diff --git a/git-instaweb.sh b/git-instaweb.sh
index 0843372b57..5f4419b69b 100755
--- a/git-instaweb.sh
+++ b/git-instaweb.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ resolve_full_httpd () {
 	esac
 
 	httpd_only="$(echo $httpd | cut -f1 -d' ')"
-	if case "$httpd_only" in /*) : ;; *) which $httpd_only >/dev/null;; esac
+	if case "$httpd_only" in /*) : ;; *) which $httpd_only >/dev/null 2>&1;; esac
 	then
 		full_httpd=$httpd
 	else
@@ -179,11 +179,74 @@ lighttpd_conf () {
 	cat > "$conf" <<EOF
 server.document-root = "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
 server.port = $port
-server.modules = ( "mod_cgi" )
+server.modules = ( "mod_setenv", "mod_cgi" )
 server.indexfiles = ( "gitweb.cgi" )
 server.pid-file = "$fqgitdir/pid"
+server.errorlog = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/error.log"
+
+# to enable, add "mod_access", "mod_accesslog" to server.modules
+# variable above and uncomment this
+#accesslog.filename = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/access.log"
+
+setenv.add-environment = ( "PATH" => "/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin" )
+
 cgi.assign = ( ".cgi" => "" )
-mimetype.assign = ( ".css" => "text/css" )
+
+# mimetype mapping
+mimetype.assign             = (
+  ".pdf"          =>      "application/pdf",
+  ".sig"          =>      "application/pgp-signature",
+  ".spl"          =>      "application/futuresplash",
+  ".class"        =>      "application/octet-stream",
+  ".ps"           =>      "application/postscript",
+  ".torrent"      =>      "application/x-bittorrent",
+  ".dvi"          =>      "application/x-dvi",
+  ".gz"           =>      "application/x-gzip",
+  ".pac"          =>      "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
+  ".swf"          =>      "application/x-shockwave-flash",
+  ".tar.gz"       =>      "application/x-tgz",
+  ".tgz"          =>      "application/x-tgz",
+  ".tar"          =>      "application/x-tar",
+  ".zip"          =>      "application/zip",
+  ".mp3"          =>      "audio/mpeg",
+  ".m3u"          =>      "audio/x-mpegurl",
+  ".wma"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wma",
+  ".wax"          =>      "audio/x-ms-wax",
+  ".ogg"          =>      "application/ogg",
+  ".wav"          =>      "audio/x-wav",
+  ".gif"          =>      "image/gif",
+  ".jpg"          =>      "image/jpeg",
+  ".jpeg"         =>      "image/jpeg",
+  ".png"          =>      "image/png",
+  ".xbm"          =>      "image/x-xbitmap",
+  ".xpm"          =>      "image/x-xpixmap",
+  ".xwd"          =>      "image/x-xwindowdump",
+  ".css"          =>      "text/css",
+  ".html"         =>      "text/html",
+  ".htm"          =>      "text/html",
+  ".js"           =>      "text/javascript",
+  ".asc"          =>      "text/plain",
+  ".c"            =>      "text/plain",
+  ".cpp"          =>      "text/plain",
+  ".log"          =>      "text/plain",
+  ".conf"         =>      "text/plain",
+  ".text"         =>      "text/plain",
+  ".txt"          =>      "text/plain",
+  ".dtd"          =>      "text/xml",
+  ".xml"          =>      "text/xml",
+  ".mpeg"         =>      "video/mpeg",
+  ".mpg"          =>      "video/mpeg",
+  ".mov"          =>      "video/quicktime",
+  ".qt"           =>      "video/quicktime",
+  ".avi"          =>      "video/x-msvideo",
+  ".asf"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf",
+  ".asx"          =>      "video/x-ms-asf",
+  ".wmv"          =>      "video/x-ms-wmv",
+  ".bz2"          =>      "application/x-bzip",
+  ".tbz"          =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
+  ".tar.bz2"      =>      "application/x-bzip-compressed-tar",
+  ""              =>      "text/plain"
+ )
 EOF
 	test x"$local" = xtrue && echo 'server.bind = "127.0.0.1"' >> "$conf"
 }