diff --git a/copyparty/__init__.py b/copyparty/__init__.py
index 44ddd3c9..6baaaf5f 100644
--- a/copyparty/__init__.py
+++ b/copyparty/__init__.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ except:
 zs = """
 web/a/partyfuse.py
 web/a/u2c.py
-web/a/webdav-cfg.bat
+web/a/webdav-cfg.txt
 web/baguettebox.js
 web/browser.css
 web/browser.html
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ web/util.js
 web/w.hash.js
 """
 RES = set(zs.strip().split("\n"))
+RESM = {
+    "web/a/partyfuse.txt": "web/a/partyfuse.py",
+    "web/a/u2c.txt": "web/a/u2c.py",
+    "web/a/webdav-cfg.bat": "web/a/webdav-cfg.txt",
+}
 
 
 class EnvParams(object):
diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 48887cee..40bff7cb 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try:
 except:
     pass
 
-from .__init__ import ANYWIN, RES, TYPE_CHECKING, EnvParams, unicode
+from .__init__ import ANYWIN, RES, RESM, TYPE_CHECKING, EnvParams, unicode
 from .__version__ import S_VERSION
 from .authsrv import LEELOO_DALLAS, VFS  # typechk
 from .bos import bos
@@ -1275,6 +1275,20 @@ class HttpCli(object):
                 else:
                     return self.tx_res(res_path)
 
+            if res_path in RESM:
+                ap = self.E.mod_ + RESM[res_path]
+                if (
+                    "txt" not in self.uparam
+                    and "mime" not in self.uparam
+                    and not self.ouparam.get("dl")
+                ):
+                    # return mimetype matching request extension
+                    self.ouparam["dl"] = res_path.split("/")[-1]
+                if bos.path.exists(ap) or bos.path.exists(ap + ".gz"):
+                    return self.tx_file(ap)
+                else:
+                    return self.tx_res(res_path)
+
             self.tx_404()
             return False
 
@@ -4179,8 +4193,11 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         # force download
 
         if "dl" in self.ouparam:
-            cdis = gen_content_disposition(os.path.basename(req_path))
-            self.out_headers["Content-Disposition"] = cdis
+            cdis = self.ouparam["dl"] or req_path
+            zs = gen_content_disposition(os.path.basename(cdis))
+            self.out_headers["Content-Disposition"] = zs
+        else:
+            cdis = req_path
 
         #
         # if-modified
@@ -4246,7 +4263,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         elif "mime" in self.uparam:
             mime = str(self.uparam.get("mime"))
         else:
-            mime = guess_mime(req_path)
+            mime = guess_mime(cdis)
 
         logmsg += unicode(status) + logtail
 
@@ -4354,8 +4371,11 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         # force download
 
         if "dl" in self.ouparam:
-            cdis = gen_content_disposition(os.path.basename(req_path))
-            self.out_headers["Content-Disposition"] = cdis
+            cdis = self.ouparam["dl"] or req_path
+            zs = gen_content_disposition(os.path.basename(cdis))
+            self.out_headers["Content-Disposition"] = zs
+        else:
+            cdis = req_path
 
         #
         # if-modified
@@ -4483,7 +4503,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         elif "rmagic" in self.vn.flags:
             mime = guess_mime(req_path, fs_path)
         else:
-            mime = guess_mime(req_path)
+            mime = guess_mime(cdis)
 
         if "nohtml" in self.vn.flags and "html" in mime:
             mime = "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
diff --git a/copyparty/web/Makefile b/copyparty/web/Makefile
index 99fd53f2..01ec4637 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/Makefile
+++ b/copyparty/web/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 # which should help on really slow connections
 # but then why are you using copyparty in the first place
 
-pk: $(addsuffix .gz, $(wildcard tl/*.js *.js *.css))
-un: $(addsuffix .un, $(wildcard tl/*.gz *.gz))
+pk: $(addsuffix .gz, $(wildcard tl/*.js *.js *.css) \
+	a/partyfuse.py a/u2c.py a/webdav-cfg.txt )
+un: $(addsuffix .un, $(wildcard tl/*.gz *.gz a/*.gz))
 
 %.gz: %
 	pigz -11 -J 34 -I 573 $<
diff --git a/copyparty/web/a/webdav-cfg.bat b/copyparty/web/a/webdav-cfg.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from copyparty/web/a/webdav-cfg.bat
rename to copyparty/web/a/webdav-cfg.txt
diff --git a/copyparty/web/svcs.html b/copyparty/web/svcs.html
index f07a8fb6..a0bed2c7 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/svcs.html
+++ b/copyparty/web/svcs.html
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                 <li>old version of rclone? replace all <code>=</code> with <code>&nbsp;</code> (space)</li>
             </ul>
 
-            <p>if you want to use the native WebDAV client in windows instead (slow and buggy), first run <a href="{{ r }}/.cpr/a/webdav-cfg.bat">webdav-cfg.bat</a> to remove the 47 MiB filesize limit (also fixes latency and password login), then connect:</p>
+            <p>if you want to use the native WebDAV client in windows instead (slow and buggy), first run <a href="{{ r }}/.cpr/a/webdav-cfg.txt?dl=webdav-cfg.bat">webdav-cfg.bat</a> to remove the 47 MiB filesize limit (also fixes latency and password login), then connect:</p>
             <pre>
                 {%- if un %}
                 net use <b>w:</b> http{{ s }}://{{ ep }}/{{ rvp }}{% if accs %} <b>{{ pw }}</b> /user:{{ b_un }}{% endif %}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6041a3ce..c5d41e31 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ copyparty = [
     "web/*.xml",
     "web/tl/*.js",
     "web/tl/*.gz",
-    "web/a/*.bat",
+    "web/a/*.txt",
+    "web/a/*.gz",
     "web/deps/*.gz",
     "web/deps/*.woff*",
 ]
diff --git a/scripts/make-sfx.sh b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
index e9aa80fb..36d5a792 100755
--- a/scripts/make-sfx.sh
+++ b/scripts/make-sfx.sh
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ gzres() {
 		$pk "$f" &
 	done < <(
 		find -printf '%s %p\n' |
-		grep -E '\.(js|css)$' |
+		grep -E '\.(js|css)$|/web/a/[^_].*\.(py|txt)$' |
 		grep -vF /deps/ |
 		sort -nr
 	)
diff --git a/scripts/sfx.ls b/scripts/sfx.ls
index 3505ee63..59a13916 100644
--- a/scripts/sfx.ls
+++ b/scripts/sfx.ls
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ copyparty/web/a,
 copyparty/web/a/__init__.py,
 copyparty/web/a/partyfuse.py,
 copyparty/web/a/u2c.py,
-copyparty/web/a/webdav-cfg.bat,
+copyparty/web/a/webdav-cfg.txt,
 copyparty/web/baguettebox.js,
 copyparty/web/browser.css,
 copyparty/web/browser.html,