Hi Marshall, thanks for your help. You mean 'skipping' that I should not use Tomcat at all? It might be a solution, yes. Let me explain my original problem I have to solve... I built a Ktor web app and currently I run it from its .jar file using java command. But my customer needs a "public" images directory somewhere, where they will be able to put images into and the web app should reach these pictures. I don't know how to configure Ktor embedded server to see outside of its .jar file and reach images from an external directory... That's why I thought a standard web app directory structure on a Tomcat (or any web server) might be a solution. I don't stick to Tomcat at all if there is a solution to my problem using only Ktor and its embedded server.