diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .idea/
+build/
 node_modules/
 
 dev.config.js
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ddc8030..90fe9f5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Read Bellingcat's article about this project in
 <br>
 <br>
 
-![ukraine.bellingcat.com timemap preview](docs/example-timemap.png)
+![ukraine.bellingcat.com timemap preview](includes/example-timemap.png)
 
 ## Development
 * `npm install` to setup
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diff --git a/build/index.html b/docs/index.html
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diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/includes/configuration.md
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diff --git a/docs/custom-covers.md b/includes/custom-covers.md
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diff --git a/docs/example-timemap.png b/includes/example-timemap.png
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diff --git a/docs/mapbox.md b/includes/mapbox.md
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diff --git a/src/components/TemplateCover.jsx b/src/components/TemplateCover.jsx
index 58db2604..d9c676f0 100644
--- a/src/components/TemplateCover.jsx
+++ b/src/components/TemplateCover.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const MEDIA_HIDDEN = -2;
 
 /**
  * Manages the presentation of props that come in from the store's app.cover.
- * These are documented in docs/custom-cover.md.
+ * These are documented in includes/custom-cover.md.
  * The component is a bit of a mess, keeping a lot of internal state and using
  * a couple of weird offset calculations... but it works for the time being.
  */
diff --git a/src/store/initial.js b/src/store/initial.js
index d6b4861c..64b5431d 100644
--- a/src/store/initial.js
+++ b/src/store/initial.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const initial = {
     cover: {
       title: "project title",
       description:
-        "A description of the project goes here.\n\nThis description may contain markdown.\n\n# This is a large title, for example.\n\n## Whereas this is a slightly smaller title.\n\nCheck out docs/custom-covers.md in the [Timemap GitHub repo](https://github.com/forensic-architecture/timemap) for more information around how to specify custom covers.",
+        "A description of the project goes here.\n\nThis description may contain markdown.\n\n# This is a large title, for example.\n\n## Whereas this is a slightly smaller title.\n\nCheck out includes/custom-covers.md in the [Timemap GitHub repo](https://github.com/forensic-architecture/timemap) for more information around how to specify custom covers.",
       exploreButton: "EXPLORE",
     },
     toolbar: {