diff --git a/lib/angel.dart b/lib/angel.dart
index e7183f5..e4c6f76 100644
--- a/lib/angel.dart
+++ b/lib/angel.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 library angel;
 
 import 'dart:async';
-import 'package:angel_cors/angel_cors.dart';
 import 'package:angel_framework/angel_framework.dart';
 import 'package:file/local.dart';
 import 'src/config/config.dart' as configuration;
@@ -11,11 +10,12 @@ import 'src/services/services.dart' as services;
 
 /// Configures the server instance.
 Future configureServer(Angel app) async {
-  // Enable CORS
-  app.use(cors());
+  // Grab a handle to the file system, so that we can do things like
+  // serve static files.
+  var fs = const LocalFileSystem();
 
   // Set up our application, using the plug-ins defined with this project.
-  await app.configure(configuration.configureServer(const LocalFileSystem()));
+  await app.configure(configuration.configureServer(fs));
   await app.configure(services.configureServer);
-  await app.configure(routes.configureServer(const LocalFileSystem()));
+  await app.configure(routes.configureServer(fs));
 }