diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/.gitignore b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/.gitignore
index 7cb2d9135e..00298008dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/.gitignore
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 /root
-/static/pkgs
-/static/pkg
-/static/pkgs-all
-*json
-/static/atom.xml
-/static.gz
+/static-gen
+/static-gen.gz
diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/common.rkt b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/common.rkt
index 544df31ff1..6d0880b6c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/common.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/common.rkt
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 (define pkgs-path (build-path root "pkgs"))
 (make-directory* pkgs-path)
 
-(define static-path (build-path src "static"))
+(define static.src-path (build-path src "static"))
+(define static-path (build-path src "static-gen"))
 
 (define (package-list)
   (sort (map path->string (directory-list pkgs-path))
diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/dynamic.rkt b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/dynamic.rkt
index 27c78944e9..525465b3b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/dynamic.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/dynamic.rkt
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@
                     (package-info p)
                     #hash()))
        (define new-pi (hash-deep-merge pi more-pi))
-       (define updated-pi (let ([now (current-seconds)])
-                            (for/fold ([pi new-pi]) ([k (in-list '(last-edit last-checked last-updated))])
-                              (hash-set pi k now))))
+       (define updated-pi
+         (let ([now (current-seconds)])
+           (for/fold ([pi new-pi]) 
+               ([k (in-list '(last-edit last-checked last-updated))])
+             (hash-set pi k now))))
        (package-info-set! p updated-pi)
        (signal-update! (list p)))
      (response/sexpr #t)]))
@@ -379,7 +381,7 @@
   (printf "launching on port ~a\n" port)
   (signal-static! empty)
   (thread
-   (λ ()     
+   (λ ()
      (forever
       (sleep (* 24 60 60))
       (signal-update! empty))))
diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/s3.rkt b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/s3.rkt
index e186114b8a..4a889ae4dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/s3.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/s3.rkt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   (make-directory* (path-only p)))
 
 (define s3-config (build-path (find-system-path 'home-dir) ".s3cfg-plt"))
-(define s3-bucket "pkg.racket-lang.org")
+(define s3-bucket "pkgs.racket-lang.org")
 
 (define static.gz-path (path-add-suffix static-path ".gz"))
 
diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/static.rkt b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/static.rkt
index ddbdf9a399..02e286be25 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/static.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/static.rkt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 (require web-server/http
          web-server/dispatch
          racket/file
+         racket/port
+         racket/system
          racket/match
          json
          racket/date
@@ -239,14 +241,26 @@
   (define (cache url file)
     (define p (build-path static-path file))
     (make-directory* (path-only p))
-    (with-output-to-file p
-      #:exists 'replace
-      (λ () ((response-output (main-dispatch (url->request url))) (current-output-port))))
-    (with-output-to-file (path-add-suffix p #".json")
-      #:exists 'replace
-      (λ () (write-json (convert-to-json (file->value p)))))
+
+    (define bs
+      (with-output-to-bytes
+       (λ ()
+         ((response-output (main-dispatch (url->request url)))
+          (current-output-port)))))
+    (unless (and (file-exists? p)
+                 (bytes=? bs (file->bytes p)))
+      (with-output-to-file p
+        #:exists 'replace
+        (λ () (display bs)))
+      (with-output-to-file (path-add-suffix p #".json")
+        #:exists 'replace
+        (λ () (write-json (convert-to-json (file->value p))))))
     (void))
 
+  (system (format "cp -pr ~a/* ~a/"
+                  static.src-path
+                  static-path))
+
   (cache "/atom.xml" "atom.xml")
   (cache "/pkgs" "pkgs")
   (cache "/pkgs-all" "pkgs-all")
diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/static/index.js b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/static/index.js
index 236c10bb02..cbb7fae8d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/static/index.js
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/official/static/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-var dynamic_host = "pkgd.racket-lang.org";
-var dynamic_port = 443;
+// xxx change this once the new dns entries are in
+//var dynamic_host = "pkgd.racket-lang.org";
+//var dynamic_port = 443;
+var dynamic_host = "plt-etc.byu.edu";
+var dynamic_port = 9004;
 
 function dynamic_url ( u ) {
     return "https://" + dynamic_host + ":" + dynamic_port + u + "?callback=?"; }
diff --git a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/sync.sh b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/sync.sh
index 02d38ab9c3..d8c4591d07 100755
--- a/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/sync.sh
+++ b/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/sync.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # planet-compat
-rsync -a --progress -h --delete --exclude root --exclude compiled --exclude doc ../../meta/pkg-index/ plt-etc:local/new-plt/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/
+rsync -a --progress -h --delete --exclude root --exclude static-gen --exclude static-gen.gz --exclude compiled --exclude doc ../../meta/pkg-index/ plt-etc:local/new-plt/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index/
 rsync -a --progress -h --delete plt-etc:local/galaxy-roots/planet-compat/ planet-compat/root/
 rsync -a --progress -h --delete plt-etc:local/galaxy-roots/official/ official/root/
 
+rsync -a --progress -h --delete plt-etc:local/new-plt/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index//official/static-gen official/static-gen 
+rsync -a --progress -h --delete plt-etc:local/new-plt/pkgs/plt-services/meta/pkg-index//official/static-gen.gz official/static-gen.gz
+
 # official
 rsync -a --progress -h --delete --exclude root --exclude compiled --exclude doc ../../meta/pkg-index/ plt-etc:local/galaxy/meta/pkg-index/