diff --git a/spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler/test.txt b/spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70c379b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello world
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler_spec.cr b/spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler_spec.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76dc7be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler_spec.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+# Due to the way that specs are handled this file cannot be run together with
+# everything else without causing a compile time error that'll be incredibly
+# annoying to resolve.
+#
+# TODO: Create different spec categories that can then be ran through make.
+#       An implementation of this can be seen with the tests for the Crystal compiler itself.
+#
+# For now run this with `crystal spec spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler_spec.cr -Drunning_by_self`
+
+{% skip_file if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.17.0-dev") < 0 || !flag?(:running_by_self) %}
+
+require "http"
+require "spectator"
+require "../../../src/invidious/http_server/static_assets_handler.cr"
+
+private def get_static_assets_handler
+  return Invidious::HttpServer::StaticAssetsHandler.new "spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler", directory_listing: false
+end
+
+# Slightly modified version of `handle` function from
+#
+# https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/blob/3f369d2c721e9462d9f6126cb0bcd4c6992f0225/spec/std/http/server/handlers/static_file_handler_spec.cr#L5
+
+private def handle(request, handler : HTTP::Handler? = nil, decompress : Bool = false)
+  io = IO::Memory.new
+  response = HTTP::Server::Response.new(io)
+  context = HTTP::Server::Context.new(request, response)
+
+  if !handler
+    handler = get_static_assets_handler
+    get_static_assets_handler.call context
+  else
+    handler.call(context)
+  end
+
+  response.close
+  io.rewind
+
+  HTTP::Client::Response.from_io(io, decompress: decompress)
+end
+
+# Makes and yields a temporary file with the given prefix
+private def make_temporary_file(prefix, contents = nil, &)
+  tempfile = File.tempfile(prefix, "static_assets_handler_spec", dir: "spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler")
+  file_link = "/#{File.basename(tempfile.path)}"
+  yield tempfile, file_link
+ensure
+  tempfile.try &.delete
+end
+
+# Changes the contents of the temporary file after yield
+private def cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, initial, &)
+  temporary_file.rewind << initial
+  temporary_file.rewind.flush
+  yield
+  temporary_file.rewind << "something else"
+  temporary_file.rewind.flush
+end
+
+# Get relative file path to a file within the static_assets_handler folder
+macro get_file_path(basename)
+  "spec/http_server/handlers/static_assets_handler/#{ {{basename}} }"
+end
+
+Spectator.describe StaticAssetsHandler do
+  it "Can serve a file" do
+    response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/test.txt")
+    expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+    expect(response.body).to eq(File.read(get_file_path("test.txt")))
+  end
+
+  it "Can serve cached file" do
+    make_temporary_file("cache_test") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+      cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "foo") do
+        expect(temporary_file.rewind.gets_to_end).to eq("foo")
+
+        # Should get cached by the first run
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+        expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+        expect(response.body).to eq("foo")
+      end
+
+      # Temporary file is updated after `cycle_temporary_file_contents` is called
+      # but if the file is successfully cached then we'll only get the original
+      # contents.
+      response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+      expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+      expect(response.body).to eq("foo")
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "Adds cache headers" do
+    response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/test.txt")
+    expect(response.headers["cache_control"]).to eq("max-age=2629800")
+  end
+
+  context "Can handle range requests" do
+    it "Can serve range request" do
+      headers = HTTP::Headers{"Range" => "bytes=0-2"}
+      response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/test.txt", headers)
+
+      expect(response.status_code).to eq(206)
+      expect(response.headers["Content-Range"]?).to eq "bytes 0-2/11"
+      expect(response.body).to eq "Hel"
+    end
+
+    it "Will cache entire file even if doing partial requests" do
+      make_temporary_file("range_cache") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+        cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "Hello world") do
+          handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, HTTP::Headers{"Range" => "bytes=0-2"})
+        end
+
+        # Second request shouldn't have changed
+        headers = HTTP::Headers{"Range" => "bytes=3-8"}
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers)
+        expect(response.status_code).to eq(206)
+        expect(response.body).to eq "lo wor"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "Is able to support compression" do
+    def decompressed(string : String)
+      decompressed = Compress::Gzip::Reader.open(IO::Memory.new(string)) do |gzip|
+        gzip.gets_to_end
+      end
+
+      return expect(decompressed)
+    end
+
+    it "For full file requests" do
+      handler = HTTP::CompressHandler.new
+      handler.next = get_static_assets_handler()
+
+      make_temporary_file("check decompression handler") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+        cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "Hello world") do
+          response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers: HTTP::Headers{"Accept-Encoding" => "gzip"}), handler: handler
+          expect(response.headers["Content-Encoding"]).to eq("gzip")
+          decompressed(response.body).to eq("Hello world")
+        end
+
+        # Are cached requests working?
