diff --git a/crates/tuono/src/app.rs b/crates/tuono/src/app.rs
index 4fe6c764..5421cfe6 100644
--- a/crates/tuono/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/tuono/src/app.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ mod tests {
             "/home/user/Documents/tuono/src/routes/posts/index.rs",
             "/home/user/Documents/tuono/src/routes/posts/[post].rs",
             "/home/user/Documents/tuono/src/routes/posts/UPPERCASE.rs",
+            "/home/user/Documents/tuono/src/routes/sitemap.xml.rs",
         ];
 
         routes
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ mod tests {
             ("/posts/index", "posts_index"),
             ("/posts/[post]", "posts_dyn_post"),
             ("/posts/UPPERCASE", "posts_uppercase"),
+            ("/sitemap.xml", "sitemap_dot_xml"),
         ];
 
         results.into_iter().for_each(|(path, module_import)| {
diff --git a/crates/tuono/src/cli.rs b/crates/tuono/src/cli.rs
index 54d6351a..9b0a105c 100644
--- a/crates/tuono/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/tuono/src/cli.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn app() -> std::io::Result<()> {
                 }
 
                 for (_, route) in app.route_map {
-                    route.save_ssg_html(&reqwest)
+                    route.save_ssg_file(&reqwest)
                 }
 
                 // Close server
diff --git a/crates/tuono/src/route.rs b/crates/tuono/src/route.rs
index 2abaf76c..a5360b45 100644
--- a/crates/tuono/src/route.rs
+++ b/crates/tuono/src/route.rs
@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@ impl AxumInfo {
 
         let axum_route = path.replace("/index", "");
 
+        let module_import = module
+            .as_str()
+            .to_string()
+            .replace('/', "_")
+            .replace('.', "_dot_")
+            .to_lowercase();
+
         if axum_route.is_empty() {
             return AxumInfo {
-                module_import: module.as_str().to_string().replace('/', "_"),
+                module_import,
                 axum_route: "/".to_string(),
             };
         }
@@ -47,12 +54,15 @@ impl AxumInfo {
         }
 
         AxumInfo {
-            module_import: module.as_str().to_string().replace('/', "_").to_lowercase(),
+            module_import,
             axum_route,
         }
     }
 }
 
+// TODO: to be extended with common scenarios
+const NO_HTML_EXTENSIONS: [&str; 1] = ["xml"];
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Route {
     path: String,
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ impl Route {
         self.axum_info = Some(AxumInfo::new(self.path.clone()))
     }
 
-    pub fn save_ssg_html(&self, reqwest: &Client) {
+    pub fn save_ssg_file(&self, reqwest: &Client) {
         let path = &self.path.replace("index", "");
 
         let mut response = reqwest
@@ -81,7 +91,7 @@ impl Route {
             .send()
             .unwrap();
 
-        let file_path = self.html_file_path();
+        let file_path = self.output_file_path();
 
         let parent_dir = file_path.parent().unwrap();
 
@@ -124,8 +134,16 @@ impl Route {
         }
     }
 
-    fn html_file_path(&self) -> PathBuf {
+    fn output_file_path(&self) -> PathBuf {
         let cleaned_path = self.path.replace("index", "");
+
+        if NO_HTML_EXTENSIONS
+            .iter()
+            .any(|extension| self.path.ends_with(extension))
+        {
+            return PathBuf::from(format!("out/static{}", cleaned_path));
+        }
+
         PathBuf::from(format!("out/static{}/index.html", cleaned_path))
     }
 }
@@ -173,6 +191,7 @@ mod tests {
         let routes = [
             ("/index", "out/static/index.html"),
             ("/documentation", "out/static/documentation/index.html"),
+            ("/sitemap.xml", "out/static/sitemap.xml"),
             (
                 "/documentation/routing",
                 "out/static/documentation/routing/index.html",
@@ -182,7 +201,7 @@ mod tests {
         for (path, html) in routes {
             let route = Route::new(path.to_string());
 
-            assert_eq!(route.html_file_path(), PathBuf::from(html))
+            assert_eq!(route.output_file_path(), PathBuf::from(html))
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/tuono_lib/src/response.rs b/crates/tuono_lib/src/response.rs
index bcd79433..5e43c1ac 100644
--- a/crates/tuono_lib/src/response.rs
+++ b/crates/tuono_lib/src/response.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::Request;
 use crate::{ssr::Js, Payload};
-use axum::http::StatusCode;
-use axum::response::{Html, IntoResponse, Redirect, Response as AxumResponse};
+use axum::http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode};
+use axum::response::{Html, IntoResponse, Redirect};
 use axum::Json;
 use erased_serde::Serialize;
 
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ pub struct Props {
 pub enum Response {
     Redirect(String),
     Props(Props),
+    // TODO: improve this tuple to support a more generic IntoResponse
+    Custom((StatusCode, HeaderMap, String)),
 }
 
 #[derive(serde::Serialize)]
@@ -67,19 +69,19 @@ impl Props {
 }
 
 impl Response {
-    pub fn render_to_string(&self, req: Request) -> AxumResponse {
+    pub fn render_to_string(&self, req: Request) -> impl IntoResponse {
         match self {
             Self::Props(Props { data, http_code }) => {
                 let payload = Payload::new(&req, data).client_payload().unwrap();
 
                 match Js::render_to_string(Some(&payload)) {
-                    Ok(html) => (*http_code, Html(html)).into_response(),
-                    Err(_) => {
-                        (*http_code, Html("500 Internal server error".to_string())).into_response()
-                    }
+                    Ok(html) => (*http_code, Html(html)),
+                    Err(_) => (*http_code, Html("500 Internal server error".to_string())),
                 }
+                .into_response()
             }
             Self::Redirect(to) => Redirect::permanent(to).into_response(),
+            Self::Custom(response) => response.clone().into_response(),
         }
     }
 
@@ -93,6 +95,9 @@ impl Response {
                 Json(JsonResponse::new_redirect(destination.to_string())),
             )
                 .into_response(),
+            // Custom never needs the "data" response since its scope
+            // is outside the react domain
+            Self::Custom(_) => (StatusCode::OK, Json("{}")).into_response(),
         }
     }
 }