diff --git a/.idea/develop.iml b/.idea/develop.iml
index d84546941e4..9b96c033022 100644
--- a/.idea/develop.iml
+++ b/.idea/develop.iml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/storage/app" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/storage/framework" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/vendor/hyde" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/packages/realtime-compiler/vendor/hyde" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f005094547..5e7bff46f72 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,10 +22,13 @@ This serves two purposes:
 2. At release time, you can move the Unreleased section changes into a new release version section.
 
 ### Added
-- for new features.
+- Added a `@section` hook to the docs layout to allow yielding content
+- HydeRC: Add ping route to check if a HydeRC server is running https://github.com/hydephp/realtime-compiler/issues/9
+- internal: Added an HtmlResponse object to the realtime compiler
 
 ### Changed
 - Change the the Prettier integration to only modify HTML files https://github.com/hydephp/develop/issues/102
+- Change how the `docs/search.html` page is rendered, by handling page logic in the view, to decouple it from the build search command
 
 ### Deprecated
 - for soon-to-be removed features.
@@ -34,7 +37,8 @@ This serves two purposes:
 - for now removed features.
 
 ### Fixed
-- for any bug fixes.
+- HydeRC: Rewrite request docs to docs/index to fix https://github.com/hydephp/realtime-compiler/issues/10 
+- Fix bug https://github.com/hydephp/develop/issues/93 where styles were missing on search.html when changing the output directory ro root
 
 ### Security
 - in case of vulnerabilities.
diff --git a/packages/framework/resources/views/layouts/docs.blade.php b/packages/framework/resources/views/layouts/docs.blade.php
index 7a91c721859..c36f3d6c782 100644
--- a/packages/framework/resources/views/layouts/docs.blade.php
+++ b/packages/framework/resources/views/layouts/docs.blade.php
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 		@endphp
 		<article id="document" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" @class(['mx-auto lg:ml-8 prose dark:prose-invert
 			max-w-3xl', 'torchlight-enabled'=> $document->hasTorchlight()])>
+			
+			@yield('content')
+
 			<header id="document-header">
 				{!! $document->renderHeader() !!}
 			</header>
diff --git a/packages/framework/resources/views/pages/documentation-search.blade.php b/packages/framework/resources/views/pages/documentation-search.blade.php
index a6b6ca5ca4b..a935e2f4914 100644
--- a/packages/framework/resources/views/pages/documentation-search.blade.php
+++ b/packages/framework/resources/views/pages/documentation-search.blade.php
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
-<h1>Search the documentation site</h1>
-<style>#searchMenuButton{display:none!important;}#search-results{max-height:unset!important;}</style>
-@include('hyde::components.docs.search-input')
\ No newline at end of file
+@php
+	$page = new \Hyde\Framework\Models\DocumentationPage([], '', 'Search', 'search');
+	$title = 'Search';
+	$currentPage = $page->getCurrentPagePath();
+	$markdown = '';
+@endphp
+
+@extends('hyde::layouts.docs')
+@section('content')
+	<h1>Search the documentation site</h1>
+	<style>#searchMenuButton{display:none!important;}#search-results{max-height:unset!important;}</style>
+	@include('hyde::components.docs.search-input')
+@endsection
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Commands/HydeBuildSearchCommand.php b/packages/framework/src/Commands/HydeBuildSearchCommand.php
index 1dbd828a7fa..444cf7e8818 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Commands/HydeBuildSearchCommand.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Commands/HydeBuildSearchCommand.php
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use Hyde\Framework\Actions\GeneratesDocumentationSearchIndexFile;
 use Hyde\Framework\Hyde;
-use Hyde\Framework\Models\DocumentationPage;
 use Hyde\Framework\Services\CollectionService;
 use LaravelZero\Framework\Commands\Command;
 
@@ -61,12 +60,7 @@ protected function createSearchPage(): void
         $this->comment('Generating search page...');
         file_put_contents(
             Hyde::path('_site/'.config('docs.output_directory', 'docs').'/search.html'),
-            view('hyde::layouts.docs')->with([
-                'page' => new DocumentationPage([], '', 'Search', 'search'),
-                'title' => 'Search',
-                'markdown' => view('hyde::pages.documentation-search')->render(),
-                'currentPage' => ''.config('docs.output_directory', 'docs').'/search',
-            ])->render()
+            view('hyde::pages.documentation-search')->render()
         );
 
         $this->line(' > Created <info>_site/'.config('docs.output_directory', 'docs').'/search.html</> in '.
diff --git a/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Actions/RendersSearchPage.php b/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Actions/RendersSearchPage.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f783d03dc96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Actions/RendersSearchPage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Actions;
+
+use Hyde\Framework\Hyde;
+use Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Concerns\InteractsWithLaravel;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
+
+class RendersSearchPage
+{
+    use InteractsWithLaravel;
+
+    public function __invoke()
+    {
+        $this->bootApplication();
+
+        return Blade::render(file_get_contents(Hyde::vendorPath('resources/views/pages/documentation-search.blade.php')));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Http/HtmlResponse.php b/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Http/HtmlResponse.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d168df78588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Http/HtmlResponse.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Http;
+
+class HtmlResponse extends \Desilva\Microserve\Response
+{
+    public function send(): void
+    {
+        $this->withHeaders([
+            'Content-Type'   => 'text/html',
+            'Content-Length' => strlen($this->responseData['body']),
+        ]);
+
+        parent::send();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Routing/Router.php b/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Routing/Router.php
index 1d31e1f947a..873645374a0 100644
--- a/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Routing/Router.php
+++ b/packages/realtime-compiler/src/Routing/Router.php
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 namespace Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Routing;
 
+use Desilva\Microserve\JsonResponse;
 use Desilva\Microserve\Request;
 use Desilva\Microserve\Response;
 use Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Actions\AssetFileLocator;
+use Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Actions\RendersSearchPage;
 use Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Concerns\SendsErrorResponses;
+use Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Http\HtmlResponse;
 use Hyde\RealtimeCompiler\Models\FileObject;
 
 class Router
@@ -25,6 +28,24 @@ public function handle(): Response
             return $this->proxyStatic();
         }
 
+        if ($this->shouldRenderSpecial($this->request)) {
+            if ($this->request->path === '/docs') {
+                $this->request->path = '/docs/index';
+            }
+
+            if ($this->request->path === '/docs/search') {
+                return new HtmlResponse(200, 'OK', [
+                    'body' => (new RendersSearchPage())->__invoke(),
+                ]);
+            }
+
+            if ($this->request->path === '/ping') {
+                return new JsonResponse(200, 'OK', [
+                    'server' => 'Hyde/RealtimeCompiler',
+                ]);
+            }
+        }
+
         return PageRouter::handle($this->request);
     }
 
@@ -72,4 +93,18 @@ protected function proxyStatic(): Response
             'Content-Length' => $file->getContentLength(),
         ]);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * If the request is for a special page, we handle it here.
+     */
+    protected function shouldRenderSpecial(Request $request): bool
+    {
+        $routes = [
+            '/ping',
+            '/docs',
+            '/docs/search',
+        ];
+
+        return in_array($request->path, $routes);
+    }
 }