diff --git a/src/Middleware/BuiltIns/BaseStaticFilesMiddlewareImpl.pas b/src/Middleware/BuiltIns/BaseStaticFilesMiddlewareImpl.pas
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e895a6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Middleware/BuiltIns/BaseStaticFilesMiddlewareImpl.pas
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+{*!
+ * Fano Web Framework (https://fanoframework.github.io)
+ *
+ * @link      https://github.com/fanoframework/fano
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2018 - 2022 Zamrony P. Juhara
+ * @license   https://github.com/fanoframework/fano/blob/master/LICENSE (MIT)
+ *}
+
+unit BaseStaticFilesMiddlewareImpl;
+
+interface
+
+{$MODE OBJFPC}
+{$H+}
+
+uses
+
+    RequestIntf,
+    ResponseIntf,
+    MiddlewareIntf,
+    RouteArgsReaderIntf,
+    RequestHandlerIntf,
+    ReadOnlyKeyValuePairIntf,
+    InjectableObjectImpl;
+
+type
+
+    (*!------------------------------------------------
+     * base middleware class that serves static files from
+     * a base directory.
+     *-------------------------------------------------
+     * Content type of response will be determined
+     * using file extension that is stored in fMimeTypes
+     * if not set then 'application/octet-stream' is assumed
+     *-------------------------------------------------
+     * @author Zamrony P. Juhara <zamronypj@yahoo.com>
+     *-------------------------------------------------*)
+    TBaseStaticFilesMiddleware = class(TInjectableObject, IMiddleware)
+    protected
+        fBaseDirectory : string;
+        fMimeTypes : IReadOnlyKeyValuePair;
+        function getContentTypeFromFilename(const filename : string) : string;
+
+        (*!-------------------------------------------
+         * clean filepath (if required)
+         *--------------------------------------------
+         * This method is provided so that descendant
+         * have opportunity to clean file path
+         *--------------------------------------------
+         * @param filePath original file path
+         * @return new cleaned file path
+         *--------------------------------------------*)
+        function clean(const filePath: string) : string; virtual;
+    public
+        constructor create(
+            const baseDir : string;
+            const mimeTypes : IReadOnlyKeyValuePair
+        );
+
+        function handleRequest(
+            const request : IRequest;
+            const response : IResponse;
+            const args : IRouteArgsReader;
+            const nextMdlwr : IRequestHandler
+        ) : IResponse; virtual;
+    end;
+
+implementation
+
+uses
+
+    SysUtils,
+    FileResponseImpl;
+
+    constructor TBaseStaticFilesMiddleware.create(
+        const baseDir : string;
+        const mimeTypes : IReadOnlyKeyValuePair
+    );
+    begin
+        fBaseDirectory := baseDir;
+        fMimeTypes := mimeTypes;
+    end;
+
+    function TBaseStaticFilesMiddleware.getContentTypeFromFilename(
+        const filename : string
+    ) : string;
+    var ext : string;
+    begin
+        ext := ExtractFileExt(filename);
+        //remove dot from ext
+        ext := copy(ext, 2, length(ext)-1);
+        if (fMimeTypes.has(ext)) then
+        begin
+            result := fMimeTypes.getValue(ext);
+        end else
+        begin
+            //set default
+            result := 'application/octet-stream';
+        end;
+    end;
+
+    function TBaseStaticFilesMiddleware.clean(const filePath: string) : string;
+    begin
+        result := filePath;
+    end;
+
+    function TBaseStaticFilesMiddleware.handleRequest(
+        const request : IRequest;
+        const response : IResponse;
+        const args : IRouteArgsReader;
+        const nextMdlwr : IRequestHandler
+    ) : IResponse;
+    var filename : string;
+    begin
+        filename := fBaseDirectory + clean(request.uri().getPath());
+        if fileExists(filename) then
+        begin
+            //serve file
+            result := TFileResponse.create(
+                response.headers(),
+                getContentTypeFromFilename(filename),
+                filename
+            );
+        end else
+        begin
+            //file not found, just pass to next middleware
+            result := nextMdlwr.handleRequest(request, response, args);
+        end;
+    end;
+end.
diff --git a/src/Middleware/BuiltIns/StaticFilesMiddlewareImpl.pas b/src/Middleware/BuiltIns/StaticFilesMiddlewareImpl.pas
index a97a343d..30a0d6e7 100644
--- a/src/Middleware/BuiltIns/StaticFilesMiddlewareImpl.pas
+++ b/src/Middleware/BuiltIns/StaticFilesMiddlewareImpl.pas
@@ -15,13 +15,7 @@ interface
 
