diff --git a/WebHostLib/robots.py b/WebHostLib/robots.py
index 410a92c8..93c735c7 100644
--- a/WebHostLib/robots.py
+++ b/WebHostLib/robots.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ from . import cache
 def robots():
     # If this host is not official, do not allow search engine crawling
     if not app.config["ASSET_RIGHTS"]:
-        return app.send_static_file('robots.txt')
+        # filename changed in case the path is intercepted and served by an outside service
+        return app.send_static_file('robots_file.txt')
 
     # Send 404 if the host has affirmed this to be the official WebHost
     abort(404)
diff --git a/WebHostLib/static/robots.txt b/WebHostLib/static/robots_file.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from WebHostLib/static/robots.txt
rename to WebHostLib/static/robots_file.txt