diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bac8bb8..52d2ea8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ The recommended configurations create local folders `/config` and `/letsencrypt`
     ├ `crontabs`  - contains root crontab  
     └ `deploy/`  - contains deploy scripts for actions following successful Let's Encrypt renewal.  If you add scripts, they will be run automatically following successful renewal.
 
-`letsencrypt/` is populated with Let's Encrypt certificates if the generation/renewal is successful.
+`letsencrypt/certs` is populated with Let's Encrypt certificates if the generation/renewal is successful.
 
  
 ## Application Setup
@@ -102,9 +102,8 @@ The recommended configurations create local folders `/config` and `/letsencrypt`
 
 ### Using certs in other containers
 * This container includes auto-generated pfx and private-fullchain-bundle pem certs that are needed by other apps like Emby and Znc, and tls.crt and tls.key certs that are needed by apps like Keycloak.
-  * To use these certs in other containers, do either of the following:
-  1. *(Easier)* Mount the container's config folder in other containers (ie. `-v /path-to-le-config:/le-ssl`) and in the other containers, use the cert location `/le-ssl/keys/letsencrypt/`
-  2. *(More secure)* Mount the cert folder `/letsencrypt` (ie. `-v /path/to/letsencrypt:/le-ssl`) and in the other containers, use the cert location `/le-ssl/letsencrypt/live/<your.domain.url>/` (This is more secure because the first method shares the entire certbot config folder with other containers, including the www files, whereas the second method only shares the ssl certs)
+  * To use these certs in other containers:
+  1. Mount the cert folder `/letsencrypt/certs` (ie. `-v /path/to/letsencrypt/certs:/container/cert/dir`) 
   * These certs include:
   1. `cert.pem`, `chain.pem`, `fullchain.pem` and `privkey.pem`, which are generated by Certbot and used by nginx and various other apps
   2. `privkey.pfx`, a format supported by Microsoft and commonly used by dotnet apps such as Emby Server (no password)
diff --git a/root/defaults/deploy/01_deploy-certs.sh b/root/defaults/deploy/01_deploy-certs.sh
index aa8f4bf..34a3e89 100644
--- a/root/defaults/deploy/01_deploy-certs.sh
+++ b/root/defaults/deploy/01_deploy-certs.sh
@@ -20,16 +20,19 @@ else
 fi
 
 RENEWED_LINEAGE=${RENEWED_LINEAGE:-$LINEAGE}
-KEYPATH="/letsencrypt"
+KEYPATH="/letsencrypt/certs"
+mkdir -p $KEYPATH
 echo "LINEAGE is ${RENEWED_LINEAGE}; KEYPATH is ${KEYPATH}"
 
 # Clean current KEYPATH contents
 echo "Clearing expired certs ..."
-rm -f ${KEYPATH}/*
+# echo "Ignore warnings for directories"
+rm -f ${KEYPATH}/* 2> /dev/null  # this will hide errors (like not deleting directories)
 
 # Copy certs to keypath dest
 echo "Copying current certs ..."
 cp -L ${RENEWED_LINEAGE}/* ${KEYPATH}
+rm ${KEYPATH}/README
 # for CERTNAME in $(ls ${RENEWED_LINEAGE}); do
 #     cat crt >> ${KEYPATH}/${CERTNAME}
 # done
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/50_lets-encrypt.sh b/root/etc/cont-init.d/50_lets-encrypt.sh
index 213a69a..c1bdbea 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/50_lets-encrypt.sh
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/50_lets-encrypt.sh
@@ -169,19 +169,21 @@ fi
 echo -e "ORIGTLD=\"${TLD}\" ORIGSUBDOMAINS=\"${SUBDOMAINS}\" ORIGONLY_SUBDOMAINS=\"${ONLY_SUBDOMAINS}\" ORIGPROPAGATION=\"${PROPAGATION}\" ORIGSTAGING=\"${STAGING}\" ORIGEMAIL=\"${EMAIL}\"" > /config/.donoteditthisfile.conf
 
 # generating certs if necessary
-if [ ! -f "/letsencrypt/fullchain.pem" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "/letsencrypt/certs/fullchain.pem" ]; then
   echo "Generating new certificate"
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
   certbot certonly --non-interactive --force-renewal --server ${ACMESERVER} ${PREFCHAL} --rsa-key-size 4096 ${EMAILPARAM} --agree-tos ${TLD_REAL}
   # RENEWED_LINEAGE="${LINEAGE}"
   # export RENEWED_LINEAGE
   # echo "RENEWED_LINEAGE is ${RENEWED_LINEAGE}"
+
+  # force deploy script on initial generation
   if [ -f /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/01_deploy-certs.sh ]; then
     /usr/bin/with-contenv bash /etc/letsencrypt/renewal-hooks/deploy/01_deploy-certs.sh
   fi
 
-  if [ -f /letsencrypt/fullchain.pem ]; then
-    cd /letsencrypt || exit
+  if [ -f "/letsencrypt/certs/fullchain.pem" ]; then
+    cd /letsencrypt/certs || exit
   else
     echo "ERROR: Cert does not exist! Please see the validation error above. Make sure you entered correct credentials into the /config/credentials/cloudflare.ini file."
     sleep infinity
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/60_renewal-init.sh b/root/etc/cont-init.d/60_renewal-init.sh
index a28d347..159d9a2 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/60_renewal-init.sh
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/60_renewal-init.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 
 # Check if the cert is expired or expires within a day, if so, renew
-if openssl x509 -in /letsencrypt/fullchain.pem -noout -checkend 86400 >/dev/null; then 
+if openssl x509 -in /letsencrypt/certs/fullchain.pem -noout -checkend 86400 >/dev/null; then 
     echo "The cert does not expire within the next day."
     # if [ ! "${STAGING}" = "true" ]; then
     #     echo "Testing renewal..."
diff --git a/scripts/buildx.sh b/scripts/buildx.sh
index ba1ca9e..21119cb 100755
--- a/scripts/buildx.sh
+++ b/scripts/buildx.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # To tag images, run with `sudo bash ./scripts/buildx.sh --tag {REGISTRY}/{IMAGE}:{TAG}`
 
-REGISTRY="ahgraber"
+# REGISTRY="ninerealmlabs"
 # TAG=${1:-"test"}
 
 # define build context