diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index f5e065b..78c0478 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ python -m scripts.generate "custom"
 
 # copy icons across to website
 echo "copying icons to website static folder"
-cp -r resources website/static/img/
+cp -r resources docs/img/resources
 
 # run black
 echo "linting the all the diagram modules"
diff --git a/docs/img/.gitignore b/docs/img/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07cf801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/img/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+resources/
\ No newline at end of file