# Hugo gives 404 instead of static page

**URL:** <https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-gives-404-instead-of-static-page/14311>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [September 21, 2018, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-gives-404-instead-of-static-page/14311 "2018-09-21T09:32:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![pointyfar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/pointyfar/32/5797_2.png) [@pointyfar](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/pointyfar)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/hugo-gives-404-instead-of-static-page/14311/6 "2018-09-21T13:05:04Z")

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Sorry, my mistake, it should apparently work with html files (read: [[SOLVED] Using HTML for content pages instead of Markdown](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/solved-using-html-for-content-pages-instead-of-markdown/3374)).

Do you have `draft = false` in your frontmatter? (alternatively, run `hugo server` with the `--buildDrafts` flag)

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Additional notes:

> [@mariusa](#):
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> \_services.html

> [@mariusa](#):
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> /services gives 404

Not sure if the underscore in `_services.html` is a typo or intentional, but that should render to `/_services`, not `/services` (see: [Content organization | Hugo](https://gohugo.io/content-management/organization/) )

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