diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5f8735ea..79613dd2 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/font/tiresias.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/font/css/lato.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/mfm.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/custom.css">
     <!--server-generated-meta-->
     <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon.png">
     <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
diff --git a/static/custom.css b/static/custom.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93f380f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/custom.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* THIS IS A PLACEHOLDER FILE
+   place a css file at $static_dir/static/custom.css
+   to apply custom styles to your frontend
+*/