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers: HTTP::Headers{"Accept-Encoding" => "gzip"}), handler: handler
+        expect(response.headers["Content-Encoding"]).to eq("gzip")
+        decompressed(response.body).to eq("Hello world")
+
+        # Able to retrieve non gzipped file?
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link), handler: handler
+        expect(response.body).to eq("Hello world")
+        expect(response.headers).to_not have_key("Content-Encoding")
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Inspired by the equivalent tests from upstream
+    it "For partial file requests" do
+      handler = HTTP::CompressHandler.new
+      handler.next = get_static_assets_handler()
+
+      make_temporary_file("check_decompression_handler_on_partial_requests") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+        cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "Hello world this is a very long string") do
+          range_response_results = {
+            "10-20/38" => "d this is a",
+            "0-0/38"   => "H",
+            "5-9/38"   => " worl",
+          }
+
+          range_request_header_value = {"10-20", "5-9", "0-0"}.join(',')
+          range_response_header_value = range_response_results.keys
+
+          response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers: HTTP::Headers{"Range" => "bytes=#{range_request_header_value}", "Accept-Encoding" => "gzip"}), handler: handler
+          expect(response.headers["Content-Encoding"]).to eq("gzip")
+
+          # Decompress response
+          response = HTTP::Client::Response.new(
+            status: response.status,
+            headers: response.headers,
+            body_io: Compress::Gzip::Reader.new(IO::Memory.new(response.body)),
+          )
+
+          count = 0
+          MIME::Multipart.parse(response) do |headers, part|
+            part_range = headers["Content-Range"][6..]
+            expect(part_range).to be_within(range_response_header_value)
+            expect(part.gets_to_end).to eq(range_response_results[part_range])
+            count += 1
+          end
+
+          expect(count).to eq(3)
+        end
+
+        # Is the file cached?
+        temporary_file << "Something else"
+        temporary_file.flush.rewind
+
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link, headers: HTTP::Headers{"Accept-Encoding" => "gzip"}), handler: handler
+        decompressed(response.body).to eq("Hello world this is a very long string")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "Will not cache additional files if the cache limit is reached" do
+    5.times do |times|
+      data = "a" * 1_000_000
+
+      make_temporary_file("test cache size limit #{times}") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+        cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, data) do
+          response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+          expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+          expect(response.body).to eq(data)
+        end
+
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+        expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+        expect(response.body).to eq(data)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Cache should be 5 mb so no more files will be cached.
+    make_temporary_file("test cache size limit uncached") do |temporary_file, file_link|
+      cycle_temporary_file_contents(temporary_file, "a") do
+        response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+        expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+        expect(response.body).to eq("a")
+      end
+
+      response = handle HTTP::Request.new("GET", file_link)
+      expect(response.status_code).to eq(200)
+      expect(response.body).to_not eq("a")
+    end
+  end
+
+  after_each { Invidious::HttpServer::StaticAssetsHandler.clear_cache }
+end
diff --git a/src/ext/kemal_static_file_handler.cr b/src/ext/kemal_static_file_handler.cr
index a5f42261..16cb84fb 100644
--- a/src/ext/kemal_static_file_handler.cr
+++ b/src/ext/kemal_static_file_handler.cr
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+{% if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.17.0-dev") >= 0 %}
+  # Strip StaticFileHandler from the binary
+  #
+  # This allows us to compile on 1.17.0 as the compiler won't try to
+  # semantically check the outdated upstream code.
+  class Kemal::Config
+    private def setup_static_file_handler
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Nullify `Kemal::StaticFileHandler`
+  #
+  # Needed until the next release of Kemal after 1.7
+  class Kemal::StaticFileHandler < HTTP::StaticFileHandler
+    def call(context : HTTP::Server::Context)
+    end
+  end
+
+  {% skip_file %}
+{% end %}
+
 # Since systems have a limit on number of open files (`ulimit -a`),
 # we serve them from memory to avoid 'Too many open files' without needing
 # to modify ulimit.
diff --git a/src/invidious.cr b/src/invidious.cr
index 69f8a26c..cc0a5d57 100644
--- a/src/invidious.cr
+++ b/src/invidious.cr
@@ -225,19 +225,25 @@ error 500 do |env, ex|
   error_template(500, ex)
 end
 
-static_headers do |env|
-  env.response.headers.add("Cache-Control", "max-age=2629800")
-end
-
 # Init Kemal
 
-public_folder "assets"
-
 Kemal.config.powered_by_header = false
 add_handler FilteredCompressHandler.new
 add_handler APIHandler.new
 add_handler AuthHandler.new
 add_handler DenyFrame.new
+
+{% if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.17.0-dev") >= 0 %}
+  Kemal.config.serve_static = false
+  add_handler Invidious::HttpServer::StaticAssetsHandler.new("assets", directory_listing: false)
+{% else %}
+  public_folder "assets"
+
+  static_headers do |env|
+    env.response.headers.add("Cache-Control", "max-age=2629800")
+  end
+{% end %}
+
 add_context_storage_type(Array(String))
 add_context_storage_type(Preferences)
 add_context_storage_type(Invidious::User)
diff --git a/src/invidious/http_server/static_assets_handler.cr b/src/invidious/http_server/static_assets_handler.cr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e086ac3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/invidious/http_server/static_assets_handler.cr
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+{% skip_file if compare_versions(Crystal::VERSION, "1.17.0-dev") < 0 %}
+
+module Invidious::HttpServer
+  class StaticAssetsHandler < HTTP::StaticFileHandler
+    # In addition to storing the actual data of a file, it also implements the required
+    # getters needed for the object to imitate a `File::Stat` within `StaticFileHandler`.
