diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/context.ts b/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
index 3e81fc3d9..188e46278 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/context.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface SigmaContext {
   preset: string
   rollupConfig?: any
   renderer: string
+  serveStatic: boolean
   middleware: ServerMiddleware[]
   hooks: configHooksT
   nuxtHooks: configHooksT
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ export function getsigmaContext (nuxtOptions: NuxtOptions, input: SigmaInput): S
     preset: undefined,
     rollupConfig: undefined,
     renderer: undefined,
+    serveStatic: false,
     middleware: [],
     ignore: [],
     env: {},
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure.ts b/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure.ts
index 14bd9f4ce..e69e28c23 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/presets/azure.ts
@@ -1,64 +1,21 @@
-import replace from '@rollup/plugin-replace'
 import archiver from 'archiver'
 import consola from 'consola'
-import createEtag from 'etag'
-import { createWriteStream, readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from 'fs-extra'
-import mime from 'mime'
-import { join, relative, resolve } from 'upath'
-
+import { createWriteStream } from 'fs-extra'
+import { join, resolve } from 'upath'
 import { prettyPath, writeFile } from '../utils'
 import { SigmaPreset, SigmaContext } from '../context'
 
 export const azure: SigmaPreset = {
   inlineChunks: false,
+  serveStatic: true,
   entry: '{{ _internal.runtimeDir }}/entries/azure',
   hooks: {
-    'sigma:rollup:before' (ctx: SigmaContext) {
-      const manifest = JSON.stringify(getStaticManifest(ctx)).replace(/\\"/g, '\\\\"')
-      ctx.rollupConfig.plugins.push(replace({
-        values: {
-          'process.env.STATIC_MANIFEST': `\`${manifest}\``
-        }
-      }))
-    },
     async 'sigma:compiled' (ctx: SigmaContext) {
       await writeRoutes(ctx)
     }
   }
 }
 
-function getStaticManifest ({ output: { dir } }: SigmaContext) {
-  const files = []
-  const staticRoot = resolve(dir, 'public')
-
-  const addFiles = (directory: string) => {
-    const listing = readdirSync(directory)
-    listing.forEach((filename) => {
-      const fullPath = resolve(directory, filename)
-      if (statSync(fullPath).isDirectory()) {
-        return addFiles(fullPath)
-      }
-      files.push('/' + relative(staticRoot, fullPath))
-    })
-  }
-
-  addFiles(staticRoot)
-  const metadata = files.reduce((metadata, filename) => {
-    let mimeType = mime.getType(filename) || 'text/plain'
-    if (mimeType.startsWith('text')) {
-      mimeType += '; charset=utf-8'
-    }
-    const etag = createEtag(readFileSync(join(staticRoot, filename)))
-    metadata[filename] = [mimeType, etag]
-    return metadata
-  }, {} as Record<string, string>)
-
-  return {
-    files,
-    metadata
-  }
-}
-
 function zipDirectory (dir: string, outfile: string): Promise<undefined> {
   const archive = archiver('zip', { zlib: { level: 9 } })
   const stream = createWriteStream(outfile)
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/presets/server.ts b/packages/nitro/src/presets/server.ts
index 1d331c68f..617a78a45 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/presets/server.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/presets/server.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ export const server: SigmaPreset = extendPreset(node, {
   entry: '{{ _internal.runtimeDir }}/entries/server',
   externals: false,
   inlineChunks: false,
-  timing: true,
+  serveStatic: true,
+  minify: false,
   hooks: {
     'sigma:compiled' ({ output }: SigmaContext) {
       consola.success('Ready to run', hl('node ' + prettyPath(output.serverDir)))
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
index 748693819..5594d92b0 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
@@ -12,15 +12,16 @@ import analyze from 'rollup-plugin-analyzer'
 import type { Preset } from '@nuxt/un'
 import * as un from '@nuxt/un'
 
-import hasha from 'hasha'
 import { SigmaContext } from '../context'
 import { resolvePath, MODULE_DIR } from '../utils'
 
-import { dynamicRequire } from './dynamic-require'
-import { externals } from './externals'
-import { timing } from './timing'
-import { autoMock } from './automock'
-import esbuild from './esbuild'
+import { dynamicRequire } from './plugins/dynamic-require'
+import { externals } from './plugins/externals'
+import { timing } from './plugins/timing'
+import { autoMock } from './plugins/automock'
+import { staticAssets } from './plugins/static'
+import { middleware } from './plugins/middleware'
+import { esbuild } from './plugins/esbuild'
 
 export type RollupConfig = InputOptions & { output: OutputOptions }
 
@@ -125,28 +126,17 @@ export const getRollupConfig = (sigmaContext: SigmaContext) => {
     }
   }))
 
