diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index f003c9f..76bd78a 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ if [[ ! -e "$BUILD_DIR/www" ]]; then
   mv $BUILD_DIR/* $CACHE_DIR/www
   mkdir -p $BUILD_DIR/www
   mv $CACHE_DIR/www/* $BUILD_DIR/www
-  # Check for an copy the nginx conf file override to the build dir
+  # Check for a copy the nginx conf file override to the build dir
   [[ -f "$BUILD_DIR/www/nginx.conf.erb" ]] && mv $BUILD_DIR/www/nginx.conf.erb $BUILD_DIR
+  [[ -f "$BUILD_DIR/www/mime.types" ]] && mv $BUILD_DIR/www/mime.types $BUILD_DIR
   [[ -f "$BUILD_DIR/www/CHECKS" ]] && mv $BUILD_DIR/www/CHECKS $BUILD_DIR
   rm -rf $CACHE_DIR/www
 fi
@@ -130,10 +131,15 @@ else
 fi
 
 # build mime.types unless overridden by user
-#if [ ! -f $BUILD_DIR/mime.types ] ; then
-echo "-----> using default mime.types"
-cp conf/mime.types $BUILD_DIR/nginx/mime.types
-#fi
+if [ -f $BUILD_DIR/mime.types ] ; then
+  echo "-----> using user provided mime.types"
+  cp $BUILD_DIR/mime.types $BUILD_DIR/nginx/mime.types
+
+else
+  echo "-----> using default mime.types"
+  cp conf/mime.types $BUILD_DIR/nginx/mime.types
+fi
+
 
 # build a startup script
 cat <<EOF >"$BUILD_DIR/start_nginx"