diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
index 66c3b40e4..2b9f32f19 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/Gruntfile.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       app: this.app,
       templates: this.app + '/templates',
       css: this.app + '/static/css',
-      scss: this.app + '/static/scss',
+      sass: this.app + '/static/sass',
       fonts: this.app + '/static/fonts',
       images: this.app + '/static/images',
       js: this.app + '/static/js',
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         files: ['Gruntfile.js']
       },
       compass: {
-        files: ['<%= paths.scss %>/**/*.{scss,sass}'],
+        files: ['<%= paths.sass %>/**/*.{scss,sass}'],
         tasks: ['compass:server']
       },
       livereload: {
         files: [
           '<%= paths.js %>/**/*.js',
-          '<%= paths.scss %>/**/*.{scss,sass}',
+          '<%= paths.sass %>/**/*.{scss,sass}',
           '<%= paths.app %>/**/*.html'
           ],
         options: {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     // see: https://github.com/gruntjs/grunt-contrib-compass
     compass: {
       options: {
-          sassDir: '<%= paths.scss %>',
+          sassDir: '<%= paths.sass %>',
           cssDir: '<%= paths.css %>',
           fontsDir: '<%= paths.fonts %>',
           imagesDir: '<%= paths.images %>',
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/css/project.css b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/css/project.css
index f4873dd64..4162d5de5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/css/project.css
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/css/project.css
@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
-/* line 5, ../scss/project.scss */
+/* line 5, ../sass/project.scss */
 .alert-debug {
   color: black;
   background-color: white;
   border-color: #d6e9c6;
 }
 
-/* line 11, ../scss/project.scss */
+/* line 11, ../sass/project.scss */
 .alert-info {
   color: #3a87ad;
   background-color: #d9edf7;
   border-color: #bce8f1;
 }
 
-/* line 17, ../scss/project.scss */
+/* line 17, ../sass/project.scss */
 .alert-success {
   color: #468847;
   background-color: #dff0d8;
   border-color: #d6e9c6;
 }
 
-/* line 23, ../scss/project.scss */
+/* line 23, ../sass/project.scss */
 .alert-warning {
   color: black;
   background-color: orange;
   border-color: #d6e9c6;
 }
 
-/* line 29, ../scss/project.scss */
+/* line 29, ../sass/project.scss */
 .alert-error {
   color: #b94a48;
   background-color: #f2dede;
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/scss/project.scss b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/sass/project.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/scss/project.scss
rename to {{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/static/sass/project.scss