diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b1b545042..8fdbcea3d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.PHONY: dep docker pilosa release-build prerelease-build release prerelease prerelease-upload install generate statik test cover cover-pkg cover-viz clean docker-build docker-test
+.PHONY: dep docker pilosa release-build prerelease-build release prerelease prerelease-upload install generate generate-statik generate-protoc statik test cover cover-pkg cover-viz clean docker-build docker-test
 
 DEP := $(shell command -v dep 2>/dev/null)
 STATIK := $(shell command -v statik 2>/dev/null)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ generate-protoc: .protoc-gen-gofast
 	go generate github.com/pilosa/pilosa/internal
 
 generate-statik: statik
-	go generate github.com/pilosa/pilosa
+	go generate github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik
 
 generate: generate-protoc generate-statik
 
diff --git a/filesystem.go b/filesystem.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5664f0987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filesystem.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Pilosa Corp.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package pilosa
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// Ensure nopFileSystem implements interface.
+var _ FileSystem = &nopFileSystem{}
+
+// FileSystem represents an interface for a WebUI file system.
+type FileSystem interface {
+	New() (http.FileSystem, error)
+}
+
+func init() {
+	NopFileSystem = &nopFileSystem{}
+}
+
+// NopFileSystem represents a FileSystem that returns an error if called.
+var NopFileSystem FileSystem
+
+type nopFileSystem struct{}
+
+// New is a no-op implementation of FileSystem New method.
+func (n *nopFileSystem) New() (http.FileSystem, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("file system not implemented")
+}
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index cea42e6ac..a23b2e5ac 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-//go:generate statik -src=./webui
-
 package pilosa
 
 import (
@@ -44,10 +42,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/pql"
 
 	"unicode"
-
-	// Allow building Pilosa without the web UI.
-	_ "github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik"
-	"github.com/rakyll/statik/fs"
 )
 
 // Handler represents an HTTP handler.
@@ -57,6 +51,8 @@ type Handler struct {
 	BroadcastHandler BroadcastHandler
 	StatusHandler    StatusHandler
 
+	FileSystem FileSystem
+
 	// Local hostname & cluster configuration.
 	Node         *Node
 	Cluster      *Cluster
@@ -98,6 +94,11 @@ type errorResponse struct {
 // NewHandler returns a new instance of Handler with a default logger.
 func NewHandler() *Handler {
 	handler := &Handler{
+		Broadcaster: NopBroadcaster,
+		//BroadcastHandler: NopBroadcastHandler, // TODO: implement the nop
+		//StatusHandler:    NopStatusHandler,    // TODO: implement the nop
+		FileSystem: NopFileSystem,
+
 		LogOutput: os.Stderr,
 	}
 	BuildRouters(handler)
@@ -285,13 +286,13 @@ func (h *Handler) handleWebUI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, "Welcome. Pilosa is running. Visit https://www.pilosa.com/docs/ for more information or try the WebUI by visiting this URL in your browser.", http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
 	}
-	statikFS, err := fs.New()
+	filesystem, err := h.FileSystem.New()
 	if err != nil {
 		h.writeQueryResponse(w, r, &QueryResponse{Err: err})
 		h.logger().Println("Pilosa WebUI is not available. Please run `make generate-statik` before building Pilosa with `make install`.")
 		return
 	}
-	http.FileServer(statikFS).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	http.FileServer(filesystem).ServeHTTP(w, r)
 }
 
 // handleGetSchema handles GET /schema requests.
diff --git a/handler_test.go b/handler_test.go
index 0f527514d..551c81d66 100644
--- a/handler_test.go
+++ b/handler_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/internal"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/pql"
+	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/test"
 )
 
@@ -1853,6 +1854,7 @@ func TestHandler_WebUI(t *testing.T) {
 	h := test.NewHandler()
 	h.Holder = hldr.Holder
 	h.Cluster = test.NewCluster(1)
+	h.FileSystem = &statik.FileSystem{}
 
 	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	h.ServeHTTP(w, test.MustNewHTTPRequest("GET", "/", nil))
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index eac98121d..7b2353cdc 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/gcnotify"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/gopsutil"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/gossip"
+	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statik"
 	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa/statsd"
 )
 
@@ -190,6 +191,9 @@ func (m *Command) SetupServer() error {
 	m.Server.Handler.RemoteClient = c
 	m.Server.Cluster.RemoteClient = c
 
+	// Statik file system.
+	m.Server.Handler.FileSystem = &statik.FileSystem{}
+
 	// Set configuration options.
 	m.Server.AntiEntropyInterval = time.Duration(m.Config.AntiEntropy.Interval)
 	m.Server.Cluster.LongQueryTime = time.Duration(m.Config.Cluster.LongQueryTime)
diff --git a/statik/.gitignore b/statik/.gitignore
index 514ee40a1..485c0c57d 100644
--- a/statik/.gitignore
+++ b/statik/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-statik.go
+/statik.go
diff --git a/statik/doc.go b/statik/filesystem.go
similarity index 56%
rename from statik/doc.go
rename to statik/filesystem.go
index e9ca40ffd..e3bf95cb1 100644
--- a/statik/doc.go
+++ b/statik/filesystem.go
@@ -11,7 +11,27 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
-
-// Package statik contains static assets for the Web UI. `go generate` will
-// produce statik.go, which is ignored by git.
+//
+//go:generate statik -src=../webui -dest=..
+//
+// Package statik contains static assets for the Web UI. `go generate` or
+// `make generate-statik` will produce statik.go, which is ignored by git.
 package statik
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/pilosa/pilosa"
+	"github.com/rakyll/statik/fs"
+)
+
+// Ensure nopFileSystem implements interface.
+var _ pilosa.FileSystem = &FileSystem{}
+
+// FileSystem represents a static FileSystem.
+type FileSystem struct{}
+
+// New is a statik implementation of FileSystem New method.
+func (s *FileSystem) New() (http.FileSystem, error) {
+	return fs.New()
+}