diff --git a/scripts/autoserve.py b/scripts/autoserve.py
index deb2e0c..ed1fb51 100644
--- a/scripts/autoserve.py
+++ b/scripts/autoserve.py
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class Server(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
         self.end_headers()
 
         path = self.path
+        if path.strip('/') == '':
+            path = '/index.html'
         if os.path.isdir(path.strip('/')):
             path = path.strip('/') + '/index.html'
         with open(path.strip('/'), 'rb') as f: