diff --git a/src/server/index.ts b/src/server/index.ts
index fc139ce..74c2cff 100644
--- a/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/index.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,16 @@ apiRouter.loadAPIMethods().then(() => {
     console.log("API OK!")
 
     // moved here to ensure it's matched last
-    app.get("/:fileId", async (ctx) => app.fetch(ctx.req.raw, ctx.env))
+    app.get("/:fileId", async (ctx) => 
+        app.fetch(
+            new Request(
+                (new URL(
+                    `/api/v1/file/${ctx.req.param("fileId")}`, ctx.req.raw.url)).href, 
+                    ctx.req.raw
+            ), 
+            ctx.env
+        )
+    )
 
     // listen on 3000 or MONOFILE_PORT
     // moved here to prevent a crash if someone manages to access monofile before api routes are mounted
diff --git a/src/server/routes/api/v0/primaryApi.ts b/src/server/routes/api/v0/primaryApi.ts
index 1dfe106..d389dbb 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/api/v0/primaryApi.ts
+++ b/src/server/routes/api/v0/primaryApi.ts
@@ -21,91 +21,15 @@ export let primaryApi = new Hono<{
 primaryApi.all("*", getAccount)
 
 export default function (files: Files) {
-    primaryApi.get(
-        "/file/:fileId",
-        async (ctx): Promise<Response> => {
-            const fileId = (ctx.req.param() as {fileId: string}).fileId
-
-            let acc = ctx.get("account") as Accounts.Account
-
-            let file = files.files[fileId]
-            ctx.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
-            ctx.header("Content-Security-Policy", "sandbox allow-scripts")
-            ctx.header("Content-Disposition", `${ctx.req.query("attachment") == "1" ? "attachment" : "inline"}; filename="${encodeURI(file.filename.replaceAll("\n","\\n"))}"`)
-            ctx.header("ETag", file.md5)
-            //if (file.lastModified) ctx.header("Last-Modified", new Date(file.lastModified).toTimeString())
-
-            if (file) {
-                if (file.visibility == "private") {
-                    if (acc?.id != file.owner) {
-                        return ServeError(ctx, 403, "you do not own this file")
-                    }
-
-                    if (
-                        auth.getType(auth.tokenFor(ctx)!) == "App" &&
-                        auth
-                            .getPermissions(auth.tokenFor(ctx)!)
-                            ?.includes("private")
-                    ) {
-                        return ServeError(ctx, 403, "insufficient permissions")
-                    }
-                }
-
-                let range: Range | undefined
-
-                ctx.header("Content-Type", file.mime)
-                if (file.sizeInBytes) {
-                    ctx.header("Content-Length", file.sizeInBytes.toString())
-
-                    if (file.chunkSize && ctx.req.header("Range")) {
-                        let ranges = RangeParser(file.sizeInBytes, ctx.req.header("Range") || "")
-
-                        if (ranges) {
-                            if (typeof ranges == "number")
-                                return ServeError(ctx, ranges == -1 ? 416 : 400, ranges == -1 ? "unsatisfiable ranges" : "invalid ranges")
-                            if (ranges.length > 1) return ServeError(ctx, 400, "multiple ranges not supported")
-                            range = ranges[0]
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (range) {
-                    ctx.status(206)
-                    ctx.header(
-                        "Content-Length",
-                        (range.end - range.start + 1).toString()
-                    )
-                    ctx.header(
-                        "Content-Range",
-                        `bytes ${range.start}-${range.end}/${file.sizeInBytes}`
-                    )
-                }
-
-                if (ctx.req.method == "HEAD")
-                    return ctx.body(null)
-
-                return files
-                    .readFileStream(fileId, range)
-                    .then(async (stream) => {
-                        let rs = new ReadableStream({
-                            start(controller) {
-                                stream.once("end", () => controller.close())
-                                stream.once("error", (err) => controller.error(err))
-                            },
-                            cancel(reason) {
-                                stream.destroy(reason instanceof Error ? reason : new Error(reason))
-                            }
-                        })
-                        stream.pipe(ctx.env.outgoing)
-                        return new Response(rs, ctx.body(null))
-                    })
-                    .catch((err) => {
-                        return ServeError(ctx, err.status, err.message)
-                    })
-            } else {
-                return ServeError(ctx, 404, "file not found")
-            }
-        }
+    primaryApi.get("/:fileId", async (ctx) => 
+        primaryApi.fetch(
+            new Request(
+                (new URL(
+                    `/api/v1/file/${ctx.req.param("fileId")}`, ctx.req.raw.url)).href, 
+                    ctx.req.raw
+            ), 
+            ctx.env
+        )
     )
 
