diff --git a/web.go b/web.go
index 4b00b064d3491ec462e34ee5c7ecc97afdb76b4d..8cac14a7ba3c86d8f695421854d2183aa027c0af 100644
--- a/web.go
+++ b/web.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	htdocsDir = flag.String("htdocs", "./htdocs", "location of static html content")
+	htdocsDir = flag.String("htdocs", "/usr/share/liber/htdocs", "location of static html content")
 
 	tpl *template.Template
 )