diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a60b1b..dbce5c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ beyond this then I'd definitely recommend checking out [KaMPKit](https://github.
 ### Building
 You need to use Android Studio Canary version (**note: Java 11 is now the minimum version required**). Have tested with XCode v11 and v12.  When opening
 iOS/watchOS/macOS projects remember to open `.xcworkspace` file (and not `.xcodeproj` one). To exercise web client run `./gradlew :web:browserDevelopmentRun`.
+To run backend you can either run `./gradlew :backend:run` or run `Server.kt` directly from Android Studio.
+After doing that you should then for example be able to open `http://localhost:9090/astros_local.json` in a browser.
 
 **UPDATE**: now also works in stable version of Android Studio.
 
diff --git a/backend/src/main/kotlin/Server.kt b/backend/src/main/kotlin/Server.kt
index 4d777e8..bbc8573 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/kotlin/Server.kt
+++ b/backend/src/main/kotlin/Server.kt
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import com.surrus.common.remote.Assignment
 import io.ktor.application.call
 import io.ktor.application.install
 import io.ktor.features.ContentNegotiation
-import io.ktor.http.ContentType
-import io.ktor.http.content.resources
-import io.ktor.http.content.static
 
 
 fun main() {
@@ -26,17 +23,6 @@ fun main() {
 
         routing {
 
-            get("/") {
-                call.respondText(
-                    this::class.java.classLoader.getResource("index.html")!!.readText(),
-                    ContentType.Text.Html
-                )
-            }
-
-            static("/") {
-                resources("")
-            }
-
             get("/astros.json") {
                 val result = peopleInSpaceApi.fetchPeople()
                 call.respond(result)