diff --git a/web-application/app/Program.cs b/web-application/app/Program.cs
index 1024911..48daf4f 100644
--- a/web-application/app/Program.cs
+++ b/web-application/app/Program.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 using Peachpie.AspNetCore.Web;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -55,7 +56,10 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
 
             //
             app.UseDefaultFiles();
-            app.UseStaticFiles();
+
+            // use static files embedded in the compiled assembly
+            var fileProvider = new ManifestEmbeddedFileProvider(typeof(ResourceDemo).Assembly);
+            app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions() { FileProvider = fileProvider });
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/web-application/website/img/peachpie.png b/web-application/website/img/peachpie.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b206722
Binary files /dev/null and b/web-application/website/img/peachpie.png differ
diff --git a/web-application/website/resourcedemo.php b/web-application/website/resourcedemo.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f6b6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-application/website/resourcedemo.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
+</head>
+<body>
+<?php
+
+class ResourceDemo
+{
+  public function show() {
+    echo "<img src='img/peachpie.png' />";
+  }
+}
+
+(new ResourceDemo)->show();
+
+?>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/web-application/website/style.css b/web-application/website/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c0470a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-application/website/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+﻿body {
+    background-color: #f4511e;
+}
diff --git a/web-application/website/website.msbuildproj b/web-application/website/website.msbuildproj
index 1f8733c..b408024 100644
--- a/web-application/website/website.msbuildproj
+++ b/web-application/website/website.msbuildproj
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+    <GenerateEmbeddedFilesManifest>true</GenerateEmbeddedFilesManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded" Version="2.*" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <Compile Include="**/*.php" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="**/*.png;**/*.css" />
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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