diff --git a/pages/server.py b/pages/server.py
index e571f11..dd170b4 100644
--- a/pages/server.py
+++ b/pages/server.py
@@ -126,9 +126,10 @@ class Handler(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         root = site_root(repo).resolve()
         rel = unquote(path).lstrip("/")
         # on a wildcard zone's apex, /<sub>/... lives at <sub>.zone: send people there
-        head = rel.split("/", 1)[0]
-        if not sub and self.host() in WILDCARDS and head and (root / head).is_dir() and ".." not in rel:
-            self.send_response(301); self.send_header("location", f"https://{head}.{self.host()}/" + rel[len(head):].lstrip("/")); self.end_headers()
+        first = rel.split("/", 1)[0]
+        # only folders that are a venture page (have an index.html); assets folders, .well-known etc. stay on the apex
+        if not sub and self.host() in WILDCARDS and first and (root / first / "index.html").is_file() and ".." not in rel:
+            self.send_response(301); self.send_header("location", f"https://{first}.{self.host()}/" + rel[len(first):].lstrip("/")); self.end_headers()
             return
         if sub:
             root = (root / sub).resolve()