diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index dbbb540..f528363 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 .git
+app/vendor
 node_modules
-vendor
diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING b/.github/CONTRIBUTING
index ee225e9..84da915 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ fit with the overall direction and goals of Directory Lister.
 
 ### Static Analysis
 
-    $ vendor/bin/psalm
+    $ app/vendor/bin/psalm
 
 ### Run Tests
 
-    $ vendor/bin/phpunit
+    $ app/vendor/bin/phpunit
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35463da..97276f9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+/app/vendor/
 /node_modules/
-/vendor/
 .env
 .php_cs.cache
 .phpunit.result.cache
diff --git a/.php_cs.dist b/.php_cs.dist
index 9719701..87b6018 100644
--- a/.php_cs.dist
+++ b/.php_cs.dist
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 $finder = PhpCsFixer\Finder::create()->in([
     __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'app',
-    __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'tests'
-])->notPath('cache');
+    __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'tests',
+])->notPath(['cache', 'vendor']);
 
 return PhpCsFixer\Config::create()->setRules([
     '@PSR1' => true,
diff --git a/.styleci.yml b/.styleci.yml
index b8f8b2c..e31472d 100644
--- a/.styleci.yml
+++ b/.styleci.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ disabled:
   - trailing_comma_in_multiline_array
 
 finder:
-  exclude:
-    - "vendor"
-  name:
-    - "*.php"
   path:
     - "app"
     - "tests"
+  name:
+    - "*.php"
+  exclude:
+    - "app/cache"
+    - "app/vendor"
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7020480..0ff2fd9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ matrix:
 cache:
   directories:
     - $HOME/.composer/cache
-    - vendor
+    - app/vendor
 
 before_install: phpenv config-rm xdebug.ini || true
 
 install: composer install
 
 before_script:
-  - vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --diff --dry-run
-  - vendor/bin/psalm
+  - app/vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --diff --dry-run
+  - app/vendor/bin/psalm
 
-script: vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text
+script: app/vendor/bin/phpunit --coverage-text
diff --git a/app/src/Providers/FinderProvider.php b/app/src/Providers/FinderProvider.php
index a99d4a4..409702e 100644
--- a/app/src/Providers/FinderProvider.php
+++ b/app/src/Providers/FinderProvider.php
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ use Tightenco\Collect\Support\Collection;
 class FinderProvider
 {
     /** @const Application paths to be hidden */
-    protected const APP_FILES = [
-        'app', 'node_modules', 'vendor', 'index.php'
-    ];
+    protected const APP_FILES = ['app', 'index.php'];
 
     /** @const Array of sort options mapped to their respective methods  */
     public const SORT_METHODS = [
diff --git a/artifacts.include b/artifacts.include
index 6fed5fc..648f231 100644
--- a/artifacts.include
+++ b/artifacts.include
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 app
-node_modules
-vendor
 .env.example
 .htaccess
 directory-lister.svg
+index.php
 LICENSE
 README.md
-index.php
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4e8db03..94d4f19 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     },
     "config": {
         "sort-packages": true,
-        "optimize-autoloader": true
+        "optimize-autoloader": true,
+        "vendor-dir": "app/vendor"
     }
 }
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 0b69d94..257a0bd 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use App\Controllers;
 use DI\Container;
 use Dotenv\Dotenv;
 
-require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+require __DIR__ . '/app/vendor/autoload.php';
 
 // Set file access restrictions
 ini_set('open_basedir', __DIR__);
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
index b101d08..12dc1a7 100644
--- a/phpunit.xml
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<phpunit bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php" colors="true">
+<phpunit bootstrap="app/vendor/autoload.php" colors="true">
     <testsuites>
         <testsuite name="Directory Lister Test Suite">
             <directory suffix="Test.php">tests/</directory>
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
             <directory suffix=".php">app/</directory>
             <exclude>
                 <directory>app/cache</directory>
+                <directory>app/vendor</directory>
             </exclude>
         </whitelist>
     </filter>
diff --git a/psalm.xml b/psalm.xml
index 8eeb775..07878aa 100644
--- a/psalm.xml
+++ b/psalm.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <directory name="app" />
         <ignoreFiles>
             <directory name="app/cache" />
-            <directory name="vendor" />
+            <directory name="app/vendor" />
         </ignoreFiles>
     </projectFiles>
 
diff --git a/webpack.mix.js b/webpack.mix.js
index 313cd7a..7d9f9dd 100644
--- a/webpack.mix.js
+++ b/webpack.mix.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require('laravel-mix-purgecss');
 mix.setPublicPath('.');
 
 mix.webpackConfig({
-    watchOptions: { ignored: ['node_modules', 'vendor'] }
+    watchOptions: { ignored: ['node_modules', 'app/vendor'] }
 });
 
 mix.sass('app/resources/sass/app.scss', 'app/assets/app.css').options({