 uses
 
-    RequestIntf,
-    ResponseIntf,
-    MiddlewareIntf,
-    RouteArgsReaderIntf,
-    RequestHandlerIntf,
-    ReadOnlyKeyValuePairIntf,
-    InjectableObjectImpl;
+    BaseStaticFilesMiddlewareImpl;
 
 type
 
@@ -35,80 +29,38 @@ interface
      *-------------------------------------------------
      * @author Zamrony P. Juhara <zamronypj@yahoo.com>
      *-------------------------------------------------*)
-    TStaticFilesMiddleware = class(TInjectableObject, IMiddleware)
+    TStaticFilesMiddleware = class(TBaseStaticFilesMiddleware)
     protected
-        fBaseDirectory : string;
-        fMimeTypes : IReadOnlyKeyValuePair;
-        function getContentTypeFromFilename(const filename : string) : string;
+        (*!-------------------------------------------
+         * clean filepath avoid serve hidden dot files in unix
+         *--------------------------------------------
+         * @param filePath original file path
+         * @return new cleaned file path
+         *--------------------------------------------*)
+        function clean(const filePath: string) : string; override;
     public
-        constructor create(
-            const baseDir : string;
-            const mimeTypes : IReadOnlyKeyValuePair
-        );
-
-        function handleRequest(
-            const request : IRequest;
-            const response : IResponse;
-            const args : IRouteArgsReader;
-            const nextMdlwr : IRequestHandler
-        ) : IResponse; virtual;
     end;
 
 implementation
 
 uses
 
-    SysUtils,
-    FileResponseImpl;
+    SysUtils;
 
-    constructor TStaticFilesMiddleware.create(
-        const baseDir : string;
-        const mimeTypes : IReadOnlyKeyValuePair
-    );
-    begin
-        fBaseDirectory := baseDir;
-        fMimeTypes := mimeTypes;
-    end;
 
-    function TStaticFilesMiddleware.getContentTypeFromFilename(
-        const filename : string
-    ) : string;
-    var ext : string;
+    (*!-------------------------------------------
+     * clean filepath avoid serve hidden dot files in unix
+     *--------------------------------------------
+     * @param filePath original file path
+     * @return new cleaned file path
+     *--------------------------------------------*)
+    function TStaticFilesMiddleware.clean(const filePath: string) : string;
     begin
-        ext := ExtractFileExt(filename);
-        //remove dot from ext
-        ext := copy(ext, 2, length(ext)-1);
-        if (fMimeTypes.has(ext)) then
-        begin
-            result := fMimeTypes.getValue(ext);
-        end else
-        begin
-            //set default
-            result := 'application/octet-stream';
-        end;
+        // for example if filePath contain '/.htaccess' we replace it so
+        // filePath become '/htaccess'
+        result := stringReplace(filePath, '/.', '/', [rfReplaceAll]);
+        // just paranoia handle .. too
+        result := stringReplace(result, '..', '', [rfReplaceAll]);
     end;
 
-    function TStaticFilesMiddleware.handleRequest(
-        const request : IRequest;
-        const response : IResponse;
-        const args : IRouteArgsReader;
-        const nextMdlwr : IRequestHandler
-    ) : IResponse;
-    var filename : string;
-    begin
-        filename := fBaseDirectory + request.uri().getPath();
-        if fileExists(filename) then
-        begin
-            //serve file
-            result := TFileResponse.create(
-                response.headers(),
-                getContentTypeFromFilename(filename),
-                filename
-            );
-        end else
-        begin
-            //file not found, just pass to next middleware
-            result := nextMdlwr.handleRequest(request, response, args);
-        end;
-    end;
 end.