diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 0cd4e3d6f..d7f9e1c6d 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
   <!-- defining the classpath that should be used for compiling -->   
   <path id="project.class.path">
     <pathelement location="${build}"/>
+    <pathelement location="${htroot}"/>
     
     <!-- libs needed for the yacy thread/object-pools -->
     <pathelement location="${lib}/commons-collections.jar" />
diff --git a/startYACY.bat b/startYACY.bat
index 05656a290..828857f9b 100644
--- a/startYACY.bat
+++ b/startYACY.bat
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 If %1.==CPGEN. GoTo :CPGEN
 
 Rem Generating the proper classpath unsing loops and labels
-Set CLASSPATH=classes
+Set CLASSPATH=classes;htroot
 For %%X in (lib/*.jar) Do Call %0 CPGEN lib\%%X
 For %%X in (libx/*.jar) Do Call %0 CPGEN libx\%%X
 
diff --git a/startYACY.command b/startYACY.command
index a6f58060c..f1a0b1e91 100755
--- a/startYACY.command
+++ b/startYACY.command
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ CLASSPATH=""
 for N in `ls -1 lib/*.jar`; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done	
 for N in `ls -1 libx/*.jar`; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
 
-java -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH -server yacy
+java -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH -server yacy
diff --git a/startYACY.sh b/startYACY.sh
index e8927e1ed..5b836c9d1 100755
--- a/startYACY.sh
+++ b/startYACY.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ else
 	
 	if [ x$1 != x-d ]
 	then
-		nohup java -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH yacy >> yacy.log &
+		nohup java -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy >> yacy.log &
 		echo "YaCy started as daemon process. View it's activity in yacy.log"
 		echo "To stop YaCy, please execute stopYACY.sh and wait some seconds"
 		echo "To administrate YaCy, start your web browser and open http://localhost:8080"
 	else
 		java -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH yacy
-		#java -Xms16m -Xmx200m -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH yacy
+		#java -Xms16m -Xmx200m -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy
 	fi
 fi
diff --git a/startYACY_noconsole.bat b/startYACY_noconsole.bat
index 909c91640..91c017308 100644
--- a/startYACY_noconsole.bat
+++ b/startYACY_noconsole.bat
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 If %1.==CPGEN. GoTo :CPGEN
 
 Rem Generating the proper classpath unsing loops and labels
-Set CLASSPATH=classes
+Set CLASSPATH=classes;htroot
 For %%X in (lib/*.jar) Do Call %0 CPGEN lib\%%X
 For %%X in (libx/*.jar) Do Call %0 CPGEN libx\%%X
 
diff --git a/stopYACY.bat b/stopYACY.bat
index 1f5f287a1..72a636bee 100644
--- a/stopYACY.bat
+++ b/stopYACY.bat
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 If %1.==CPGEN. GoTo :CPGEN
 
 Rem Generating the proper classpath unsing loops and labels
-Set CLASSPATH=classes
+Set CLASSPATH=classes;htroot
 For %%X in (lib/*.jar) Do Call %0 CPGEN lib\%%X
 For %%X in (libx/*.jar) Do Call %0 CPGEN libx\%%X
 
diff --git a/stopYACY.command b/stopYACY.command
index 7b19fa202..833874a57 100755
--- a/stopYACY.command
+++ b/stopYACY.command
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ CLASSPATH=""
 for N in `ls -1 lib/*.jar`; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done	
 for N in `ls -1 libx/*.jar`; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
 
-java -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH yacy -shutdown
+java -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy -shutdown
diff --git a/stopYACY.sh b/stopYACY.sh
index 7fafb75fe..bd65bd1d4 100755
--- a/stopYACY.sh
+++ b/stopYACY.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ CLASSPATH=""
 for N in `ls -1 lib/*.jar`; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done	
 for N in `ls -1 libx/*.jar`; do CLASSPATH="$CLASSPATH$N:"; done
 
-java -classpath classes:$CLASSPATH yacy -shutdown
+java -classpath classes:htroot:$CLASSPATH yacy -shutdown
 echo "please wait until the YaCy daemon process terminates"
 echo "you can monitor this with 'tail -f yacy.log' and 'fuser yacy.log'"
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