diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54b6623..0b44db4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ If any of these options are given, `hugo-theme-codex` will render the social ico
 See the contents of the [example site](https://github.com/jakewies/hugo-theme-codex/tree/master/exampleSite) for more details.
 
 You can also create additional social icons by:
-1. Add your own SVGs in `static/icons/`, for example `static/icons/reddit.svg`.
-2. Modify your site's config as follows:
+1. Adding your own SVGs in `static/images/social/`, for example `static/images/social/reddit.svg`.
+2. Modifying your site's config as follows:
    ```toml
    [params]
       # ...
diff --git a/assets/scss/partials/_pagination.scss b/assets/scss/partials/_pagination.scss
index 0b01293..2a55018 100644
--- a/assets/scss/partials/_pagination.scss
+++ b/assets/scss/partials/_pagination.scss
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   height: 24px;
   width: 24px;
   margin: 0 1.5rem;
-  background-image: url(/icons/chevron-left.svg);
+  background-image: url(/images/chevron-left.svg);
   background-size: contain;
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
 }
diff --git a/layouts/partials/social-icons.html b/layouts/partials/social-icons.html
index 914e613..e3b6ae2 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/social-icons.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/social-icons.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     {{ $icon := anchorize . }} 
     {{ if isset $currentPage.Site.Params $icon }}
       <a class="social-icons__icon" title="{{ . }}"
-         style="background-image: url(/icons/{{ $icon }}.svg)" 
+         style="background-image: url(/images/social/{{ $icon }}.svg)" 
          href="{{ index $currentPage.Site.Params $icon }}"
          target="_blank" rel="noopener">
       </a>
diff --git a/static/icons/chevron-left.svg b/static/images/chevron-left.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from static/icons/chevron-left.svg
rename to static/images/chevron-left.svg
diff --git a/static/icons/email.svg b/static/images/social/email.svg
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rename from static/icons/email.svg
rename to static/images/social/email.svg
diff --git a/static/icons/facebook.svg b/static/images/social/facebook.svg
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rename from static/icons/facebook.svg
rename to static/images/social/facebook.svg
diff --git a/static/icons/github.svg b/static/images/social/github.svg
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rename from static/icons/github.svg
rename to static/images/social/github.svg
diff --git a/static/icons/gitlab.svg b/static/images/social/gitlab.svg
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rename from static/icons/gitlab.svg
rename to static/images/social/gitlab.svg
diff --git a/static/icons/instagram.svg b/static/images/social/instagram.svg
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rename from static/icons/instagram.svg
rename to static/images/social/instagram.svg
diff --git a/static/icons/linkedin.svg b/static/images/social/linkedin.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from static/icons/linkedin.svg
rename to static/images/social/linkedin.svg
diff --git a/static/icons/twitter.svg b/static/images/social/twitter.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from static/icons/twitter.svg
rename to static/images/social/twitter.svg
diff --git a/static/icons/youtube.svg b/static/images/social/youtube.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from static/icons/youtube.svg
rename to static/images/social/youtube.svg