diff --git a/webapp/build.xml b/webapp/build.xml
index 8af20cc7c..1e915eecc 100644
--- a/webapp/build.xml
+++ b/webapp/build.xml
@@ -266,13 +266,13 @@
 		<copy todir="${vitrohome.image.dir}" >
 			<fileset dir="${appbase.dir}/config" >
 				<include name="example.runtime.properties" />
-				<include name="example.developer.properties" />
 			</fileset>
 		</copy>
 		<mkdir dir="${vitrohome.image.dir}/config" />
 		<copy todir="${vitrohome.image.dir}/config" >
 			<fileset dir="${appbase.dir}/config" >
 				<include name="example.applicationSetup.n3" />
+				<include name="example.developer.properties" />
 			</fileset>
 		</copy>
 		<copy todir="${vitrohome.image.dir}" >
diff --git a/webapp/config/example.developer.properties b/webapp/config/example.developer.properties
index dd108909f..f064f05a9 100644
--- a/webapp/config/example.developer.properties
+++ b/webapp/config/example.developer.properties
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 #
 # Runtime properties for developer mode.
 #
-# If the developer.properties file is present in your VIVO home directory, it
-# will be loaded as VIVO starts up, taking effect immediately. 
+# If the developer.properties file is present in the config sub-directory of 
+# your VIVO home directory, it will be loaded as VIVO starts up, taking effect 
+# immediately. 
 #
 # Each of these properties can be set or changed while VIVO is running, but it 
 # can be convenient to set them in advance.
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/developer/DeveloperSettings.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/developer/DeveloperSettings.java
index 36dc530a4..50c38815f 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/developer/DeveloperSettings.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/developer/DeveloperSettings.java
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.startup.StartupStatus;
  * 
  * Start with an empty settings map.
  * 
- * The Setup class will read "developer.properties" from the Vitro home
- * directory, and load its settings. If the file doesn't exist, or doesn't
- * contain values for certain properties, those propertiew will keep their
- * default values.
+ * The Setup class will read "developer.properties" from the "config"
+ * sub-directory of the Vitro home directory, and load its settings. If the file
+ * doesn't exist, or doesn't contain values for certain properties, those
+ * properties will keep their default values.
  * 
  * An AJAX request can be used to update the properties. If the request has
  * multiple values for a property, the first value will be used. If the request
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ public class DeveloperSettings {
 			StartupStatus ss = StartupStatus.getBean(ctx);
 			DeveloperSettings devSettings = DeveloperSettings.getInstance();
 
-			Path homeDir = ApplicationUtils.instance().getHomeDirectory().getPath();
-			File dsFile = homeDir.resolve("developer.properties").toFile();
+			Path homeDir = ApplicationUtils.instance().getHomeDirectory()
+					.getPath();
+			File dsFile = homeDir.resolve("config/developer.properties")
+					.toFile();
 
 			try (FileReader reader = new FileReader(dsFile)) {
 				Properties dsProps = new Properties();