diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io.clj b/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io.clj
index 0fa0852..9c93c81 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io.clj
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@
   (:require [clojure.java.io :as io]
             [clojure.string :as s]))
 
+(def public "resources/public")
+
+(defn path
+  "Creates path from given parts, ignore empty elements"
+  [& path-parts]
+  (->> path-parts
+       (remove s/blank?)
+       (s/join "/")
+       (#(s/replace % #"/+" "/"))))
+
 (defn filter-for-ignore-patterns
   [ignore-patterns source-list]
   (filter #(not (re-matches ignore-patterns %)) source-list))
@@ -45,7 +55,7 @@
         file-from-fs)
       (catch Exception e
         nil))))
-     
+
 (defn file-from-cp-or-filesystem
   [fs-prefix resource-path]
   (let [from-fs (file-from-fs fs-prefix resource-path)]
@@ -54,12 +64,12 @@
       (file-from-cp resource-path))))
 
 (defn copy-file
-  [source-file ;first element of (.list source-dir)
+  [source-file
    target-file]
   (do (io/make-parents target-file)
       (io/copy source-file target-file)))
 
-(defn copy-dir
+(defn do-copy
   [source-dir target-dir ignore-patterns]
   (loop [source-list (.list source-dir)
          file-path-prefix [""]]
@@ -82,20 +92,13 @@
   (let [source-file (file-from-cp-or-filesystem fs-prefix source-path)
         target-file (io/file target-path source-path)
         is-source-dir? (.isDirectory source-file)]
-    (cond
-      (nil? source-file)
+    (if (nil? source-file)
       (throw (IllegalArgumentException. (str "resource " source-path " not found")))
-      is-source-dir?
-      (copy-dir source-file target-file ignore-patterns)
-      :else (copy-file source-file target-file)
-      ;; TODO: Call copy-file fct. - take care on parameter.
-      )))
-
+      (do-copy source-file target-file ignore-patterns))))
 
 (defn copy-resources-from-theme
-  [fs-prefix theme target-path]
+  [fs-prefix theme target-path ignore-patterns]
   (let [theme-path (str "templates/themes/" theme)]
-    (copy-resources fs-prefix (str theme-path "/css") target-path "")
-    (copy-resources fs-prefix (str theme-path "/js") target-path "")
-    (copy-resources fs-prefix (str theme-path "/html/404.html") target-path "")))
-
+    (copy-resources fs-prefix (str theme-path "/css") target-path ignore-patterns)
+    (copy-resources fs-prefix (str theme-path "/js") target-path ignore-patterns)
+    (copy-resources fs-prefix (str theme-path "/html/") target-path ignore-patterns)))
diff --git a/src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj b/src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj
index f4dc4cf..5f21eb7 100644
--- a/src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj
+++ b/src/cryogen_core/compiler.clj
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
             [selmer.util :refer [set-custom-resource-path!]]
             [text-decoration.core :refer :all]
             [cryogen-core.io :as cryogen-io]
+            [cryogen-core.classpath-able-io :as cp-io]
             [cryogen-core.klipse :as klipse]
             [cryogen-core.markup :as m]
             [cryogen-core.rss :as rss]
@@ -533,8 +534,10 @@
     (set-custom-resource-path! (str "file:resources/templates/themes/" theme))
     (cryogen-io/wipe-public-folder keep-files)
     (println (blue "copying theme resources"))
-    ;; TODO: adjust for reading from jar
-    (cryogen-io/copy-resources-from-theme config)
+    (cp-io/copy-resources-from-theme "resources/templates/themes/" 
+                                     theme
+                                     (cp-io/path "resources/public" blog-prefix)
+                                     ignored-files)
     (println (blue "copying resources"))
     (cryogen-io/copy-resources config)
     (copy-resources-from-markup-folders config)
diff --git a/test-resources/templates/themes/bootstrap4-test/html/403.html b/test-resources/templates/themes/bootstrap4-test/html/403.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test-resources/templates/themes/bootstrap4-test/js/subdir/test.js b/test-resources/templates/themes/bootstrap4-test/js/subdir/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io_test.clj b/test/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io_test.clj
index a83dbf3..3e188af 100644
--- a/test/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io_test.clj
+++ b/test/cryogen_core/classpath_able_io_test.clj
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 (deftest test-copy-resources-from-theme
   (is (do
-         (sut/copy-resources-from-theme "./" theme target)
+         (sut/copy-resources-from-theme "./" theme target "")
          (and (verify-dir-exists
                (str target "/templates/themes/bootstrap4-test/js"))
               (verify-file-exists