-  // https://github.com/rollup/plugins/tree/master/packages/replace
-  // TODO: better fix for node-fetch issue
-  rollupConfig.plugins.push(replace({
-    delimiters: ['', ''],
-    values: {
-      'require(\'encoding\')': '{}'
-    }
-  }))
+  // Static
+  if (sigmaContext.serveStatic) {
+    rollupConfig.plugins.push(staticAssets(sigmaContext))
+  }
 
-  // Provide serverMiddleware
-  const getImportId = p => '_' + hasha(p).substr(0, 6)
-  rollupConfig.plugins.push(virtual({
-    '~serverMiddleware': `
-      ${sigmaContext.middleware.filter(m => m.lazy === false).map(m => `import ${getImportId(m.handle)} from '${m.handle}';`).join('\n')}
-
-      ${sigmaContext.middleware.filter(m => m.lazy !== false).map(m => `const ${getImportId(m.handle)} = () => import('${m.handle}');`).join('\n')}
-
-      export default [
-        ${sigmaContext.middleware.map(m => `{ route: '${m.route}', handle: ${getImportId(m.handle)}, lazy: ${m.lazy || true}, promisify: ${m.promisify !== undefined ? m.promisify : true} }`).join(',\n')}
-      ];
-    `
-  }))
+  // Middleware
+  const _middleware = [...sigmaContext.middleware]
+  if (sigmaContext.serveStatic) {
+    _middleware.unshift({ route: '/', handle: '~runtime/server/static' })
+  }
+  rollupConfig.plugins.push(middleware(_middleware))
 
   // Polyfill
   rollupConfig.plugins.push(virtual({
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/automock.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/automock.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/nitro/src/rollup/automock.ts
rename to packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/automock.ts
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/dynamic-require.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/dynamic-require.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/nitro/src/rollup/dynamic-require.ts
rename to packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/dynamic-require.ts
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/esbuild.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/esbuild.ts
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/nitro/src/rollup/esbuild.ts
rename to packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/esbuild.ts
index 81723ae98..1a8566412 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/esbuild.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/esbuild.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export type Options = {
   }
 }
 
-export default (options: Options = {}): Plugin => {
+export function esbuild (options: Options = {}): Plugin {
   let target: string | string[]
 
   const loaders = {
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/externals.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/externals.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/nitro/src/rollup/externals.ts
rename to packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/externals.ts
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/middleware.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/middleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa78b9862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/middleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import hasha from 'hasha'
+import virtual from '@rollup/plugin-virtual'
+import type { ServerMiddleware } from '../../context'
+
+export function middleware (middleware: ServerMiddleware[]) {
+  const getImportId = p => '_' + hasha(p).substr(0, 6)
+
+  return virtual({
+    '~serverMiddleware': `
+${middleware.filter(m => m.lazy === false).map(m => `import ${getImportId(m.handle)} from '${m.handle}';`).join('\n')}
+
+${middleware.filter(m => m.lazy !== false).map(m => `const ${getImportId(m.handle)} = () => import('${m.handle}');`).join('\n')}
+
+const middleware = [
+  ${middleware.map(m => `{ route: '${m.route}', handle: ${getImportId(m.handle)}, lazy: ${m.lazy || true}, promisify: ${m.promisify !== undefined ? m.promisify : true} }`).join(',\n')}
+];
+
+export default middleware
+`
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/static.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/static.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f27ef396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/static.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import createEtag from 'etag'
+import { readFileSync, statSync } from 'fs-extra'
+import mime from 'mime'
+import { relative, resolve } from 'upath'
+import virtual from '@rollup/plugin-virtual'
+import globby from 'globby'
+import type { SigmaContext } from '../../context'
+
+export function staticAssets (context: SigmaContext) {
+  const assets: Record<string, { type: string, etag: string, mtime: string, path: string }> = {}
+
+  const files = globby.sync('**/*.*', { cwd: context.output.publicDir, absolute: false })
+
+  for (const id of files) {
+    let type = mime.getType(id) || 'text/plain'
+    if (type.startsWith('text')) { type += '; charset=utf-8' }
+    const fullPath = resolve(context.output.publicDir, id)
+    const etag = createEtag(readFileSync(fullPath))
+    const stat = statSync(fullPath)
+
+    assets[id] = {
+      type,
+      etag,
+      mtime: stat.mtime.toJSON(),
+      path: relative(context.output.serverDir, fullPath)
+    }
+  }
+
+  return virtual({
+    '~static-assets': `export default ${JSON.stringify(assets, null, 2)};`,
+    '~static': `
+import { readFile } from 'fs/promises'
+import { resolve, dirname } from 'path'
+import assets from '~static-assets'
+
+const mainDir = dirname(require.main.filename)
+
+export function readAsset (id) {
+  return readFile(resolve(mainDir, getAsset(id).path))
+}
+
+export function getAsset (id) {
+  return assets[id]
+}
+`
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/timing.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/timing.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/nitro/src/rollup/timing.ts
rename to packages/nitro/src/rollup/plugins/timing.ts