diff --git a/experimental/clashapi/server.go b/experimental/clashapi/server.go
index 459d205d..e6d8c4cf 100644
--- a/experimental/clashapi/server.go
+++ b/experimental/clashapi/server.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func NewServer(ctx context.Context, logFactory log.ObservableFactory, options op
 		s.externalUI = filemanager.BasePath(ctx, os.ExpandEnv(options.ExternalUI))
 		chiRouter.Group(func(r chi.Router) {
 			r.Get("/ui", http.RedirectHandler("/ui/", http.StatusMovedPermanently).ServeHTTP)
-			r.Handle("/ui/*", http.StripPrefix("/ui/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(s.externalUI))))
+			r.Handle("/ui/*", http.StripPrefix("/ui/", http.FileServer(Dir(s.externalUI))))
 		})
 	}
 	return s, nil
diff --git a/experimental/clashapi/server_fs.go b/experimental/clashapi/server_fs.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..afb4cca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experimental/clashapi/server_fs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package clashapi
+
+import "net/http"
+
+type Dir http.Dir
+
+func (d Dir) Open(name string) (http.File, error) {
+	file, err := http.Dir(d).Open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &fileWrapper{file}, nil
+}
+
+// workaround for #2345 #2596
+type fileWrapper struct {
+	http.File
+}
diff --git a/experimental/clashapi/server_resources.go b/experimental/clashapi/server_resources.go
index 974ad52e..f480ebf0 100644
--- a/experimental/clashapi/server_resources.go
+++ b/experimental/clashapi/server_resources.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ func (s *Server) downloadExternalUI() error {
 	} else {
 		downloadURL = "https://github.com/MetaCubeX/Yacd-meta/archive/gh-pages.zip"
 	}
-	s.logger.Info("downloading external ui")
 	var detour adapter.Outbound
 	if s.externalUIDownloadDetour != "" {
 		outbound, loaded := s.outbound.Outbound(s.externalUIDownloadDetour)
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ func (s *Server) downloadExternalUI() error {
 		outbound := s.outbound.Default()
 		detour = outbound
 	}
+	s.logger.Info("downloading external ui using outbound/", detour.Type(), "[", detour.Tag(), "]")
 	httpClient := &http.Client{
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
 			ForceAttemptHTTP2:   true,