diff --git a/assets/assets.go b/assets/assets.go
index b96e47413..1793981c3 100644
--- a/assets/assets.go
+++ b/assets/assets.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//go:generate go-bindata -pkg=assets init-doc ../vendor/dir-index-html-v1.0.0
+//go:generate go-bindata -pkg=assets -prefix=$GOPATH/src/gx/ipfs/QmQfeKxQtBN721pekQh6Jq24adFUjnU65YdY3GNczfuG2T init-doc $GOPATH/src/gx/ipfs/QmQfeKxQtBN721pekQh6Jq24adFUjnU65YdY3GNczfuG2T/dir-index-html
 //go:generate gofmt -w bindata.go
 
 package assets
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ package assets
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/core/coreunix"
 	uio "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/unixfs/io"
 	cid "gx/ipfs/QmXfiyr2RWEXpVDdaYnD2HNiBk6UBddsvEP4RPfXb6nGqY/go-cid"
+
+	// this import keeps gx from thinking the dep isn't used
+	_ "gx/ipfs/QmQfeKxQtBN721pekQh6Jq24adFUjnU65YdY3GNczfuG2T/dir-index-html"
 )
 
 // initDocPaths lists the paths for the docs we want to seed during --init
@@ -29,9 +33,10 @@ func SeedInitDocs(nd *core.IpfsNode) (*cid.Cid, error) {
 	return addAssetList(nd, initDocPaths)
 }
 
+var initDirPath = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "gx", "ipfs", "QmQfeKxQtBN721pekQh6Jq24adFUjnU65YdY3GNczfuG2T", "dir-index-html")
 var initDirIndex = []string{
-	filepath.Join("..", "vendor", "dir-index-html-v1.0.0", "knownIcons.txt"),
-	filepath.Join("..", "vendor", "dir-index-html-v1.0.0", "dir-index.html"),
+	filepath.Join(initDirPath, "knownIcons.txt"),
+	filepath.Join(initDirPath, "dir-index.html"),
 }
 
 func SeedInitDirIndex(nd *core.IpfsNode) (*cid.Cid, error) {
diff --git a/core/corehttp/gateway_indexPage.go b/core/corehttp/gateway_indexPage.go
index 366c99aca..dbcdca708 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/gateway_indexPage.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/gateway_indexPage.go
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ type directoryItem struct {
 var listingTemplate *template.Template
 
 func init() {
-	assetPath := "../vendor/dir-index-html-v1.0.0/"
-	knownIconsBytes, err := assets.Asset(assetPath + "knownIcons.txt")
+	knownIconsBytes, err := assets.Asset("dir-index-html/knownIcons.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 
 	// Directory listing template
-	dirIndexBytes, err := assets.Asset(assetPath + "dir-index.html")
+	dirIndexBytes, err := assets.Asset("dir-index-html/dir-index.html")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e26986815..b26aa3a57 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -281,6 +281,13 @@
       "hash": "QmRcAVqrbY5wryx7hfNLtiUZbCcstzaJL7YJFBboitcqWF",
       "name": "go-ipld-cbor",
       "version": "0.3.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "author": "lgierth",
+      "hash": "QmQfeKxQtBN721pekQh6Jq24adFUjnU65YdY3GNczfuG2T",
+      "name": "dir-index-html",
+      "version": "1.0.3",
+      "comment": "This one needs code updates in assets/assets.go too."
     }
   ],
   "gxVersion": "0.4.0",