diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 37cadfa..2759d60 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
+	"path"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 func readConfig(configFilePath string) (resumeConfig *Resume, err error) {
@@ -24,3 +26,17 @@ func readConfig(configFilePath string) (resumeConfig *Resume, err error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func photoIsLocal(photoLocation string) bool {
+	return !strings.HasPrefix(photoLocation, "http")
+}
+
+func getPhotoPaths(cfg *Resume) (dir, relDir string) {
+	photo := cfg.Profile.Photo
+	if strings.HasPrefix(photo, ".") {
+		photo = strings.TrimPrefix(photo, ".")
+	}
+	dir, _ = path.Split(photo)
+	relDir = "." + dir
+	return
+}
diff --git a/data/photo/Mickey_Mouse_Steamboat_Willie.jpg b/data/photo/Mickey_Mouse_Steamboat_Willie.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d484bc9
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/photo/Mickey_Mouse_Steamboat_Willie.jpg differ
diff --git a/data/resume.example.yaml b/data/resume.example.yaml
index 02a5250..8f789c4 100644
--- a/data/resume.example.yaml
+++ b/data/resume.example.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ meta:
   # Set the content for the robots meta tag (noindex to disable search engine indexing)
   robots: "index, follow"
   language: "en-EN"
-  author: "Donald Duck"
+  author: "Mickey Mouse"
   # theme-color: "#bd93f9"
   title: ""
   description: "Professional job applicant"
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ meta:
   github-corner: false
 theme: "light"
 profile:
-  name: "Donald Duck"
+  name: "Mickey Mouse"
   title: "Professional job applicant"
   city: "City, Country"
   phone: "+358 xx xxx xxxx"
   email: "your@email.com"
-  photo: "url-to-photo"
+  ## Place a local photo in ./data/photo/, the path here is relative to the executable
+  ## Photo can be a link too, use the full URL (https://example.com/path/to/photo.jpg)
+  photo: "./data/photo/Mickey_Mouse_Steamboat_Willie.jpg"
   summary: >-
     Insert summary here. Multiple
     lines can be used, but line breaks are determined
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 644ffde..ec210b3 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func main() {
 	cfgFile := flag.String("config", "./data/resume.yaml", "Path to the configuration YAML")
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	_, err := readConfig(*cfgFile)
+	cfg, err := readConfig(*cfgFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("error reading configuration: %s", err.Error()))
 		os.Exit(1)
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ func main() {
 	mux.HandleFunc("/light", home)
 	mux.HandleFunc("/dark", home)
 	mux.Handle("/static/", staticFileServer)
-
+	if photoIsLocal(cfg.Profile.Photo) {
+		dir, relDir := getPhotoPaths(cfg)
+		mux.Handle(dir, http.StripPrefix(dir, http.FileServer(http.Dir(relDir))))
+	}
 	slog.Info("Starting go-resume server, listening on port 3000")
 	err = http.ListenAndServe("0.0.0.0:3000", mux)
 	slog.Error(err.Error())