diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index d37fc75..204e32f 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ http {
     log_format https_combined '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" HTTPS';
     log_format http_combined '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" $status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" "$http_user_agent" HTTP';
 
-    include /tmp/nginx/*;
+    include /tmp/nginx/conf/*;
 
     server {
         listen *:80 default_server;
diff --git a/nginx_proxy.py b/nginx_proxy.py
index f61640a..69c2f17 100755
--- a/nginx_proxy.py
+++ b/nginx_proxy.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import os
 import logging
 
 target_path = "/tmp/nginx/"
+config_path = target_path + "conf/"
 pid_file = "/var/run/nginx.pid"
 non_location_template = """# proxy for container '$containername'
 server {
@@ -127,8 +128,8 @@ def handle_container(id):
             'body_size': get_if_available(proxy_data, 'body_size', '1m'),
             'listen': '*:80'
         }
-        logging.info('writing to %sproxy_%s', target_path, id)
-        with open(target_path + '/proxy_{id}_{code}'.format(id=id,code=env_key), 'w') as file:
+        logging.info('writing to %sproxy_%s', config_path, id)
+        with open(config_path + '/proxy_{id}_{code}'.format(id=id,code=env_key), 'w') as file:
             if substitutes['location'] == '':
                 del substitutes['location']
                 logging.info(Template(non_location_template).safe_substitute(substitutes))
@@ -192,9 +193,11 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     # prepare required stuff
     pid = get_pid()
     logging.info('nginx pid: %s', str(pid))
-    if not os.path.exists(target_path):
+    if not os.path.exists(config_path):
         logging.info('creating target path: %s', target_path)
         os.mkdir(target_path)
+        logging.info('creating target path: %s', config_path)
+        os.mkdir(config_path)
 
     client = Client(base_url='unix://var/run/docker.sock', version='1.15')
 
@@ -229,10 +232,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             # since a container can expose multiple ports per PROXY_DATA it 
             # will generate multiple files. All names contain the container id.
             # This will be used to delete all relevant files for a container
-            for filename in os.listdir(target_path):
+            for filename in os.listdir(config_path):
                 if container_id in filename:
-                    logging.info('removing file %s%s', target_path, container_id)
-                    os.remove(target_path + filename)
+                    logging.info('removing file %s%s', config_path, container_id)
+                    os.remove(config_path + filename)
         else:
             handle_container(container_id)