diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare.cc b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare.cc
index 5b79c4b0e..f7a19306f 100644
--- a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare.cc
+++ b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 #ifdef ENABLE_WEBUI
 
-    std::string docroot = "./";
+    std::string docroot = "";
     uint16_t httpPort = 0;
     std::string listenAddress;
     bool allowAllIps = false;
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         std::cerr << args.usage() << std::endl;
     }
 
+    if(docroot.empty())
+        docroot = resource_api::getDefaultDocroot();
+
     resource_api::ApiServer api;
     resource_api::RsControlModule ctrl_mod(argc, argv, api.getStateTokenServer(), &api, true);
     api.addResourceHandler("control", dynamic_cast<resource_api::ResourceRouter*>(&ctrl_mod), &resource_api::RsControlModule::handleRequest);