diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63c8625..d5db10d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ flask app for plurals to publicly share member lists
 
 ```
 REGISTRATION: False # only set to True if in a development situation, or to create your first user
-UPLOAD_FOLDER = '/uploads'
+UPLOAD_FOLDER = 'myriad/static/icons'
 ALLOWED_EXTENSIONS = {'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'gif'}
 ```