diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 97781c3..ced4d5d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 FROM nginx:alpine
-COPY ./public /var/www
+COPY ./public /usr/share/nginx/html
 COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 EXPOSE 80
 ENTRYPOINT ["nginx","-g","daemon off;"]
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index d56813d..67bda5c 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ http {
         index index.html index.htm;
 
         location / {
+            root /usr/share/nginx/html
             # First attempt to serve request as file, then
             # as directory, then fall back to redirecting to index.html
             try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;