diff --git a/app/router.php b/app/router.php
index 91b6d75..a8b4ef8 100644
--- a/app/router.php
+++ b/app/router.php
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ $requestUri = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] ?? '', PHP_URL_PATH) ?: '/';
 $hasTrailingSlash = str_ends_with($requestUri, '/') && $requestUri !== '/';
 $requestPath = trim($requestUri, '/');
 
+// Check for assets in /custom/assets/ served at root level (before language extraction)
+$assetPath = dirname(__DIR__) . '/custom/assets/' . $requestPath;
+if (file_exists($assetPath) && is_file($assetPath)) {
+    header('Content-Type: ' . (mime_content_type($assetPath) ?: 'application/octet-stream'));
+    readfile($assetPath);
+    exit;
+}
+
 // Extract language from URL
 $currentLang = $defaultLang;
 $pathParts = explode('/', $requestPath);
@@ -351,26 +359,6 @@ function renderFile(string $filePath): void {
     exit;
 }
 
-// Check for assets in /custom/assets/ served at root level
-$assetPath = dirname(__DIR__) . '/custom/assets/' . $requestPath;
-if (file_exists($assetPath) && is_file($assetPath)) {
-    header('Content-Type: ' . (mime_content_type($assetPath) ?: 'application/octet-stream'));
-    readfile($assetPath);
-    exit;
-}
-
-// Check for static files in content directory
-$contentFilePath = rtrim($contentDir, '/') . '/' . ltrim($requestPath, '/');
-if (file_exists($contentFilePath) && is_file($contentFilePath)) {
-    $ext = pathinfo($contentFilePath, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
-    // Only serve non-PHP/non-HTML/non-MD files as static assets
-    if (!in_array($ext, ['php', 'html', 'md'])) {
-        header('Content-Type: ' . (mime_content_type($contentFilePath) ?: 'application/octet-stream'));
-        readfile($contentFilePath);
-        exit;
-    }
-}
-
 // Handle frontpage
 if (empty($requestPath)) {
     // Try language-specific frontpage first, then default