diff --git a/scully.config.js b/scully.config.js
index dd13232ee..c904243db 100644
--- a/scully.config.js
+++ b/scully.config.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /** load the plugin  */
-const {extraRoutesPlugin} = require('./extraPlugin/extra-plugin.js')
+const {extraRoutesPlugin} = require('./extraPlugin/extra-plugin.js');
 /** register the plugin */
 registerPlugin('router', 'extra', extraRoutesPlugin);
 
-
 exports.config = {
   /** projectRoot is mandatory! */
   projectRoot: './projects/sampleBlog/src/app',
+  /** outFolder is where the static distribution files end up */
+  outFolder: './dist/static',
 
   routes: {
     '/demo/:id': {
diff --git a/scully/scully.ts b/scully/scully.ts
index 799a8d98c..7e0a56802 100644
--- a/scully/scully.ts
+++ b/scully/scully.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ let _options = {};
         spawn('node', [join(scullyConfig.homeFolder, './node_modules/.bin/scully'), 'serve'], {
           detached: true,
         }).on('close', err => {
-          console.log(err);
           if (+err > 0) {
             spawn(
               'node',
diff --git a/scully/utils/config.ts b/scully/utils/config.ts
index 4ce13d2a8..524716c41 100644
--- a/scully/utils/config.ts
+++ b/scully/utils/config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {jsonc} from 'jsonc';
 import {join} from 'path';
 import {findAngularJsonPath} from './findAngularJsonPath';
 import {ScullyConfig} from './interfacesandenums';
-import {logError} from './log';
+import {logError, logWarn, yellow} from './log';
 import {validateConfig} from './validateConfig';
 import {compileConfig} from './compileConfig';
 
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ const loadIt = async () => {
       distFolder,
       appPort: /** 1864 */ 'herodevs'.split('').reduce((sum, token) => (sum += token.charCodeAt(0)), 1000),
       staticport: /** 1771 */ 'scully'.split('').reduce((sum, token) => (sum += token.charCodeAt(0)), 1000),
-    },
-    await updateScullyConfig(compiledConfig)
+    }
     // compiledConfig
   ) as ScullyConfig;
+  await updateScullyConfig(compiledConfig);
   return scullyConfig;
 };
 export const loadConfig = loadIt();
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ export const loadConfig = loadIt();
 export const updateScullyConfig = async (config: Partial<ScullyConfig>) => {
   /** note, an invalid config will abort the entire program. */
   const newConfig = Object.assign({}, scullyConfig, config);
+  if (config.outFolder === undefined) {
+    logWarn(
+      `The option outFolder isn't configures, we are using "${yellow(scullyConfig.outFolder)} by default now"`
+    );
+  } else {
+    config.outFolder = join(angularRoot, config.outFolder);
+  }
   const validatedConfig = await validateConfig(newConfig as ScullyConfig);
   if (validatedConfig) {
     const mergedRoutes = {...scullyConfig.routes, ...validatedConfig.routes};