diff --git a/src/services/ViteService.php b/src/services/ViteService.php
index 1a771c9..124da39 100755
--- a/src/services/ViteService.php
+++ b/src/services/ViteService.php
@@ -301,11 +301,15 @@ public function entry(string $path): string
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function asset(string $path): string
+    public function asset(string $path, bool $public=false): string
     {
         if ($this->devServerRunning()) {
             return $this->devServerAsset($path);
         }
+        
+        if ($public) {
+            return $this->publicAsset($path);
+        }
 
         return $this->manifestAsset($path);
     }
@@ -322,6 +326,19 @@ public function devServerAsset(string $path): string
         // Return a URL to the given asset
         return FileHelper::createUrl($this->devServerPublic, $path);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Return the URL for the asset from the public Vite folder
+     *
+     * @param string $path
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function publicAsset(string $path): string
+    {
+        // Return a URL to the given asset
+        return FileHelper::createUrl($this->serverPublic, $path);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Return the URL for the asset from the manifest.json file
diff --git a/src/variables/ViteVariableTrait.php b/src/variables/ViteVariableTrait.php
index dd4037d..00a06ae 100755
--- a/src/variables/ViteVariableTrait.php
+++ b/src/variables/ViteVariableTrait.php
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ public function entry(string $path): Markup
      *
      * @return Markup
      */
-    public function asset(string $path): Markup
+    public function asset(string $path, bool $public=false): Markup
     {
         return Template::raw(
-            $this->viteService->asset($path)
+            $this->viteService->asset($path, $public)
         );
     }