diff --git a/.bowerrc b/.bowerrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c5e8c3..0000000
--- a/.bowerrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "directory" : "vendor"
-}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec0836a..43f3bc2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
+bower_components
 public
-vendor
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 99ef320..1770d27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Now to use jQuery in your frontend code, you'll need to add jQuery to "browser"
     ...
 
     "browser": {
-      "jquery": "./vendor/jquery/dist/jquery.js"
+      "jquery": "./bower_components/jquery/dist/jquery.js"
     },
     "browserify-shim": {
       "jquery": "$"