diff --git a/src/main/modules/static-server.ts b/src/main/modules/static-server.ts
index 276af78..d97d041 100644
--- a/src/main/modules/static-server.ts
+++ b/src/main/modules/static-server.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { createServer, Server } from 'http';
 import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { lookup } from 'mime-types';
-import { pathExists, sanitizePath } from '@/utils/node/fs';
+import { pathExists } from '@/utils/node/fs';
 
 let server: Server | null = null;
 let serverPort = 0;
@@ -10,16 +10,15 @@ let serverPort = 0;
 export const startStaticServer = (distPath: string) =>
   new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
     server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
-      let filePath = join(distPath, req.url === '/' ? 'index.html' : req.url!);
+      const requestPath = req.url === '/' ? 'index.html' : req.url!;
+      let filePath = join(distPath, requestPath);
 
       if (!(await pathExists(filePath))) {
         filePath = join(distPath, 'index.html');
       }
 
-      const sanitizedFilePath = sanitizePath(filePath);
-
       try {
-        const content = await readFile(sanitizedFilePath);
+        const content = await readFile(filePath);
         const contentType = lookup(filePath) || 'application/octet-stream';
 
         res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': contentType });
diff --git a/src/utils/node/fs.ts b/src/utils/node/fs.ts
index 165b7d6..ce8a2ea 100644
--- a/src/utils/node/fs.ts
+++ b/src/utils/node/fs.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,10 @@
 import { readFile, writeFile, access, mkdir } from 'fs/promises';
 import { constants } from 'fs';
-import { dirname, normalize } from 'path';
-
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-comments/disallowComments
-/**
- * This function normalizes a file path and checks for null
- * bytes to prevent security issues.
- * This is probably not relevant for our local desktop app,
- * but github does warn about it via "js/path-injection".
- */
-export const sanitizePath = (path: string) => {
-  const normalized = normalize(path);
-  if (normalized.includes('\0')) {
-    throw new Error('Invalid path: null byte detected');
-  }
-  return normalized;
-};
+import { dirname } from 'path';
 
 export const pathExists = async (path: string) => {
-  const sanitized = sanitizePath(path);
   try {
-    await access(sanitized, constants.F_OK);
+    await access(path, constants.F_OK);
     return true;
   } catch {
     return false;