diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed8cb6f15..6770a760a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ scratch
 assets/editor-layer-index.json
 assets/generated/*
 assets/generated/images/*
-/*.webmanifest
+public/*.webmanifest
 /*.html
 !/index.html
 !/customGenerator.html
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ service-worker.js
 .history/
 
 # Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
-*.vsix
\ No newline at end of file
+*.vsix
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 66053168a..1c286477f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <!-- THEME-SPECIFIC -->
     <!-- Every theme gets their own html page, this is created by a script; this part will be removed except for the index -->
     <title>MapComplete</title>
-    <link href="./manifest.webmanifest" rel="manifest">
+    <link href="./index.webmanifest" rel="manifest">
     
     <!-- Mastodon link verification: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/#Link%20verification -->
     <a rel="me" href="https://en.osm.town/@MapComplete" style="display: none">Mastodon</a>
diff --git a/scripts/generateLayouts.ts b/scripts/generateLayouts.ts
index aff6879fc..0921f68e1 100644
--- a/scripts/generateLayouts.ts
+++ b/scripts/generateLayouts.ts
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
         const { manifest, whiteIcons } = await createManifest(layout, alreadyWritten)
         const manif = JSON.stringify(manifest, undefined, 2)
         const manifestLocation = encodeURIComponent(layout.id.toLowerCase()) + ".webmanifest"
-        writeFile(manifestLocation, manif, err)
+        writeFile("public/" + manifestLocation, manif, err)
 
         // Create a landing page for the given theme
         const landing = await createLandingPage(layout, manifest, whiteIcons, alreadyWritten)
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ async function main(): Promise<void> {
     )
 
     const manif = JSON.stringify(manifest, undefined, 2)
-    writeFileSync("index.manifest", manif)
+    writeFileSync("public/index.webmanifest", manif)
 }
 
 main().then(() => {