+    #
+    # Since the `File::Stat` is created once in `#call` and then passed around to the
+    # rest of the class's methods, imitating the object allows us to only lookup
+    # the cache hash once for every request.
+    #
+    private record CachedFile, data : Bytes, size : Int64, modification_time : Time do
+      def directory?
+        false
+      end
+
+      def file?
+        true
+      end
+    end
+
+    CACHE_LIMIT = 5_000_000 # 5MB
+    @@current_cache_size = 0
+    @@cached_files = {} of Path => CachedFile
+
+    # Returns metadata for the requested file
+    #
+    # If the requested file is cached, a `CachedFile` is returned instead of a `File::Stat`.
+    # This represents the metadata info of a cached file and implements all the methods of `File::Stat` that
+    # is used by the `StaticAssetsHandler`.
+    #
+    # The `CachedFile` also stores the raw bytes of the cached file, and this method serves as the place where
+    # the cached file is retrieved if it exists. Though the data will only be read in `#serve_file`
+    private def file_info(expanded_path : Path)
+      file_path = @public_dir.join(expanded_path.to_kind(Path::Kind.native))
+      {@@cached_files[file_path]? || File.info?(file_path), file_path}
+    end
+
+    # Add "Cache-Control" header to the response
+    private def add_cache_headers(response_headers : HTTP::Headers, last_modified : Time) : Nil
+      super; response_headers["Cache-Control"] = "max-age=2629800"
+    end
+
+    # Serves and caches the file at the given path.
+    #
+    # This is an override of `serve_file` to allow serving a file from memory, and to cache it
+    # it as needed.
+    private def serve_file(context : HTTP::Server::Context, file_info, file_path : Path, original_file_path : Path, last_modified : Time)
+      context.response.content_type = MIME.from_filename(original_file_path.to_s, "application/octet-stream")
+
+      range_header = context.request.headers["Range"]?
+
+      if !file_info.is_a? CachedFile
+        retrieve_bytes_from = IO::Memory.new
+
+        File.open(file_path) do |file|
+          # We cannot cache partial data so we'll rewind and read from the start
+          if range_header
+            dispatch_serve(context, file, file_info, range_header)
+            IO.copy(file.rewind, retrieve_bytes_from)
+          else
+            context.response.output = IO::MultiWriter.new(context.response.output, retrieve_bytes_from, sync_close: true)
+            dispatch_serve(context, file, file_info, range_header)
+          end
+        end
+
+        return flush_io_to_cache(retrieve_bytes_from, file_path, file_info)
+      else
+        return dispatch_serve(context, file_info.data, file_info, range_header)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Writes file data to the cache
+    private def flush_io_to_cache(io, file_path, file_info)
+      if (@@current_cache_size += file_info.size) <= CACHE_LIMIT
+        @@cached_files[file_path] = CachedFile.new(io.to_slice, file_info.size, file_info.modification_time)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Either send the file in full, or just fragments of it depending on the request
+    private def dispatch_serve(context, file, file_info, range_header)
+      if range_header
+        # an IO is needed for `serve_file_range`
+        file = file.is_a?(Bytes) ? IO::Memory.new(file, writeable: false) : file
+        serve_file_range(context, file, range_header, file_info)
+      else
+        context.response.headers["Accept-Ranges"] = "bytes"
+        serve_file_full(context, file, file_info)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # If we're serving the full file right away then there's no need for an IO at all.
+    private def serve_file_full(context : HTTP::Server::Context, file : Bytes, file_info)
+      context.response.status = :ok
+      context.response.content_length = file_info.size
+      context.response.write file
+    end
+
+    # Serves segments of a file based on the `Range header`
+    #
+    # An override of `serve_file_range` to allow using a generic IO rather than a `File`.
+    # Literally the same code as what we inherited but just with the `file` argument's type
+    # being set to `IO` rather than `File`
+    #
+    # Can be removed once https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal/issues/15817 is fixed.
+    private def serve_file_range(context : HTTP::Server::Context, file : IO, range_header : String, file_info)
+      # Paste in the body of inherited serve_file_range
+      {{@type.superclass.methods.select(&.name.==("serve_file_range"))[0].body}}
+    end
+
+    # Clear cached files.
+    #
+    # This is only used in the specs to clear the cache before each handler test
+    def self.clear_cache
+      @@current_cache_size = 0
+      return @@cached_files.clear
+    end
+  end
+end