diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f1e3331..95ad31b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 build
 config.ini
 *.db
+
+bindata.go
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e0e4c6..3fc11ac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ IMAGE_NAME=writeas/writefreely
 
 all : build
 
-build: deps
+build: assets deps
 	cd cmd/writefreely; $(GOBUILD) -v
 
 build-linux: deps
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ build-docker :
 test:
 	$(GOTEST) -v ./...
 
-run:
+run: dev-assets
 	$(GOINSTALL) ./...
 	$(BINARY_NAME) --debug
 
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ install : build
 	cmd/writefreely/$(BINARY_NAME) --gen-keys
 	cd less/; $(MAKE) install $(MFLAGS)
 
-release : clean ui
+release : clean ui assets
 	mkdir build
 	cp -r templates build
 	cp -r pages build
 	cp -r static build
 	mkdir build/keys
-	cp schema.sql build
-	cp sqlite.sql build
 	$(MAKE) build-linux
 	mv build/$(BINARY_NAME)-linux-amd64 build/$(BINARY_NAME)
 	cd build; tar -cvzf ../$(BINARY_NAME)_$(GITREV)_linux_amd64.tar.gz *
@@ -78,6 +76,17 @@ release-docker :
 ui : force_look
 	cd less/; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS)
 
+assets : generate
+	go-bindata -pkg writefreely -ignore=\\.gitignore schema.sql sqlite.sql
+
+dev-assets : generate
+	go-bindata -pkg writefreely -ignore=\\.gitignore -debug schema.sql sqlite.sql
+
+generate :
+	@hash go-bindata > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then \
+		$(GOGET) -u github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/...; \
+	fi
+
 clean :
 	-rm -rf build
 	cd less/; $(MAKE) clean $(MFLAGS)
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index c435a9a..41b69d8 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -270,12 +269,11 @@ func Serve() {
 		defer shutdown(app)
 
 		schemaFileName := "schema.sql"
-
 		if app.cfg.Database.Type == "sqlite3" {
 			schemaFileName = "sqlite.sql"
 		}
 
-		schema, err := ioutil.ReadFile(schemaFileName)
+		schema, err := Asset(schemaFileName)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error("Unable to load schema file: %v", err)
 			os.Exit(1)