diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f162e213d..ffcbc5873 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+pywb 2.6.2 changelist
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Fix regression caused by 2.6.1, with static files not being loaded correctly. `#678 <https://github.com/webrecorder/pywb/pull/678>`_
+
+
 pywb 2.6.1 changelist
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index a3b638c03..821bb82e9 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ framed_replay: true
 # default_locale: en
 
 # uncomment to set available locales
-# locales:
-#  - en
-#  - es
+locales:
+  - en
+  - fr
 
diff --git a/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py b/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
index 34f6b64e8..ca5aa9d5c 100644
--- a/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
+++ b/pywb/apps/rewriterapp.py
@@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ def render_content(self, wb_url, kwargs, environ):
         if is_proxy and self.is_preflight(environ):
             return WbResponse.options_response(environ)
 
-        environ['pywb.host_prefix'] = host_prefix
-
         if self.use_js_obj_proxy:
             content_rw = self.js_proxy_rw
         else:
diff --git a/pywb/rewrite/templateview.py b/pywb/rewrite/templateview.py
index 74c58bb0b..a3f32f729 100644
--- a/pywb/rewrite/templateview.py
+++ b/pywb/rewrite/templateview.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def render_to_string(self, env, **kwargs):
             kwargs.update(params)
 
         kwargs['env'] = env
-        kwargs['static_prefix'] = env.get('pywb.static_prefix')
+        kwargs['static_prefix'] = env.get('pywb.static_prefix', '/static')
 
 
         return template.render(**kwargs)
diff --git a/pywb/static/css/base.css b/pywb/static/css/base.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9618a7eb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pywb/static/css/base.css
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+header {
+    display: flex;
+    display: -webkit-box;
+    display: -moz-box;
+    display: -webkit-flex;
+    display: -ms-flexbox;
+
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    -webkit-box-pack: justify;
+    -moz-box-pack: justify;
+    -ms-flex-pack: justify;
+}
+
+header .language-select {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: 10px;
+    right: 10px;
+}
+header .language-select ul {
+    display: inline-block;
+    list-style-type: none;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+}
+header .language-select ul li {
+    display: inline-block;
+}
+header .language-select ul li:not(:last-child):after {
+    content: ' / ';
+}
+
+header .language-select a:link,
+header .language-select a:visited,
+header .language-select a:active {
+    text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+header .language-select a:hover {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
diff --git a/pywb/version.py b/pywb/version.py
index 966b0f7f2..e1e6add7e 100644
--- a/pywb/version.py
+++ b/pywb/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '2.6.1'
+__version__ = '2.6.2'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     print(__version__)
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index 0a5c315fa..acfef6455 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ def test_home(self):
     def test_pywb_root(self):
         resp = self.testapp.get('/pywb/')
         self._assert_basic_html(resp)
+        assert '<link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/base.css"' in resp.text
         assert 'Search' in resp.text
 
     def test_pywb_root_head(self):