
 
 		static.ServeHTTP(w, r)