diff --git a/pywb/default_config.yaml b/pywb/default_config.yaml
index 61137db9..9311c3f2 100644
--- a/pywb/default_config.yaml
+++ b/pywb/default_config.yaml
@@ -38,11 +38,14 @@ not_found_html: templates/not_found.html
 proxy_cert_download_html: templates/proxy_cert_download.html
 proxy_select_html: templates/proxy_select.html
 
+static_default_prefix: &static_default_prefix static/__pywb
+static_shared_prefix: static/__shared
+
 template_globals:
-    static_path: static/default
+    static_path: *static_default_prefix
 
 static_routes:
-    static/default: pywb/static/
+    *static_default_prefix: pywb/static/
 
 enable_memento: true
 
diff --git a/pywb/manager/manager.py b/pywb/manager/manager.py
index 8ab79d13..9bd57a6b 100644
--- a/pywb/manager/manager.py
+++ b/pywb/manager/manager.py
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ directory structure expected by pywb
             if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(self.root_dir, d)):
                 print('- ' + d)
 
+    def _get_root_dir(self, name):
+        return os.path.join(os.getcwd(),
+                            self.default_config['paths'][name])
+
     def _get_dir(self, name):
         return os.path.join(self.coll_dir,
                             self.default_config['paths'][name])
@@ -69,6 +73,9 @@ directory structure expected by pywb
         self._create_dir(self.static_dir)
         self._create_dir(self.templates_dir)
 
+        self._create_dir(self._get_root_dir('static_path'))
+        self._create_dir(self._get_root_dir('templates_dir'))
+
     def _assert_coll_exists(self):
         if not os.path.isdir(self.coll_dir):
             raise IOError('Collection {0} does not exist'.
@@ -224,10 +231,6 @@ directory structure expected by pywb
                 filename = shared_templates[template_name]
                 full_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), filename)
 
-                # Create templates dir on demand
-                dir_ = os.path.dirname(full_path)
-                if not os.path.isdir(dir_):
-                    os.makedirs(dir_)
             except KeyError:
                 msg = 'template name must be one of {0} or {1}'
                 msg = msg.format(templates.keys(), shared_templates.keys())
diff --git a/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py b/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
index 42de9e19..cad3d1a6 100644
--- a/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
+++ b/pywb/webapp/pywb_init.py
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ class DirectoryCollsLoader(object):
     def __call__(self):
         colls = {}
 
+        static_dir = self.config.get('paths')['static_path']
+        static_shared_prefix = self.config.get('static_shared_prefix')
+
+        if static_dir and static_shared_prefix and os.path.isdir(static_dir):
+            static_dir = os.path.abspath(static_dir) + os.path.sep
+            self.static_routes[static_shared_prefix] = static_dir
+
         root_dir = self.config.get('collections_root', '')
         if not root_dir or not os.path.isdir(root_dir):
             return colls
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e68285d9..b0e89c60 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ setup(
         cdx-indexer = pywb.warc.cdxindexer:main
         live-rewrite-server = pywb.apps.live_rewrite_server:main
         proxy-cert-auth = pywb.framework.certauth:main
-        wayback-manager = pywb.manager.manager:main_wrap_exc
+        wb-manager = pywb.manager.manager:main_wrap_exc
         """,
     classifiers=[
         'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
diff --git a/tests/test_auto_colls.py b/tests/test_auto_colls.py
index 5d636b7f..6b140b15 100644
--- a/tests/test_auto_colls.py
+++ b/tests/test_auto_colls.py
@@ -195,6 +195,20 @@ class TestManagedColls(object):
         assert resp.content_type == 'application/javascript'
         assert '/* Some JS File */' in resp.body
 
+    def test_add_shared_static(self):
+        """ Test adding shared static file to root static/ dir, check access
+        """
+        a_static = os.path.join(self.root_dir, 'static', 'foo.css')
+
+        with open(a_static, 'w+b') as fh:
+            fh.write('/* Some CSS File */')
+
+        self._create_app()
+        resp = self.testapp.get('/static/__shared/foo.css')
+        assert resp.status_int == 200
+        assert resp.content_type == 'text/css'
+        assert '/* Some CSS File */' in resp.body
+
     def test_add_title_metadata_index_page(self):
         """ Test adding title metadata to a collection, test
         retrieval on default index page
diff --git a/tests/test_proxy_http_cookie.py b/tests/test_proxy_http_cookie.py
index 16138d01..498ec056 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxy_http_cookie.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxy_http_cookie.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class TestProxyHttpCookie:
 
     # static replay
     def test_replay_static(self):
-        resp = self.get_url('http://pywb.proxy/static/default/wb.js')
+        resp = self.get_url('http://pywb.proxy/static/__pywb/wb.js')
         assert resp.status_code == 200
         assert 'function init_banner' in resp.text
 
diff --git a/tests/test_proxy_https_cookie.py b/tests/test_proxy_https_cookie.py
index 97a23a3f..753d380b 100644
--- a/tests/test_proxy_https_cookie.py
+++ b/tests/test_proxy_https_cookie.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class TestProxyHttpsCookie:
 
     # static replay
     def test_replay_static(self):
-        resp = self.get_url('https://pywb.proxy/static/default/wb.js')
+        resp = self.get_url('https://pywb.proxy/static/__pywb/wb.js')
         assert resp.status_code == 200
         assert 'function init_banner' in resp.text