diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 652eab70c5..471644b037 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@
       let
 
         overlays = [ (import rust-overlay) ]
-        ++ (if system == "x86_64-linux" then [ nixgl.overlay ] else [ ]);
+        ++ (if system == "x86_64-linux" then [ nixgl.overlay ] else [ ])
+        ++ [(final: prev: {
+          # using a custom simple-http-server fork because of github.com/TheWaWaR/simple-http-server/issues/111
+          # the server is used for local testing of the roc website
+          simple-http-server = final.callPackage ./nix/simple-http-server.nix { };
+        })];
         pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system overlays; };
 
         rocBuild = import ./nix { inherit pkgs; };
@@ -105,7 +110,6 @@
           libiconv # for examples/gui
           libxkbcommon # for examples/gui
           cargo-criterion # for benchmarks
-          simple-http-server # to view roc website when trying out edits
           wasm-pack # for repl_wasm
           jq # used in several bash scripts
           cargo-nextest # used to give more info for segfaults for gen tests
diff --git a/nix/simple-http-server.nix b/nix/simple-http-server.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c04e26e5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/simple-http-server.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{ rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+  pname = "simple-http-server";
+  version = "0.1.0";  # adjust version as needed
+  
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Anton-4";
+    repo = "simple-http-server";
+    rev = "f3089e5736a1e8abdb69ba9e7618fe5e518a2df0";
+  };
+  
+  cargoLock = {
+    lockFile = "${src}/Cargo.lock";
+  };
+}