diff --git a/electron/src/electron-main.js b/electron/src/electron-main.js
index 59cbca428e..18758eee90 100644
--- a/electron/src/electron-main.js
+++ b/electron/src/electron-main.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ electron.app.on('ready', () => {
         icon: `${__dirname}/../img/riot.ico`,
         width: 1024, height: 768,
     });
-    mainWindow.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/../../vector/index.html`);
+    mainWindow.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/../../webapp/index.html`);
     electron.Menu.setApplicationMenu(VectorMenu);
 
     mainWindow.on('closed', () => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf3b43e1f0..93bfaceab9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
   "matrix-react-parent": "matrix-react-sdk",
   "scripts": {
     "reskindex": "reskindex -h src/header",
-    "build:res": "cpx \"{src/skins/vector/fonts,src/skins/vector/img}/**\" vector/ && cpx \"{res/media,res/vector-icons}/**\" vector/",
-    "build:config": "cpx config.json vector/",
-    "build:emojione": "cpx \"node_modules/emojione/assets/svg/*\" vector/emojione/svg/",
+    "build:res": "cpx \"{src/skins/vector/fonts,src/skins/vector/img}/**\" webapp/ && cpx \"{res/media,res/vector-icons}/**\" webapp/",
+    "build:config": "cpx config.json webapp/",
+    "build:emojione": "cpx \"node_modules/emojione/assets/svg/*\" webapp/emojione/svg/",
     "build:modernizr": "modernizr -c .modernizr.json -d src/vector/modernizr.js",
     "build:css": "mkdirp build && catw \"src/skins/vector/css/**/*.css\" -o build/components.css --no-watch",
     "build:compile": "babel --source-maps -d lib src",
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@
     "build": "node scripts/babelcheck.js && npm run build:res && npm run build:config && npm run build:emojione && npm run build:css && npm run build:bundle",
     "build:dev": "npm run build:emojione && npm run build:css && npm run build:bundle:dev",
     "dist": "scripts/package.sh",
-    "start:res": "parallelshell \"cpx -w \\\"{src/skins/vector/fonts,src/skins/vector/img}/**\\\" vector/\" \"cpx -w \\\"{res/media,res/vector-icons}/**\\\" vector/\"",
-    "start:config": "cpx -w config.json vector/",
-    "start:emojione": "cpx \"node_modules/emojione/assets/svg/*\" vector/emojione/svg/ -w",
+    "start:res": "parallelshell \"cpx -w \\\"{src/skins/vector/fonts,src/skins/vector/img}/**\\\" webapp/\" \"cpx -w \\\"{res/media,res/vector-icons}/**\\\" webapp/\"",
+    "start:config": "cpx -w config.json webapp/",
+    "start:emojione": "cpx \"node_modules/emojione/assets/svg/*\" webapp/emojione/svg/ -w",
     "start:js": "webpack-dev-server -w --progress",
     "start:js:prod": "NODE_ENV=production webpack-dev-server -w --progress",
     "start:skins:css": "mkdirp build && catw \"src/skins/vector/css/**/*.css\" -o build/components.css",
     "start": "node scripts/babelcheck.js && parallelshell \"npm run start:emojione\" \"npm run start:res\" \"npm run start:config\" \"npm run start:js\" \"npm run start:skins:css\"",
     "start:prod": "parallelshell \"npm run start:emojione\" \"npm run start:js:prod\" \"npm run start:skins:css\"",
-    "clean": "rimraf build lib vector",
+    "clean": "rimraf build lib webapp",
     "prepublish": "npm run build:compile",
     "test": "karma start --single-run=true --autoWatch=false --browsers PhantomJS --colors=false",
     "test:multi": "karma start"
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@
     "//asar=false": "https://github.com/electron-userland/electron-builder/issues/675",
     "asar": false,
     "dereference": true,
-    "//files": "We bundle everything, so we only need to include vector/",
+    "//files": "We bundle everything, so we only need to include webapp/",
     "files": [
       "!**/*",
       "electron/src/**",
       "electron/img/**",
-      "vector/**",
+      "webapp/**",
       "package.json"
     ],
     "squirrelWindows": {
diff --git a/scripts/package.sh b/scripts/package.sh
index d5deffef64..35f6f92a5a 100755
--- a/scripts/package.sh
+++ b/scripts/package.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ else
     version=`git describe --dirty --tags || echo unknown`
 fi
 
+npm run clean
 npm run build
 mkdir -p dist
-cp -r vector vector-$version
+cp -r webapp vector-$version
 echo $version > vector-$version/version
 tar chvzf dist/vector-$version.tar.gz vector-$version
 rm -r vector-$version
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 5d669bd2c3..4f350dd431 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ module.exports = {
         ],
     },
     output: {
-        path: path.join(__dirname, "vector"),
+        path: path.join(__dirname, "webapp"),
         filename: "[name].[chunkhash].js",
         devtoolModuleFilenameTemplate: function(info) {
             // Reading input source maps gives only relative paths here for
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
     // configuration for the webpack-dev-server
     devServer: {
-        // serve unwebpacked assets from vector.
-        contentBase: './vector',
+        // serve unwebpacked assets from webapp.
+        contentBase: './webapp',
     },
 };