     primaryApi.post(
diff --git a/src/server/routes/api/v1/api.json b/src/server/routes/api/v1/api.json
index 58ccbba..7e5affe 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/api/v1/api.json
+++ b/src/server/routes/api/v1/api.json
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
     "baseURL": "/api/v1",
     "mount": [
         "account",
-        "file",
-        "session"
+        "session",
+        {
+            "file": "file/index",
+            "to": "/file"
+        },
+        {
+            "file": "file/individual",
+            "to": "/file"
+        }
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server/routes/api/v1/file.ts b/src/server/routes/api/v1/file.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 88f54b4..0000000
--- a/src/server/routes/api/v1/file.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { Hono } from "hono";
-import Files from "../../../lib/files.js";
-
-const router = new Hono()
-
-export default function(files: Files) {
-    return router
-}
diff --git a/src/server/routes/api/v1/file/index.ts b/src/server/routes/api/v1/file/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d43c846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/routes/api/v1/file/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Hono } from "hono";
+import Files from "../../../../lib/files.js";
+import { getAccount } from "../../../../lib/middleware.js";
+
+const router = new Hono()
+router.all("*", getAccount)
+
+export default function(files: Files) {
+
+    
+
+    return router
+}
diff --git a/src/server/routes/api/v1/file/individual.ts b/src/server/routes/api/v1/file/individual.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7429974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/routes/api/v1/file/individual.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+import { Hono } from "hono"
+import * as Accounts from "../../../../lib/accounts.js"
+import * as auth from "../../../../lib/auth.js"
+import RangeParser, { type Range } from "range-parser"
+import ServeError from "../../../../lib/errors.js"
+import Files, { WebError } from "../../../../lib/files.js"
+import { getAccount, requiresPermissions } from "../../../../lib/middleware.js"
+import {Readable} from "node:stream"
+import type {ReadableStream as StreamWebReadable} from "node:stream/web"
+import formidable from "formidable"
+import { HttpBindings } from "@hono/node-server"
+import pkg from "../../../../../../package.json" assert {type: "json"}
+import { type StatusCode } from "hono/utils/http-status"
+
+const router = new Hono<{
+    Variables: {
+        account: Accounts.Account
+    },
+    Bindings: HttpBindings
+}>()
+router.all("*", getAccount)
+
+export default function(files: Files) {
+
+    router.get("/:id", async (ctx) => {
+        const fileId = ctx.req.param("id")
+
+        let acc = ctx.get("account") as Accounts.Account
+
+        let file = files.files[fileId]
+        ctx.header("Accept-Ranges", "bytes")
+        ctx.header("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*")
+        ctx.header("Content-Security-Policy", "sandbox allow-scripts")
+        ctx.header("Content-Disposition", `${ctx.req.query("attachment") == "1" ? "attachment" : "inline"}; filename="${encodeURI(file.filename.replaceAll("\n","\\n"))}"`)
+        ctx.header("ETag", file.md5)
+        //if (file.lastModified) ctx.header("Last-Modified", new Date(file.lastModified).toTimeString())
+
+        if (file) {
+            if (file.visibility == "private") {
+                if (acc?.id != file.owner) {
+                    return ServeError(ctx, 403, "you do not own this file")
+                }
+
+                if (
+                    auth.getType(auth.tokenFor(ctx)!) == "App" &&
+                    auth
+                        .getPermissions(auth.tokenFor(ctx)!)
+                        ?.includes("private")
+                ) {
+                    return ServeError(ctx, 403, "insufficient permissions")
+                }
+            }
+
+            let range: Range | undefined
+
+            ctx.header("Content-Type", file.mime)
+            if (file.sizeInBytes) {
+                ctx.header("Content-Length", file.sizeInBytes.toString())
+
+                if (file.chunkSize && ctx.req.header("Range")) {
+                    let ranges = RangeParser(file.sizeInBytes, ctx.req.header("Range") || "")
+
+                    if (ranges) {
+                        if (typeof ranges == "number")
+                            return ServeError(ctx, ranges == -1 ? 416 : 400, ranges == -1 ? "unsatisfiable ranges" : "invalid ranges")
+                        if (ranges.length > 1) return ServeError(ctx, 400, "multiple ranges not supported")
+                        range = ranges[0]
+                    
+                        ctx.status(206)
+                        ctx.header(
+                            "Content-Length",
+                            (range.end - range.start + 1).toString()
+                        )
+                        ctx.header(
+                            "Content-Range",
+                            `bytes ${range.start}-${range.end}/${file.sizeInBytes}`
+                        )
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (ctx.req.method == "HEAD")
+                return ctx.body(null)
+
+            return files
+                .readFileStream(fileId, range)
+                .then(async (stream) => {
+                    let rs = new ReadableStream({
+                        start(controller) {
+                            stream.once("end", () => controller.close())
+                            stream.once("error", (err) => controller.error(err))
+                        },
+                        cancel(reason) {
+                            stream.destroy(reason instanceof Error ? reason : new Error(reason))
+                        }
+                    })
+                    stream.pipe(ctx.env.outgoing)
+                    return new Response(rs, ctx.body(null))
+                })
+                .catch((err) => {
+                    return ServeError(ctx, err.status, err.message)
+                })
+        } else {
+            return ServeError(ctx, 404, "file not found")
+        }
+    })
+
+    return router
+}