diff --git a/serve.go b/serve.go
index c1351eb..8fbd8d8 100644
--- a/serve.go
+++ b/serve.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	minio "github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slog"
@@ -41,18 +43,8 @@ type handler struct {
 func (h handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	domain := r.Host
 	path := r.URL.Path
-	if path == "" || path == "/" {
-		path = "index.html"
-	}
 
-	object, err := h.minio.GetObject(r.Context(), domain, path, minio.GetObjectOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		slog.Warn("error getting object from s3", "error", err, "domain", domain, "path", path)
-		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
-	}
-
-	stat, err := object.Stat()
+	object, stat, err := h.get(r.Context(), domain, path)
 	if err != nil {
 		resp := minio.ToErrorResponse(err)
 		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
@@ -62,9 +54,8 @@ func (h handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			slog.Info("served 404", "domain", domain, "path", path)
 			return
 		}
-
-		slog.Warn("failed to stat object", "err", err, "bucket", domain, "path", path)
-		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		slog.Error("error getting object from storage", "bucket", domain, "object", path, "err", err)
+		http.Error(w, "internal server error", http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -79,3 +70,29 @@ func (h handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	slog.Info("served request", "domain", domain, "path", path, "size_bytes", n)
 }
+
+func (h handler) get(ctx context.Context, bucket string, path string) (*minio.Object, *minio.ObjectInfo, error) {
+	object, err := h.minio.GetObject(ctx, bucket, path, minio.GetObjectOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	stat, err := object.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		resp := minio.ToErrorResponse(err)
+		if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(path, "/index.html") {
+				return nil, nil, err
+			}
+			if !strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") {
+				path = path + "/"
+			}
+			path = path + "index.html"
+			return h.get(ctx, bucket, path)
+		}
+
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	return object, &stat, nil
+}