diff --git a/stapler/handlers.py b/stapler/handlers.py
index 92bbc82..e1d00b9 100644
--- a/stapler/handlers.py
+++ b/stapler/handlers.py
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHandler):
         if (
             page.spa is not None
             and not (self.root_path / pathlib.Path(path[1:])).is_file()
+            and not (self.root_path / pathlib.Path(path[1:]) / "index.html").is_file()
         ):
             path = f"/{page.path}/{page.spa}"
         return super().translate_path(path)