diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 636cdc8..513ef03 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ node_modules/
 thumbs.db
 
 # don't store the assets downloaded with the `fetch` script
-/src/static/assets/
+/static/assets/
 
 # generated translation files
 /translations
diff --git a/scripts/fetchMediaLibraryAssets.js b/scripts/fetchMediaLibraryAssets.js
index 9e04998..bea5aca 100644
--- a/scripts/fetchMediaLibraryAssets.js
+++ b/scripts/fetchMediaLibraryAssets.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const libraries = require('./lib/libraries');
 
 const ASSET_HOST = 'cdn.assets.scratch.mit.edu';
 const NUM_SIMULTANEOUS_DOWNLOADS = 5;
+const OUT_PATH = path.resolve('static', 'assets');
 
 
 const describe = function (object) {
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ const fetchAsset = function (md5, callback) {
             return;
         }
 
-        const stream = fs.createWriteStream(path.resolve('src', 'static', 'assets', md5), {encoding: 'binary'});
+        const stream = fs.createWriteStream(path.resolve(OUT_PATH, md5), {encoding: 'binary'});
         stream.on('error', callback);
         response.on('data', chunk => {
             stream.write(chunk);
diff --git a/src/.eslintrc.js b/src/.eslintrc.js
index 15523ec..9e9dd67 100644
--- a/src/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/src/.eslintrc.js
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ module.exports = {
     env: {
         node: true
     },
-    extends: ['scratch', 'scratch/es6']
+    extends: ['scratch', 'scratch/es6'],
+    globals: ['__static']
 };
diff --git a/webpack.renderer.additions.js b/webpack.renderer.additions.js
index c8f2ad8..b3002f2 100644
--- a/webpack.renderer.additions.js
+++ b/webpack.renderer.additions.js
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ module.exports = {
             {
                 from: path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules', 'scratch-gui', 'dist', 'static'),
                 to: 'static'
-            },
-            {
-                from: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src', 'static'),
-                to: 'static'
             }
         ])
     ],