diff --git a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/class-bootstrap.php b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/class-bootstrap.php
index d362e631..02463a2a 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/class-bootstrap.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/class-bootstrap.php
@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ class Bootstrap {
         $setup = new Setup($request->query_boolean('refresh', false));
         $context = new Context($session, $request, $setup);
 
-        if (strtolower($setup->get('REQUEST_METHOD')) === 'post') {
+        if ($context->is_api_request()) {
             (new Api($context))->apply();
+        } else if ($context->is_info_request()) {
+            define('PUBLIC_HREF', $setup->get('PUBLIC_HREF'));
+            require __DIR__ . '/info.php';
         } else {
-            define('APP_HREF', $setup->get('APP_HREF'));
+            define('PUBLIC_HREF', $setup->get('PUBLIC_HREF'));
             define('FALLBACK', (new Fallback($context))->get_html());
             require __DIR__ . '/page.php';
         }
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-context.php b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-context.php
index a50b1b97..afddd945 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-context.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-context.php
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ class Context {
         return $this->session->get(Context::$AS_ADMIN_SESSION_KEY);
     }
 
+    public function is_api_request() {
+
+        return strtolower($this->setup->get('REQUEST_METHOD')) === 'post';
+    }
+
+    public function is_info_request() {
+
+        return $this->get_current_path() === $this->setup->get('APP_PATH') . '/public';
+    }
+
     public function to_href($path, $trailing_slash = true) {
 
         $rel_path = substr($path, strlen($this->setup->get('ROOT_PATH')));
@@ -154,6 +164,18 @@ class Context {
         return true;
     }
 
+    public function get_current_path() {
+
+        $current_href = Util::normalize_path(parse_url($this->setup->get('REQUEST_URI'), PHP_URL_PATH), true);
+        $current_path = $this->to_path($current_href);
+
+        if (!is_dir($current_path)) {
+            $current_path = Util::normalize_path(dirname($current_path), false);
+        }
+
+        return $current_path;
+    }
+
     public function get_items($href, $what) {
 
         if (!$this->is_managed_href($href)) {
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-fallback.php b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-fallback.php
index 4fc2edb5..4c7469f9 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-fallback.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-fallback.php
@@ -3,33 +3,18 @@
 class Fallback {
 
     private $context;
-    private $setup;
 
     public function __construct($context) {
 
         $this->context = $context;
-        $this->setup = $context->get_setup();
-    }
-
-    private function get_current_path() {
-
-        $current_href = Util::normalize_path(parse_url($this->setup->get('REQUEST_URI'), PHP_URL_PATH), true);
-        $current_path = $this->context->to_path($current_href);
-
-        if (!is_dir($current_path)) {
-            $current_path = Util::normalize_path(dirname($current_path), false);
-        }
-
-        return $current_path;
     }
 
     public function get_html($path = null) {
 
         if (!$path) {
-            $path = $this->get_current_path();
+            $path = $this->context->get_current_path();
         }
-
-        $fallback_images_href = $this->setup->get('APP_HREF') . 'public/images/fallback/';
+        $fallback_images_href = $this->context->get_setup()->get('APP_HREF') . 'public/images/fallback/';
 
         $cache = [];
         $folder = Item::get($this->context, $path, $cache);
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-setup.php b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-setup.php
index 85b8a22a..97009620 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-setup.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/core/class-setup.php
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class Setup {
         $this->add_admin_check();
         $this->add_server_metadata_and_check();
         $this->add_paths();
-        $this->add_cache_paths_and_check();
         $this->add_sys_cmd_checks();
     }
 
@@ -118,14 +117,8 @@ class Setup {
         $this->set('ROOT_HREF', Util::normalize_path(dirname($this->get('APP_HREF')), true));
         $this->set('ROOT_PATH', Util::normalize_path(dirname($this->get('APP_PATH')), false));
 
-        $index_href = null;
-        if (@is_readable(Util::normalize_path($this->get('APP_PATH') . '/public/index.php', false))) {
-            $index_href = Util::normalize_path($this->get('APP_HREF') . '/public/index.php', false);
-        }
-        $this->set('INDEX_HREF', $index_href);
-    }
-
-    private function add_cache_paths_and_check() {
+        $this->set('PUBLIC_HREF', $this->get('APP_HREF') . 'public/');
+        $this->set('INDEX_HREF', $this->get('APP_HREF') . 'public/index.php');
 
