diff --git a/ait/gui/__init__.py b/ait/gui/__init__.py
index 07679f70..4c0d7438 100644
--- a/ait/gui/__init__.py
+++ b/ait/gui/__init__.py
@@ -239,9 +239,9 @@ def reset(self):
 _RUNNING_SEQ = None
 CMD_API = ait.core.api.CmdAPI()
 
+
 class HTMLRoot:
-    Static = pkg_resources.resource_filename('ait.gui', 'static/')
-    User   = ait.config.get('gui.html.directory', Static)
+    Static = User = pkg_resources.resource_filename('ait.gui', 'static/')
 
 SEQRoot = ait.config.get('sequence.directory', None)
 if SEQRoot and not os.path.isdir(SEQRoot):
@@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ def __init__(self, inputs, outputs, zmq_args=None, **kwargs):
 
         try:
             HTMLRoot.User = kwargs['html']['directory']
+            log.info('[GUI Plugin Configuration] Static file directory is set to {}'.format(HTMLRoot.User))
         except:
-            pass
+            log.warn('[GUI Plugin Configuration] Unable to locate static file direcotry in config.yaml. '\
+             'The directory is set to {}'.format(HTMLRoot.User))
 
         bottle.TEMPLATE_PATH.append(HTMLRoot.User)
 
diff --git a/doc/source/new_project.rst b/doc/source/new_project.rst
index 1b4e76fb..f8fbeb34 100644
--- a/doc/source/new_project.rst
+++ b/doc/source/new_project.rst
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ You'll need to update your **server** configuration to enable the GUI Plugin. Ad
                - telem_stream
            outputs:
                - command_stream
+           html:
+               directory: /path/to/ait-gui/static/dir
 
 The definitions for **log_stream**, **telem_stream**, and **command_stream** exist in the example Core **config.yaml** file.