diff --git a/cmd/compile.sh b/cmd/compile.sh
index eef7801..306c160 100755
--- a/cmd/compile.sh
+++ b/cmd/compile.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ set -x
 set -e
 
 if [[ -n "$1" ]]; then
-	go build -ldflags="-s -w -X main.version_string=$1 -X webserver.is_production=true" -o tw ./twitter
+	go build -ldflags="-s -w -X main.version_string=$1 -X gitlab.com/offline-twitter/twitter_offline_engine/internal/webserver.use_embedded=true" -o tw ./twitter
 else
-	go build -ldflags="-s -w -X webserver.is_production=true" -o tw ./twitter
+	go build -ldflags="-s -w -X gitlab.com/offline-twitter/twitter_offline_engine/internal/webserver.use_embedded=true" -o tw ./twitter
 fi
 chmod +x tw
diff --git a/internal/webserver/files.go b/internal/webserver/files.go
index 8b55c8b..96094a9 100644
--- a/internal/webserver/files.go
+++ b/internal/webserver/files.go
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ import (
 //go:embed "tpl" "static"
 var embedded_files embed.FS
 
-var use_embedded = false
+var use_embedded = ""
diff --git a/internal/webserver/response_helpers.go b/internal/webserver/response_helpers.go
index 2b35307..b189e69 100644
--- a/internal/webserver/response_helpers.go
+++ b/internal/webserver/response_helpers.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func get_filepath(s string) string {
-	if use_embedded {
+	if use_embedded == "true" {
 		return s
 	}
 	return path.Join(this_dir, s)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func get_filepath(s string) string {
 func glob(path string) []string {
 	var ret []string
 	var err error
-	if use_embedded {
+	if use_embedded == "true" {
 		ret, err = fs.Glob(embedded_files, get_filepath(path))
 	} else {
 		ret, err = filepath.Glob(get_filepath(path))
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ type renderer struct {
 func (r renderer) BufferedRender(w io.Writer) {
 	var tpl *template.Template
 	var err error
-	if use_embedded {
+	if use_embedded == "true" {
 		tpl, err = template.New("").Funcs(r.Funcs).ParseFS(embedded_files, r.Filenames...)
 	} else {
 		tpl, err = template.New("").Funcs(r.Funcs).ParseFiles(r.Filenames...)
diff --git a/internal/webserver/server.go b/internal/webserver/server.go
index eded00f..1207874 100644
--- a/internal/webserver/server.go
+++ b/internal/webserver/server.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (app *Application) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	parts := strings.Split(r.URL.Path, "/")[1:]
 	switch parts[0] {
 	case "static":
-		if use_embedded {
+		if use_embedded == "true" {
 			// Serve directly from the embedded files
 			http.FileServer(http.FS(embedded_files)).ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		} else {