diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a372161..fa5b7f4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 /*.iso
 /output/*
 !/output/.gitkeep
+/images/*
+!/images/.gitkeep
diff --git a/images/.gitkeep b/images/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/virt-install-cloud.sh b/virt-install-cloud.sh
index 23823ef..bbd3f7d 100755
--- a/virt-install-cloud.sh
+++ b/virt-install-cloud.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 #
 # Heavily Modified By:  Brielle Bruns
-# Date: 04/09/2018
+# Date: 04/10/2018
 # URL: https://git.sosdg.org/brielle/virt-install-cloud
 #
 # ref. http://mojodna.net/2014/05/14/kvm-libvirt-and-ubuntu-14-04.html
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ case $IMG in
             ;;
 esac
 
-if [[ ! -f ${IMG_NAME} ]]; then
+if [[ ! -f images/${IMG_NAME} ]]; then
   echo "Downloading image ${IMG_NAME}..."
-  wget ${IMG_URL}/${IMG_NAME} -O ${IMG_NAME}
+  wget ${IMG_URL}/${IMG_NAME} -O images/${IMG_NAME}
   chmod 644 ${IMG_NAME}
 else
   echo "Using existing image ${IMG_NAME}..."
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ virsh pool-refresh ${POOL}
 
 # copy image to libvirt's pool
 if [[ ! -f ${POOL_PATH}/${IMG_NAME} ]]; then
-  cp ${IMG_NAME} ${POOL_PATH}
+  cp images/${IMG_NAME} ${POOL_PATH}
   virsh pool-refresh ${POOL}
 fi