diff --git a/resources/rulesets/basic.txt b/resources/public/rulesets/basic.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/rulesets/basic.txt
rename to resources/public/rulesets/basic.txt
diff --git a/resources/rulesets/ecology.txt b/resources/public/rulesets/ecology.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/rulesets/ecology.txt
rename to resources/public/rulesets/ecology.txt
diff --git a/resources/rulesets/iceage.txt b/resources/public/rulesets/iceage.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/rulesets/iceage.txt
rename to resources/public/rulesets/iceage.txt
diff --git a/resources/rulesets/life.txt b/resources/public/rulesets/life.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/rulesets/life.txt
rename to resources/public/rulesets/life.txt
diff --git a/resources/rulesets/settlement.txt b/resources/public/rulesets/settlement.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/rulesets/settlement.txt
rename to resources/public/rulesets/settlement.txt
diff --git a/src/mw_ui/render_world.clj b/src/mw_ui/render_world.clj
index e702055..b942ad7 100644
--- a/src/mw_ui/render_world.clj
+++ b/src/mw_ui/render_world.clj
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
             [mw-engine.natural-rules :as rules]
             [mw-parser.bulk :as compiler]
             [hiccup.core :refer [html]]
+            [noir.io :as io]
             [noir.session :as session]))
 
 
@@ -41,12 +42,14 @@
   (let [world (or (session/get :world)
                   (engine/transform-world
                    (heightmap/apply-heightmap
-                     "resources/public/img/heightmaps/small_hill.png"
+                     (io/get-resource "/img/heightmaps/small_hill.png")
                      ;; "resources/public/img/heightmaps/great_britain_and_ireland_small.png"
                      )
                    rules/init-rules))
         rules (or (session/get :rules) 
-                  (do (session/put! :rules (compiler/compile-file "resources/rulesets/basic.txt"))
+                  (do (session/put! :rules 
+                                    (compiler/compile-file 
+                                      (io/get-resource "/rulesets/basic.txt")))
                     (session/get :rules)))
         generation (+ (or (session/get :generation) 0) 1)
         w2 (engine/transform-world world rules)
diff --git a/src/mw_ui/routes/params.clj b/src/mw_ui/routes/params.clj
index 35a360c..913a1bd 100644
--- a/src/mw_ui/routes/params.clj
+++ b/src/mw_ui/routes/params.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns mw-ui.routes.params
   (:use clojure.walk
+        clojure.java.io
         compojure.core)
   (:require [hiccup.core :refer [html]]
             [mw-engine.heightmap :as heightmap]
@@ -7,13 +8,14 @@
             [mw-ui.layout :as layout]
             [mw-ui.util :as util]
             [mw-ui.render-world :as world]
+            [noir.io :as io]
             [noir.session :as session]))
 
 (defn- send-params []
   {:title "Choose your world"
-   :heightmaps (util/list-resources "resources/public/img/heightmaps" #"([0-9a-z-_]+).png")
+   :heightmaps (util/list-resources "/img/heightmaps" #"([0-9a-z-_]+).png")
    :pause (or (session/get :pause) 5)
-   :rulesets (util/list-resources "resources/rulesets" #"([0-9a-z-_]+).txt")
+   :rulesets (util/list-resources "/rulesets" #"([0-9a-z-_]+).txt")
    })
 
 (defn params-page 
@@ -28,15 +30,15 @@
             map (:heightmap params)
             pause (:pause params)
             rulefile (:ruleset params)
-            rulepath (str "resources/rulesets/" rulefile ".txt")]
+            rulepath (str "/rulesets/" rulefile ".txt")]
         (if (not (= map "")) 
           (session/put! :world 
                         (heightmap/apply-heightmap 
-                          (str "resources/public/img/heightmaps/" map ".png"))))
+                          (io/get-resource (str "/img/heightmaps/" map ".png")))))
         (if (not (= rulefile ""))
           (do
-            (session/put! :rule-text (slurp rulepath))
-            (session/put! :rules (compiler/compile-file rulepath))))
+            (session/put! :rule-text (io/slurp-resource rulepath))
+            (session/put! :rules (compiler/compile-file (io/get-resource rulepath)))))
         (if (not (= pause ""))
           (session/put! :pause pause))
         (layout/render "params.html" 
diff --git a/src/mw_ui/routes/rules.clj b/src/mw_ui/routes/rules.clj
index 77d3940..efb0eb7 100644
--- a/src/mw_ui/routes/rules.clj
+++ b/src/mw_ui/routes/rules.clj
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
             [mw-ui.layout :as layout]
             [mw-ui.util :as util]
             [mw-ui.render-world :as world]
+            [noir.io :as io]
             [noir.session :as session]))
 
 (defn process-rules-request
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
                            " rules")           })
           true {:rule-text (or 
                              (session/get :rule-text) 
-                             (slurp "resources/rulesets/basic.txt"))
+                             (io/slurp-resource "/rulesets/basic.txt"))
                 :message "No rules found in request; loading defaults"})
         (catch Exception e 
           {:rule-text src
diff --git a/src/mw_ui/util.clj b/src/mw_ui/util.clj
index 148dc26..0956239 100644
--- a/src/mw_ui/util.clj
+++ b/src/mw_ui/util.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns mw-ui.util
   (:require [noir.io :as io]
+            [noir.session :as session]
             [markdown.core :as md]))
 
 (defn md->html
@@ -11,7 +12,10 @@
 
 (defn list-resources [directory pattern]
   "List resource files matching `pattern` in `directory`."
-  (sort
-    (filter #(not (nil? %)) 
+  (let 
+    [path (str (io/resource-path) directory)]
+    (session/put! :list-resources-path path)
+    (sort
+      (filter #(not (nil? %)) 
             (map #(first (rest (re-matches pattern (.getName %))))
-                 (file-seq (clojure.java.io/file directory))))))
+                 (file-seq (clojure.java.io/file path)))))))