# Insert local image into html template

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**Created:** [12 February 2021 20:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/insert-local-image-into-html-template/40894 "2021-02-12T20:24:40Z")\
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Files should not be served from your desktop.

To serve a file(image/whatever) the file must be in a served location.

This has been asked and answered many times on the forum. There is also a section in the node-red documentation.

Search the forum for httpStatic.

Here is one such result...

> [@httpStatic and image](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/httpstatic-and-image/1485/7):
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> Aside from the precise location of the settings file, which is important to confirm, when you say: httpStatic: ' home/pi/personal/ ', did you mean: '/home/pi/personal/' - the slash at the front is quite important. Also, you need to restart Node-RED whenever you edit the settings file.

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