Serving VueJS in history mode

package.json

{
  "name": "vueserver",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "A VueJS server",
  "author": "Momcilo Popov",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node server.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "connect": "^3.6.5",
    "express": "^4.16.2",
    "path": "^0.12.7",
    "serve-static": "^1.13.1"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">= 4.0.0",
    "npm": ">= 3.0.0"
  }
}

server.js

var express = require('express');

var server = express();
server.use('/static', express.static(__dirname + '/static'));

server.get('/*', function (req, res) {
    res.sendFile(__dirname + '/index.html');
});

var port = 8000;
server.listen(port, function () {
    console.log('server listening on port ' + port);
});