diff --git a/phpserver/README.md b/phpserver/README.md
index 63436c8af7883..6bb814fe5f5f2 100644
--- a/phpserver/README.md
+++ b/phpserver/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ For more informations about the installation process using the CLI, you can cons
 
 ### How to run Magento
 
-Example usage: ```php -S 127.0.0.1:8082 -t ./pub/ ./phpserver/router.php```
+Example usage: ```php -S 127.0.0.1:8082 -t ./pub/ ../phpserver/router.php```
 
 ### What exactly the script does
 
diff --git a/phpserver/router.php b/phpserver/router.php
index a12e9178ecad4..06c23ecdfe3cd 100644
--- a/phpserver/router.php
+++ b/phpserver/router.php
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
         } else {
             $debug('file does not exist');
             if (strpos($route, 'static/') === 0) {
+                $route = preg_replace('#static/#', '', $route, 1);
                 $_GET['resource'] = $route;
                 $debug("static: $route");
                 include($magentoPackagePubDir.'/static.php');