diff --git a/ts/smartnginx.classes.smartnginx.ts b/ts/smartnginx.classes.smartnginx.ts
index 60c4894..7a317db 100644
--- a/ts/smartnginx.classes.smartnginx.ts
+++ b/ts/smartnginx.classes.smartnginx.ts
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ export class SmartNginx {
 
       // write standard self signed certificate
       const selfsignedCert = plugins.selfsigned.generate([{ name: 'commonName', value: 'selfsigned.git.zone' }], { days: 365});
-      plugins.smartfile.memory.toFsSync(selfsignedCert.private, plugins.path.join(paths.nginxConfigDirPath, './default.private.pem'));
-      plugins.smartfile.memory.toFsSync(selfsignedCert.public, plugins.path.join(paths.nginxConfigDirPath, './default.public.pem'));
+      plugins.smartfile.memory.toFsSync(selfsignedCert.private, plugins.path.join(paths.nginxHostDirPath, './default.private.pem'));
+      plugins.smartfile.memory.toFsSync(selfsignedCert.public, plugins.path.join(paths.nginxHostDirPath, './default.public.pem'));
 
       // deploy hosts
       plugins.smartfile.fs.ensureEmptyDirSync(paths.nginxHostDirPath);