diff --git a/inside_gratipay.py b/inside_gratipay.py
index da598cd..3296eab 100644
--- a/inside_gratipay.py
+++ b/inside_gratipay.py
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 import os
 import string
 import random
-from os.path import basename, dirname, join, realpath, isdir
+from os.path import basename, dirname
 
 from aspen import Response
+from aspen.website import Website
+
 import canonizer
 import gfm
 from nav import NavItem
 
 
+website = Website(www_root='www', project_root='.')
+
+
 # Manually register markdown renderer to work around Heroku deployment woes.
 website.renderer_factories['markdown'] = gfm.Factory(website)
 website.renderer_factories['jinja2'].Renderer.global_context = {
diff --git a/nav.py b/nav.py
index 3824ba0..f59011b 100644
--- a/nav.py
+++ b/nav.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 from os.path import join, realpath, isfile, isdir, basename
 
 from aspen import resources
-from aspen.resources.static_resource import StaticResource
+from aspen.http.resource import Static
 
 
 def get_simplate_context(website, fs):
     resource = resources.get(website, fs)
-    return {} if isinstance(resource, StaticResource) else resource.pages[0]
+    return {} if isinstance(resource, Static) else resource.pages[0]
 
 
 class NavItem(OrderedDict):
diff --git a/startapp.py b/startapp.py
index c465812..07218bc 100644
--- a/startapp.py
+++ b/startapp.py
@@ -8,25 +8,18 @@
 PORT = 8536  # default/devserver port
 
 import sys
-from aspen.website import Website
- 
-aspen_config = [
-    '--www_root=www/',
-    '--project_root=.'
-]
- 
+
 for param in sys.argv:
     if param.startswith('--port'):
         _, PORT = param.split('=')
         PORT = int(PORT)
- 
- 
+
+
 # by WSGI convention, we need to create webapp object
 # and by default most WSGI servers look for 'application'
-application = Website(aspen_config)
- 
+from inside_gratipay import website as application
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
-    print("* Running development server on http://%s:%s" % (HOST, PORT))
+    print("* Running development server on http://%s:%s" % (HOST or 'localhost', PORT))
     make_server(HOST, PORT, application).serve_forever()
-