diff --git a/ext/iodine/http.c b/ext/iodine/http.c
index abbee0b..3711502 100644
--- a/ext/iodine/http.c
+++ b/ext/iodine/http.c
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@ int http_sendfile2(http_s *h, const char *prefix, size_t prefix_len,
       http_set_header(h, HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH, fiobj_num_new(length));
       http_finish(h);
       return 0;
+    } else if (!strncasecmp("post", s.data, 4)) {
+      goto open_file;
     }
     break;
   }
diff --git a/ext/iodine/http_internal.c b/ext/iodine/http_internal.c
index fc56c48..5fab78e 100644
--- a/ext/iodine/http_internal.c
+++ b/ext/iodine/http_internal.c
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ void http_on_request_handler______internal(http_s *h,
           fiobj_hash_get2(h->headers, fiobj_obj2hash(HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT)),
           HTTP_HVALUE_SSE_MIME))
     goto eventsource;
-  if (settings->public_folder) {
+  if (settings->public_folder &&
+      (fiobj_obj2cstr(h->method).len != 4 || strncasecmp("post", fiobj_obj2cstr(h->method).data, 4))) {
     fio_str_info_s path_str = fiobj_obj2cstr(h->path);
     if (!http_sendfile2(h, settings->public_folder,
                         settings->public_folder_length, path_str.data,