diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9bf2e07..91e4159 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -144,17 +144,12 @@ Running this command should do:
 uwsgi --http :9090 --plugin python --wsgi-file main.py
 ```
 
-However, one problem might be how to serve the provided `index.html` file if it
-isn't in the same directory. Therefore you can add this at the end of the
-command to point to another directory `--pyargv '--root ../../www/'`.
-
-
 #### Using morss' internal HTTP server
 
 Morss can run its own HTTP server. The later should start when you run morss
 without any argument, on port 8080.
 
-You can change the port and the location of the `www/` folder like this `python -m morss 9000 --root ../../www`.
+You can change the port like this `python -m morss 9000`.
 
 #### Passing arguments
 
@@ -174,9 +169,9 @@ Works like a charm with [Tiny Tiny RSS](http://tt-rss.org/redmine/projects/tt-rs
 
 Run:
 ```
-python[2.7] -m morss [argwithoutvalue] [argwithvalue=value] [...] FEEDURL
+morss [argwithoutvalue] [argwithvalue=value] [...] FEEDURL
 ```
-For example: `python -m morss debug http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml`
+For example: `morss debug http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml`
 
 *(Brackets indicate optional text)*
 
@@ -189,9 +184,9 @@ scripts can be run on top of the RSS feed, using its
 
 To use this script, you have to enable "(Unix) command" in liferea feed settings, and use the command:
 ```
-[python[2.7]] PATH/TO/MORSS/main.py [argwithoutvalue] [argwithvalue=value] [...] FEEDURL
+morss [argwithoutvalue] [argwithvalue=value] [...] FEEDURL
 ```
-For example: `python2.7 PATH/TO/MORSS/main.py http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml`
+For example: `morss http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml`
 
 *(Brackets indicate optional text)*
 
diff --git a/morss/morss.py b/morss/morss.py
index 7c074e3..4894956 100644
--- a/morss/morss.py
+++ b/morss/morss.py
@@ -620,21 +620,24 @@ def cgi_file_handler(environ, start_response, app):
         if url == '':
             url = 'index.html'
 
-        if '--root' in sys.argv[1:]:
-            path = os.path.join(sys.argv[-1], url)
+        paths = [os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'share/morss', url),
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../www', url)]
+
+        for path in paths:
+            try:
+                print(path)
+                body = open(path, 'rb').read()
+
+                headers['status'] = '200 OK'
+                headers['content-type'] = files[url]
+                start_response(headers['status'], list(headers.items()))
+                return [body]
+
+            except IOError:
+                continue
 
         else:
-            path = url
-
-        try:
-            body = open(path, 'rb').read()
-
-            headers['status'] = '200 OK'
-            headers['content-type'] = files[url]
-            start_response(headers['status'], list(headers.items()))
-            return [body]
-
-        except IOError:
+            # the for loop did not return, so here we are, i.e. no file found
             headers['status'] = '404 Not found'
             start_response(headers['status'], list(headers.items()))
             return ['Error %s' % headers['status']]
@@ -762,7 +765,7 @@ def main():
 
         wsgiref.handlers.CGIHandler().run(app)
 
-    elif len(sys.argv) <= 1 or isInt(sys.argv[1]) or '--root' in sys.argv[1:]:
+    elif len(sys.argv) <= 1 or isInt(sys.argv[1]):
         # start internal (basic) http server
 
         if len(sys.argv) > 1 and isInt(sys.argv[1]):