diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cdab8c1937..483617d38a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 /data/logs/*.log
 /data/sqlite/*.db
 /public/all.*
-/public/css/user.css
+user.css
 /_bin/*.*
 /_docs/website/forum
 config.ini
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa6ccfac6b..595ee4a166 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Version 2.5
 * new navigation with right/left cursor (thanks a lot to jicho)
 * replace • for IE compatibility
 * fix re-initialize entry events on screen width change (thanks a lot to Sean Rand)
-* allow optional userdefined public/css/user.css (thanks a lot to Jean Baptiste Favre)
+* allow optional userdefined user.css (thanks a lot to Jean Baptiste Favre)
 * some smaller css tweaks (thanks a lot to Sean Rand)
 
 Version 2.4
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 140633b38f..dd4ca27886 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
     'public/css/fonts.css',
     'public/css/style.css'
 );
-if(file_exists("public/css/user.css"))
-    $css[] = "public/css/user.css";
+if(file_exists("user.css"))
+    $css[] = "user.css";
 $f3->set('css', $css);