diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/main/dist/How to run MifosX.txt b/mifosng-provider/src/main/dist/How to run MifosX.txt
index 1546ce34f..00c26c824 100644
--- a/mifosng-provider/src/main/dist/How to run MifosX.txt	
+++ b/mifosng-provider/src/main/dist/How to run MifosX.txt	
@@ -6,10 +6,18 @@ Depending on the OS you're running, you should have "runmifosx.sh" (for Linux an
 run MifosX on your computer locally. To be able to run MifosX, just double-click on the script,
 that is, "runmifosx.sh" if you are on Linux or Mac, or "runmifosx.bat" if you are on Windows.
 
-Note
-====
 If you have a web front-end that you want to use along with the backend server, put your index.html
-inside the "web" folder along with all the other source files.
-P.S.: the index.html should be in the "web" folder itself
+along with all the other source files inside a (sub-folder of) the "apps" folder in the current
+directory from where runmifosx.bat/.sh is launched.  The web UI front-end is then accessible
+under mifosng-provider/apps - for example:
 
-We hope you'll have an amazing experience working with MifosX.
+    https://localhost:8443/mifosng-provider/apps/community-app/index.html
+
+We hope you'll have an amazing experience working with MifosX!
+
+
+PS, internal note to Mifos developers preparing packages, only: For this to work, the WAR of
+the Mifos X distribution ZIP package will (currently) have to be built using
+the Gradle 'dev' environment profile - e.g. using this command:
+
+    ./gradlew -Penv=dev clean war dist
diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/ServerWithMariaDB4jApplication.java b/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/ServerWithMariaDB4jApplication.java
index 8c3f8d179..e0d9f3a34 100644
--- a/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/ServerWithMariaDB4jApplication.java
+++ b/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/ServerWithMariaDB4jApplication.java
@@ -40,12 +40,13 @@ public class ServerWithMariaDB4jApplication {
 		ConfigurableApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(Configuration.class, args);
 		if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported()) {
 			Resource resource = ctx.getResource("file:" + System.getProperty("user.dir") +
-					System.getProperty("file.separator") + "web" +
+					System.getProperty("file.separator") + "apps" +
+					System.getProperty("file.separator") + "community-app" +
 					System.getProperty("file.separator") + "index.html");
 			if (resource.exists()) {
 				try {
 					Desktop.getDesktop().browse(URI.create("https://localhost:8443/mifosng-provider" +
-							"/web/index.html?baseApiUrl=https://localhost:8443" +
+							"/apps/community-app/index.html?baseApiUrl=https://localhost:8443" +
 							"&tenantIdentifier=default#/"));
 				} catch (IOException e) {}
 			}
diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/infrastructure/core/boot/WebFrontEndConfiguration.java b/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/infrastructure/core/boot/WebFrontEndConfiguration.java
index 5c82d2b61..526ef2f5f 100644
--- a/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/infrastructure/core/boot/WebFrontEndConfiguration.java
+++ b/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/infrastructure/core/boot/WebFrontEndConfiguration.java
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ public class WebFrontEndConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 
     @Override
     public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
-        registry.addResourceHandler("/web/**").addResourceLocations("file:" +
+        registry.addResourceHandler("/apps/**").addResourceLocations("file:" +
                 System.getProperty("user.dir") + System.getProperty("file.separator") +
-                "web" + System.getProperty("file.separator"));
+                "apps" + System.getProperty("file.separator"));
     }
 
 }