diff --git a/resources/resources.go b/resources/resources.go
index e017692..fd37505 100644
--- a/resources/resources.go
+++ b/resources/resources.go
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@ package resources
 
 import "embed"
 
-//go:embed webui
+// webui folder is empty during local development, embed resources.go
+// so go doesn't complain about "no embeddable files"
+//
+//go:embed webui resources.go
 var WebUI embed.FS