diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 07e184146c59b07b72f6fee00b760a4bfd8528aa..1cd9169022a3ba0906f6753006b0640de29161fc 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -10,11 +10,44 @@ app = Flask(__name__)
 COUCHDB_PROTO = 'http' 
 COUCHDB_HOST = '127.0.0.1'
 COUCHDB_PORT = '5984'
+DB = 'vl_db'
 
 app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path='')
 app.url_map.strict_slashes = False
 CORS(app)
 
+## =================== URLs to the Web Apps ======================
+
+@app.route('/<fn>', methods=['GET'])
+def html(fn):
+    app.logger.debug('hit html folder: ' + fn)
+    return send_from_directory('./data/web-apps', fn)
+
+@app.route('/js/<path:fn>', methods=['GET'])
+def js(fn):
+    app.logger.debug('hit js folder: ' + fn)
+    return send_from_directory('data/web-apps/js', fn)
+
+@app.route('/css/<fn>', methods=['GET'])
+def css(fn):
+    app.logger.debug('hit css folder: ' + fn)
+    return send_from_directory('data/web-apps/css', fn)
+
+@app.route('/img/<fn>', methods=['GET'])
+def img(fn):
+    app.logger.debug('hit img folder: ' + fn)
+    return send_from_directory('data/web-apps/img', fn)
+
+@app.route('/lib/<path:fn>', methods=['GET'])
+def lib(fn):
+    app.logger.debug('hit lib folder: ' + fn)
+    return send_from_directory('data/lib', fn)
+
+## ------------------------------------
+## CouchDB Proxy 
+## from:  http://host/5984/foo/bar
+## to:    http://127.0.0.1:5984/foo/bar
+## ------------------------------------
 def couchdb_proxy_1(path):
     new_url = '{}://{}:{}/{}'.format(COUCHDB_PROTO, COUCHDB_HOST, \
       COUCHDB_PORT, path)
@@ -25,16 +58,14 @@ def couchdb_proxy_1(path):
         headers={key: value for (key, value) in request.headers if key != 'Host'},
         data=request.get_data(),
         cookies=request.cookies,
-        allow_redirects=False)
-    headers = [(name, value) for (name, value) in resp.raw.headers.items()]
+        allow_redirects=False)      
+    excluded_headers = ['content-encoding', 'content-length', \
+      'transfer-encoding', 'connection']
+    headers = [(name, value) for (name, value) in resp.raw.headers.items()
+               if name.lower() not in excluded_headers]
     response = Response(resp.content, resp.status_code, headers)
     return response  
 
-## ------------------------------------
-## CouchDB Proxy 
-## from:  http://host/5984/foo/bar
-## to:    http://127.0.0.1:5984/foo/bar
-## ------------------------------------
 @app.route('/{}/'.format(COUCHDB_PORT), \
   methods=['GET','PUT','POST','HEAD','DELETE','OPTIONS']) 
 @app.route('/{}/<path:path>'.format(COUCHDB_PORT),