diff --git a/speech-speech/backend/api.py b/speech-speech/backend/api.py
index 32a6c7f..6754929 100644
--- a/speech-speech/backend/api.py
+++ b/speech-speech/backend/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from openai import OpenAI
 from fastapi import FastAPI, File, Response, Request
+from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from io import BytesIO
@@ -58,3 +59,8 @@ def tts(text: str):
         model="tts-1", voice="nova", input=text, response_format="mp3"
     )
     return Response(content=res.content, media_type="audio/mp3")
+
+
+# if this is above other routes it will try and serve files instead of matching
+# the intended route
+app.mount("/", StaticFiles(directory="dist", html=True), name="static")
diff --git a/speech-speech/frontend/vite.config.ts b/speech-speech/frontend/vite.config.ts
index 0b87a57..716ff98 100644
--- a/speech-speech/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/speech-speech/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
       "Access-Control-Allow-Origin": '*',
     },
   },
+	build: {
+		outDir: '../backend/dist/',
+	},
 });