diff --git a/examples/static_web.py b/examples/static_web.py
index 88f8bf6..dc0e260 100755
--- a/examples/static_web.py
+++ b/examples/static_web.py
@@ -22,14 +22,33 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+import stat
 import errno
 
 import flask
+import flask.json
+
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/../contrib/bindings/python")
 import pathrs
 
 app = flask.Flask(__name__)
 
+def json_dentry(dentry):
+	st = dentry.stat(follow_symlinks=False)
+	return {
+		"ino": st.st_ino,
+		"mode": stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode),
+		"type": {
+			stat.S_IFREG: "regular file",
+			stat.S_IFDIR: "directory",
+			stat.S_IFLNK: "symlink",
+			stat.S_IFBLK: "block device",
+			stat.S_IFCHR: "character device",
+			stat.S_IFIFO: "named pipe",
+			stat.S_IFSOCK: "socket",
+		}.get(stat.S_IFMT(st.st_mode)),
+	}
+
 @app.route("/<path:path>")
 def get(path):
 	try:
@@ -43,10 +62,18 @@ def get(path):
 			# Permission denied => 403 Forbidden.
 			errno.EACCES: 403,
 		}.get(e.errno, 500)
-		flask.abort(status_code, "Could not resolve path.")
+		flask.abort(status_code, "Could not resolve path: %s." % (e,))
 
-	f = handle.reopen("rb")
-	return flask.Response(f, mimetype="application/octet-stream", direct_passthrough=True)
+	try:
+		f = handle.reopen("rb")
+		return flask.Response(f, mimetype="application/octet-stream", direct_passthrough=True)
+	except IsADirectoryError:
+		f = handle.reopen_raw(os.O_RDONLY)
+		with os.scandir(f.fileno()) as s:
+			return flask.json.jsonify({
+				dentry.name: json_dentry(dentry)
+				for dentry in s
+			})
 
 def main(root_path=None):
 	if root_path is None:
@@ -56,7 +83,7 @@ def main(root_path=None):
 	global root
 	root = pathrs.Root(root_path)
 
-	# Now server our dumb HTTP server.
+	# Now serve our dumb HTTP server.
 	app.run(debug=True, port=8080)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":