diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ec0014..a9e1c16 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ services:
   sample-api:
     restart: always
     image: sample-api
-    build: ./sample-containers/api
+    build: ./samples/api
     container_name: sample-api
     environment:
       - VIRTUAL_HOST=sampleapi.example.com
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ services:
   sample-website:
     restart: always
     image: sample-website
-    build: ./sample-containers/website
+    build: ./samples/website
     container_name: sample-website
     volumes:
       - "./volumes/nginx-sample-website/conf.d/:/etc/nginx/conf.d"
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ services:
 ```
 The important part here are the environment variables. These are used by the config generator and certificate maintainer containers to set up the system.
 
-The source code for these two images is in the `sample-containers` subfolder, the images are built from there. In a real-world scenario these images would likely come from a Docker registry.
+The source code for these two images is in the `samples` subfolder, the images are built from there. In a real-world scenario these images would likely come from a Docker registry.
 
 ## Conclusion
 This can be a fairly simple way to have easy, reproducible deploys for websites with free, auto-renewing TLS certificates. 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ea62bec..534212e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ services:
   sample-api:
     restart: always
     image: sample-api
-    build: ./sample-containers/api
+    build: ./samples/api
     container_name: sample-api
     environment:
       - VIRTUAL_HOST=sampleapi.example.com
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ services:
   sample-website:
     restart: always
     image: sample-website
-    build: ./sample-containers/website
+    build: ./samples/website
     container_name: sample-website
     volumes:
       - "./volumes/nginx-sample-website/conf.d/:/etc/nginx/conf.d"
diff --git a/sample-containers/api/Dockerfile b/samples/api/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from sample-containers/api/Dockerfile
rename to samples/api/Dockerfile
diff --git a/sample-containers/api/app.js b/samples/api/app.js
similarity index 100%
rename from sample-containers/api/app.js
rename to samples/api/app.js
diff --git a/sample-containers/api/package.json b/samples/api/package.json
similarity index 100%
rename from sample-containers/api/package.json
rename to samples/api/package.json
diff --git a/sample-containers/website/Dockerfile b/samples/website/Dockerfile
similarity index 100%
rename from sample-containers/website/Dockerfile
rename to samples/website/Dockerfile
diff --git a/sample-containers/website/index.html b/samples/website/index.html
similarity index 100%
rename from sample-containers/website/index.html
rename to samples/website/index.html
diff --git a/sample-containers/website/index.js b/samples/website/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from sample-containers/website/index.js
rename to samples/website/index.js