         $this->set('CACHE_HREF', Util::normalize_path($this->get('APP_HREF') . '/public/cache', true));
         $this->set('CACHE_PATH', Util::normalize_path($this->get('APP_PATH') . '/public/cache', false));
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/info.html.jade b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/info.php.jade
similarity index 77%
rename from src/_h5ai/public/info.html.jade
rename to src/_h5ai/backend/php/info.php.jade
index 5076fe48..496d767f 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/info.html.jade
+++ b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/info.php.jade
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- var PUBLIC_HREF = '<?= PUBLIC_HREF; ?>'
+
+<?php header('Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8'); ?>
 doctype html
 <!--[if lt IE 10]><html class="no-js no-browser" lang="en"><![endif]-->
 <!--[if gt IE 9]><!--><html class="no-js browser" lang="en"><!--<![endif]-->
@@ -5,14 +8,14 @@ doctype html
 head
     meta( charset="utf-8" )
     meta( http-equiv="x-ua-compatible", content="ie=edge" )
-    title #{pkg.name} #{pkg.version} Server Setup
-    meta( name="description", content="#{pkg.name} #{pkg.version} Server Setup" )
+    title #{pkg.name} #{pkg.version} info page
+    meta( name="description", content="#{pkg.name} #{pkg.version} info page" )
     meta( name="viewport", content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" )
-    link( rel="shortcut icon", href="images/favicon/favicon-16-32.ico" )
-    link( rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed", type="image/png", href="images/favicon/favicon-152.png" )
+    link( rel="shortcut icon", href!="#{PUBLIC_HREF}images/favicon/favicon-16-32.ico" )
+    link( rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed", type="image/png", href!="#{PUBLIC_HREF}images/favicon/favicon-152.png" )
     link( rel="stylesheet", href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,700" )
-    link( rel="stylesheet", href="css/styles.css" )
-    script( src="js/scripts.js", data-module="info" )
+    link( rel="stylesheet", href!="#{PUBLIC_HREF}css/styles.css" )
+    script( src!="#{PUBLIC_HREF}js/scripts.js", data-module="info" )
 
 body#root.info
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/page.php.jade b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/page.php.jade
index f943d6ae..d1a195a8 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/backend/php/page.php.jade
+++ b/src/_h5ai/backend/php/page.php.jade
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-- var APP_HREF = '<?= APP_HREF; ?>'
+- var PUBLIC_HREF = '<?= PUBLIC_HREF; ?>'
 - var FALLBACK = '<?= FALLBACK; ?>'
 
 <?php header('Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8'); ?>
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ head
     title index · powered by #{pkg.name} #{pkg.version} (#{pkg.homepage})
     meta( name="description", content="index - powered by #{pkg.name} #{pkg.version} (#{pkg.homepage})" )
     meta( name="viewport", content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" )
-    link( rel="shortcut icon", href!="#{APP_HREF}public/images/favicon/favicon-16-32.ico" )
-    link( rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed", type="image/png", href!="#{APP_HREF}public/images/favicon/favicon-152.png" )
+    link( rel="shortcut icon", href!="#{PUBLIC_HREF}images/favicon/favicon-16-32.ico" )
+    link( rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed", type="image/png", href!="#{PUBLIC_HREF}images/favicon/favicon-152.png" )
     link( rel="stylesheet", href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:300,400,700" )
-    link( rel="stylesheet", href!="#{APP_HREF}public/css/styles.css" )
-    script( src!="#{APP_HREF}public/js/scripts.js", data-module="index" )
+    link( rel="stylesheet", href!="#{PUBLIC_HREF}css/styles.css" )
+    script( src!="#{PUBLIC_HREF}js/scripts.js", data-module="index" )
 
 body#root
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/.htaccess b/src/_h5ai/public/.htaccess
index 3a4e2b14..c8a3286d 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/.htaccess
+++ b/src/_h5ai/public/.htaccess
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Satisfy all
 Order allow,deny
 Allow from all
 
-DirectoryIndex info.html
+DirectoryIndex index.php
 
 <IfModule mod_autoindex.c>
     Options -Indexes
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/index.php b/src/_h5ai/public/index.php
index 5907f1ad..448263a1 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/index.php
+++ b/src/_h5ai/public/index.php
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 define('MIN_PHP_VERSION', '5.4.0');
 
 if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, MIN_PHP_VERSION, '<')) {
-    header('Content-type: application/json;charset=utf-8');
-    echo '{"err":"ERR_PHP","msg":"PHP ' . MIN_PHP_VERSION . '+ required","ver":"' . PHP_VERSION . '"}';
+    header('Content-type: text/plain;charset=utf-8');
+    echo '[{{pkg.name}} {{pkg.version}}]  PHP ' . MIN_PHP_VERSION . '+ required, only found PHP ' . PHP_VERSION;
     exit;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/public/js/inc/main/info.js b/src/_h5ai/public/js/inc/main/info.js
index 8deeffc5..6a5288ca 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/public/js/inc/main/info.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/public/js/inc/main/info.js
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ modulejs.define('main/info', ['$', 'config'], function ($, config) {
 
     function init() {
 
-        if (config.err === 'ERR_PHP') {
-            $(testsTemp).appendTo('#content');
-            addTest('PHP version', config.msg, false, config.ver);
-            return;
-        }
-
         addLogin();
         if (setup.AS_ADMIN) {
             addTests();