diff --git a/include/crow/http_response.h b/include/crow/http_response.h
index 9862a6a41..473acb611 100644
--- a/include/crow/http_response.h
+++ b/include/crow/http_response.h
@@ -223,10 +223,16 @@ namespace crow
             int statResult;
         };
 
-        ///Return a static file as the response body
+        /// Return a static file as the response body
         void set_static_file_info(std::string path)
         {
             utility::sanitize_filename(path);
+            set_static_file_info_unsafe(path);
+        }
+
+        /// Return a static file as the response body without sanitizing the path (use set_static_file_info instead)
+        void set_static_file_info_unsafe(std::string path)
+        {
             file_info.path = path;
             file_info.statResult = stat(file_info.path.c_str(), &file_info.statbuf);
 #ifdef CROW_ENABLE_COMPRESSION
@@ -252,6 +258,7 @@ namespace crow
             else
             {
                 code = 404;
+                file_info.path.clear();
                 this->end();
             }
         }
diff --git a/include/crow/json.h b/include/crow/json.h
index 1c4e9d6b7..88d681add 100644
--- a/include/crow/json.h
+++ b/include/crow/json.h
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 #include <boost/operators.hpp>
 #include <vector>
+#include <math.h>
 
 #include "crow/settings.h"
 #include "crow/returnable.h"
+#include "crow/logging.h"
 
 #if defined(__GNUG__) || defined(__clang__)
 #define crow_json_likely(x) __builtin_expect(x, 1)
@@ -1772,6 +1774,12 @@ namespace crow
                     {
                         if (v.nt == num_type::Floating_point)
                         {
+                            if (isnan(v.num.d) || isinf(v.num.d))
+                            {
+                                out += "null";
+                                CROW_LOG_WARNING << "Invalid JSON value detected (" << v.num.d << "), value set to null";
+                                break;
+                            }
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define MSC_COMPATIBLE_SPRINTF(BUFFER_PTR, FORMAT_PTR, VALUE) sprintf_s((BUFFER_PTR), 128, (FORMAT_PTR), (VALUE))
 #else
diff --git a/include/crow/mustache.h b/include/crow/mustache.h
index b660c87fc..866d8dc6c 100644
--- a/include/crow/mustache.h
+++ b/include/crow/mustache.h
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ namespace crow
                         case '"': out += "&quot;"; break;
                         case '\'': out += "&#39;"; break;
                         case '/': out += "&#x2F;"; break;
-                        case '`': out += "&#x60"; break;
-                        case '=': out += "&#x3D"; break;
+                        case '`': out += "&#x60;"; break;
+                        case '=': out += "&#x3D;"; break;
                         default: out += *it; break;
                     }
                 }
@@ -631,6 +631,13 @@ namespace crow
         }
 
         inline std::string load_text(const std::string& filename)
+        {
+            std::string filename_sanitized(filename);
+            utility::sanitize_filename(filename_sanitized);
+            return detail::get_loader_ref()(filename_sanitized);
+        }
+
+        inline std::string load_text_unsafe(const std::string& filename)
         {
             return detail::get_loader_ref()(filename);
         }
@@ -641,5 +648,10 @@ namespace crow
             utility::sanitize_filename(filename_sanitized);
             return compile(detail::get_loader_ref()(filename_sanitized));
         }
+
+        inline template_t load_unsafe(const std::string& filename)
+        {
+            return compile(detail::get_loader_ref()(filename));
+        }
     } // namespace mustache
 } // namespace crow
diff --git a/include/crow/utility.h b/include/crow/utility.h
index fc1462b4f..460f89750 100644
--- a/include/crow/utility.h
+++ b/include/crow/utility.h
@@ -728,7 +728,15 @@ namespace crow
                 }
                 else if ((c == '/') || (c == '\\'))
                 {
-                    checkForSpecialEntries = true;
+                    //TODO(EDev): uncomment below once #332 is merged
+                    if (/*CROW_UNLIKELY(*/ i == 0 /*)*/) //Prevent Unix Absolute Paths (Windows Absolute Paths are prevented with `(c == ':')`)
+                    {
+                        data[i] = replacement;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        checkForSpecialEntries = true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/unittest.cpp b/tests/unittest.cpp
index 3cd09774c..6dc3353eb 100644
--- a/tests/unittest.cpp
+++ b/tests/unittest.cpp
@@ -2541,6 +2541,7 @@ TEST_CASE("sanitize_filename")
     CHECK(sanitize_filename("abc/COM9") == "abc/_");
     CHECK(sanitize_filename("abc/COM") == "abc/COM");
     CHECK(sanitize_filename("abc/CON") == "abc/_");
+    CHECK(sanitize_filename("/abc/") == "_abc/");
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("get_port")
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 4ed5030fa..1b678651a 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             "version>=": "1.70.0"
         },
         {
-            "name": "openssl-windows"
+            "name": "openssl"
         },
         {
             "name": "zlib"