diff --git a/core/lib/PatternLab/Template/Helper.php b/core/lib/PatternLab/Template/Helper.php
index 63f7c27..2062e4e 100644
--- a/core/lib/PatternLab/Template/Helper.php
+++ b/core/lib/PatternLab/Template/Helper.php
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class Helper {
 		$extraFoot              = file_get_contents(__DIR__."/../../../templates/pattern-header-footer/footer-pattern.html");
 		
 		// gather the user-defined header and footer information
-		$patternHeadPath        = __DIR__."/..".Config::$options["patternSourceDir"]."00-atoms/00-meta/_00-head.mustache";
-		$patternFootPath        = __DIR__."/..".Config::$options["patternSourceDir"]."00-atoms/00-meta/_01-foot.mustache";
+		$patternHeadPath        = Config::$options["sourceDir"]."/_meta/_00-head.mustache";
+		$patternFootPath        = Config::$options["sourceDir"]."/_meta/_01-foot.mustache";
 		$patternHead            = (file_exists($patternHeadPath)) ? file_get_contents($patternHeadPath) : "";
 		$patternFoot            = (file_exists($patternFootPath)) ? file_get_contents($patternFootPath) : "";
 		
diff --git a/core/source/_patterns/00-atoms/00-meta/_00-head.mustache b/core/source/_meta/_00-head.mustache
similarity index 100%
rename from core/source/_patterns/00-atoms/00-meta/_00-head.mustache
rename to core/source/_meta/_00-head.mustache
diff --git a/core/source/_patterns/00-atoms/00-meta/_01-foot.mustache b/core/source/_meta/_01-foot.mustache
similarity index 100%
rename from core/source/_patterns/00-atoms/00-meta/_01-foot.mustache
rename to core/source/_meta/_01-foot.mustache