diff --git a/web.default.config b/web.default.config
index a8fa23ef7a..252073e375 100644
--- a/web.default.config
+++ b/web.default.config
@@ -3,24 +3,17 @@
     <system.webServer>
         <rewrite>
             <rules>
-                <clear />
-                <rule name="Imported Rule 3" stopProcessing="true">
-                    <match url="^$" ignoreCase="false" />
-                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll" />
-                    <action type="Rewrite" url="/" />
+                <rule name="Exclude direct access to webroot/*" stopProcessing="true">
+                    <match url="^webroot/(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
+                    <action type="None" />
                 </rule>
-                <rule name="Imported Rule 4" stopProcessing="false">
-                    <match url="(.*)" ignoreCase="false" />
-                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll" />
-                    <action type="Rewrite" url="/webroot/{R:1}" />
+                <rule name="Rewrite routed access to assets(img, css, files, js, favicon)" stopProcessing="true">
+                    <match url="^(font|img|css|files|js|favicon.ico)(.*)$" />
+                    <action type="Rewrite" url="webroot/{R:1}{R:2}" appendQueryString="false" />
                 </rule>
-                <rule name="Imported Rule 5" stopProcessing="true">
-                    <match url="^/webroot/(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
-                    <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
-                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" pattern="" ignoreCase="false" />
-                        <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" pattern="" ignoreCase="false" />
-                    </conditions>
-                    <action type="Rewrite" url="webroot/index.php" appendQueryString="true" />
+                <rule name="Rewrite requested file/folder to index.php" stopProcessing="true">
+                    <match url="^(.*)$" ignoreCase="false" />
+                    <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" appendQueryString="true" />
                 </rule>
             </rules>
         </rewrite>