diff --git a/deploy/ansible/README.md b/deploy/ansible/README.md
index f5a501b0..649902ec 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/README.md
+++ b/deploy/ansible/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ python -m pip install ansible
    - *Optional* - Host installation paths:
      - `project_root` - where this git repository will be cloned
      - `server_root` - where server configuration will be saved
-     - `web_root` - where the application will be served from
+     - `django_root` - where the application will be served from
      - `venv_root` - where the virtual env will be created
 
 
diff --git a/deploy/ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml b/deploy/ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml
index 1c36b911..a80ec2e6 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml
+++ b/deploy/ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ project_root: /srv/sites/galaxy-media-site
 server_root: /srv/config
 
 # App will be served from here
-web_root: "{{ project_root }}/webapp"
+django_root: "{{ project_root }}/webapp"
 
 # Virtual environment will be created here
 venv_root: "{{ project_root }}/venv"
diff --git a/deploy/ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml.sample b/deploy/ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml.sample
index 8ec68d6c..22d63949 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml.sample
+++ b/deploy/ansible/group_vars/webservers.yml.sample
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ project_root: /home/ubuntu/galaxy-content-site
 server_root: /home/ubuntu/serve
 
 # App will be served from here
-web_root: /srv/webapp
+django_root: /srv/webapp
 
 # Virtual environment will be created here
 venv_root: "{{ project_root }}/.venv"
diff --git a/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/defaults/main.yml b/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/defaults/main.yml
index edcbd089..51612fa1 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 project_root: /home/ubuntu/galaxy-content-site
 server_root: /home/ubuntu/server
-web_root: /srv/webapp
+django_root: /srv/webapp
 venv_root: "{{ project_root }}/venv"
 
 webapp:
diff --git a/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/tasks/main.yml b/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/tasks/main.yml
index 456fa069..11a3e252 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/tasks/main.yml
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@
 
 - name: create webapp media directory
   file:
-    path: "{{ web_root }}/webapp/media"
+    path: "{{ django_root }}/webapp/media"
     state: directory
 
 - name: create webapp logs directory
   file:
-    path: "{{ web_root }}/webapp/logs"
+    path: "{{ django_root }}/webapp/logs"
     state: directory
 
 - name: template webserver configuration
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
 - name: Ensure webapp superuser login
   shell: |
-    cd {{ web_root }} && \
+    cd {{ django_root }} && \
     export DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD={{ admin_user.password }} && \
     {{ venv_root }}/bin/python manage.py createsuperuser --noinput \
       --email {{ admin_user.email }} \
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@
     group: ubuntu
 
 - name: update media file ownership
-  file: dest={{ web_root }}/webapp/media owner=www-data group=www-data mode=u=rwX,g=rwX,o=rwX recurse=yes
+  file: dest={{ django_root }}/webapp/media owner=www-data group=www-data mode=u=rwX,g=rwX,o=rwX recurse=yes
 
 - name: update log file ownership
-  file: dest={{ web_root }}/webapp/logs owner=www-data group=www-data mode=u=rwX,g=rwX,o=rwX recurse=yes
+  file: dest={{ django_root }}/webapp/logs owner=www-data group=www-data mode=u=rwX,g=rwX,o=rwX recurse=yes
 
 - name: make update.sh executable
   file: dest=/home/ubuntu/update.sh mode=a+x
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 - name: check whether news scraper in GMS version
   ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ venv_root }}/bin/python manage.py scrape_news --help"
   args:
-    chdir: "{{ web_root }}"
+    chdir: "{{ django_root }}"
   register: check_scraper
 
 - name: add cron job to scrape news feed
@@ -120,5 +120,5 @@
     user: ubuntu
     hour: 9
     minute: 0
-    job: "cd {{ web_root }} && {{ venv_root }}/bin/python manage.py scrape_news"
+    job: "cd {{ django_root }} && {{ venv_root }}/bin/python manage.py scrape_news"
   when: check_scraper.rc == 0
diff --git a/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/templates/nginx.vhost.j2 b/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/templates/nginx.vhost.j2
index 7ee21fbc..00886a22 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/templates/nginx.vhost.j2
+++ b/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/templates/nginx.vhost.j2
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ server {
     }
 
     location = /favicon.ico {
-        alias  {{ web_root }}/webapp/static/favicon/favicon.ico;
+        alias  {{ django_root }}/webapp/static/favicon/favicon.ico;
     }
 
     location /static {
-        root {{ web_root }}/webapp;
+        root {{ django_root }}/webapp;
     }
 
     location /media {
-        root {{ web_root }}/webapp;
+        root {{ django_root }}/webapp;
     }
 
     location  / {
diff --git a/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/templates/webapp.service.j2 b/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/templates/webapp.service.j2
index 03dbb852..bdd974d0 100644
--- a/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/templates/webapp.service.j2
+++ b/deploy/ansible/roles/galaxy_media_site/templates/webapp.service.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ PIDFile=/run/gunicorn/pid
 User = www-data
 Group = www-data
 RuntimeDirectory=gunicorn
-WorkingDirectory={{ web_root }}
+WorkingDirectory={{ django_root }}
 Environment="PATH={{ venv_root }}/.venv/bin:$PATH"
 ExecStart={{ venv_root }}/bin/gunicorn --pid /run/gunicorn/pid   \
           --bind unix:/run/webapp.sock       \