diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 69b9f3c..9a66243 100755
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Dates are in YYYY/MM/DD format, time is in America/Chicago (CDT/CST), UTC-0500/-
 ## Pre-release (0.X.X)
 2023/07/17-...
 
+### v0.2.1 (2024/01/16 21:25)
+Fixes:
+* Really weird code that doesnt serve HTML files from `{ page_dir }` properly.
+* The return of the mysterious AttributeError.
+
 ### v0.2.0 (2023/07/22 00:10)
 Features:
 * Async with `AsyncServer()` from `http_plus.asyncServer`.
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9119224..478470c 100755
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "http_plus_purplelemons_dev"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 authors = [
     {name = "PurpleLemons", email = "jsmith@cyberthing.dev"}
 ]
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index be71824..d86eb5d 100755
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ hi welcome to http plus. It's a high-level, dynamic HTTP server for Python. Quic
 high-performance ones.
 
 ## Version
-Pre-release version 0.2.0
+Pre-release version 0.2.1
 
 (go check the [changelog](./changelog.md) for more info on versions plz i worked hard on it thx)
 
diff --git a/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev.egg-info/PKG-INFO b/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev.egg-info/PKG-INFO
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index d34a578..5c56df9
--- a/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev.egg-info/PKG-INFO
+++ b/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev.egg-info/PKG-INFO
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.1
-Name: http-plus-purplelemons-dev
-Version: 0.1.3
+Name: http_plus_purplelemons_dev
+Version: 0.2.1
 Summary: A high-level, dynamic HTTP server for Python. Quickly deploy simple servers, or customize complex, high-performance ones.
 Author-email: PurpleLemons <jsmith@cyberthing.dev>
 License: GLPv3
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ hi welcome to http plus. It's a high-level, dynamic HTTP server for Python. Quic
 high-performance ones.
 
 ## Version
-Pre-release version 0.1.3
+Pre-release version 0.2.1
 
 (go check the [changelog](./changelog.md) for more info on versions plz i worked hard on it thx)
 
diff --git a/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev.egg-info/SOURCES.txt b/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
index 85f99ef..560d2c9 100755
--- a/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
+++ b/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ LICENSE
 pyproject.toml
 readme.md
 src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/__init__.py
+src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/asyncServer.py
 src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/auth.py
 src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/communications.py
 src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/content_types.py
diff --git a/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/__init__.py b/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/__init__.py
index e7545f4..ce71abb 100755
--- a/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/__init__.py
+++ b/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 You can customize error pages by creating a folder in `./errors` with the name of the error code.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.2.0"
+__version__ = "0.2.1"
 NAME = "http_plus_purplelemons_dev"
 
 from http.server import HTTPServer, ThreadingHTTPServer
diff --git a/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/communications.py b/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/communications.py
index 998b571..4fe4e86 100755
--- a/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/communications.py
+++ b/src/http_plus_purplelemons_dev/communications.py
@@ -355,7 +355,13 @@ def method(self: "Handler"):
                         # otherwise, assume html
                         extension = "html"
 
-                    if extension == "html" and self.brython:
+                    if extension == "html" and not os.path.exists(f"{self.page_dir}{path}.py"):
+                        filename = self.serve_filename(path, extension)
+                        if filename is not None:
+                            self.respond_file(200, filename)
+                            return
+
+                    elif extension == "html" and self.brython:
                         # check if python script in directory
                         py_files = []
                         for file in os.listdir(f"{self.page_dir}{path}"):
@@ -606,7 +612,8 @@ def get_auth(self, default=None) -> "str|None":
         try:
             return self.headers["Authorization"].split(" ", 1)
         except (
-            KeyError
+            KeyError,
+            AttributeError,
         ):  # note on commit 77290f6: i have no idea why the fuck it was AttributeError and furthermore have less of a clue as to why it was working fine
             return default