diff --git a/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
index aca4baf68..4013a67ab 100644
--- a/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kiwix/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-kiwix_url: /kiwix
-kiwix_path: "{{ iiab_base }}/kiwix"
+# the following 2 lines don't work as of Nov 2017
+# kiwix_url: /kiwix
+# kiwix_path: "{{ iiab_base }}/kiwix"
 kiwix_port: 3000
-iiab_zim_path: /library/zims
+iiab_zim_path: "{{ content_base }}/zims"
 kiwix_library_xml: "{{ iiab_zim_path }}/library.xml"
 kiwix_content_path: "{{ iiab_zim_path }}/content"
 kiwix_install: True