diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97a9ecf7..7b1dfa53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ app/tests/coverage/
 
 # MEAN.js app and assets
 # ======================
-config/sslcert/*.pem
+config/sslcerts/*.pem
 access.log
 
 # Sublime editor
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5561c4fb..0c85e062 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ $ docker run -p 3000:3000 -p 35729:35729 -v /Users/mdl/workspace/mean-stack/mean
 ## Running in a secure environment
 To run your application in a secure manner you'll need to use OpenSSL and generate a set of self-signed certificates. Unix-based users can use the following commnad: 
 ```
-$ sh generate-ssl-certs.sh
+$ sh ./scripts/generate-ssl-certs.sh
 ```
 Windows users can follow instructions found [here](http://www.websense.com/support/article/kbarticle/How-to-use-OpenSSL-and-Microsoft-Certification-Authority)
-To generate the key and certificate and place them in the *config/sslcert* folder.
+To generate the key and certificate and place them in the *config/sslcerts* folder.
 
 ## Getting Started With MEAN.JS
 You have your application running but there is a lot of stuff to understand, we recommend you'll go over the [Official Documentation](http://meanjs.org/docs.html). 
diff --git a/config/env/secure.js b/config/env/secure.js
index ee2b270a..8ce09a50 100644
--- a/config/env/secure.js
+++ b/config/env/secure.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 module.exports = {
-	port: 443,
+	port: 8443,
 	db: process.env.MONGOHQ_URL || process.env.MONGOLAB_URI || 'mongodb://localhost/mean',
 	log: {
 		// Can specify one of 'combined', 'common', 'dev', 'short', 'tiny'
diff --git a/generate-ssl-certs.sh b/scripts/generate-ssl-certs.sh
similarity index 59%
rename from generate-ssl-certs.sh
rename to scripts/generate-ssl-certs.sh
index fda44bb0..5caaaa9a 100644
--- a/generate-ssl-certs.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-ssl-certs.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+if [ ! -e server.js ]
+then
+	echo "Error: could not find main application server.js file"
+	echo "You should run the generate-ssl-certs.sh script from the main MEAN application root directory"
+	echo "i.e: bash scripts/generate-ssl-cers.sh"
+	exit -1
+fi
+
 echo "Generating self-signed certificates..."
+mkdir -p ./config/sslcerts
 openssl genrsa -out ./config/sslcerts/key.pem -aes256 1024
 openssl req -new -key ./config/sslcerts/key.pem -out ./config/sslcerts/csr.pem
 openssl x509 -req -days 9999 -in ./config/sslcerts/csr.pem -signkey ./config/sslcerts/key.pem -out ./config/sslcerts/cert.pem