diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..887bfdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/imgs/
diff --git a/README b/README
index 22cd9e3..024aa95 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Utility Scripts for scanning documents 
+# Utility Scripts for scanning documents
 
 
 ## Software dependencies:
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@ Install in Debian/Ubuntu w/ pip: sudo pip install 'mwclient==0.8.6'
 ## Scripts
 
 ### wiki-download.py
-Dowloads media files from a wiki, according to a sematic ask query. 
+Downloads media files from a wiki, according to a semantic ask query. 
 
 Usage:
 python wiki-download.py --help
 
-python wiki-download.py -d imgs -a [[Modification_date::+]]  
+python wiki-download.py -d imgs -a [[Modification_date::+]]
 
 
 ### imposition.py
 Converts 8 images (jpg or png) from a given directory, into a single sheet 4x2 imposition.
 
 Usage:
-python wiki-download.py --help 
+python wiki-download.py --help
 
 python imposition.py --dir imgs/ --size a3 --pages 2 --order random
 
@@ -52,4 +52,3 @@ If no pdf-filename is provided, output.pdf will the default file name
 Rotates all images in one a directory a given number of degrees
 
 Usage: `./rotate.sh imgs-dir-name rotation-in-degrees`
-
diff --git a/imposition.py b/imposition.py
index f4b8db7..c6528cd 100755
--- a/imposition.py
+++ b/imposition.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from random import shuffle
 # TODO: add example to description
 ####
 p = ArgumentParser(description='Script converts 8 images (jpg or png) from a given directory into a single page 4x2 imposition. Example: python imposition.py --dir imgs/  --size a3 --order random ')
-p.add_argument("--dir", metavar='', default='', required=True, help="Image directory, which stores the source images for the imposition")
+p.add_argument("--dir", metavar='', default='imgs', required=True, help="Image directory, which stores the source images for the imposition")
 p.add_argument("--size", metavar='', default="A4", choices=['A4','a4','A3','a3'], help="Size of the printing sheet: A4 or A3. Default:A4")
 p.add_argument("--pages", metavar='', type=int, choices=[1,2], default=1, help="Number of imposition pages. Default:1. Currently only 1 or 2 pages impositions are available.")
 p.add_argument("--order", metavar='', default="alphabet", choices=["alphabet", "reverse", "random"], help="Image distribution Order in the imposition. Possible Values: alphabet (alphabetically) , reverse (reverse alphabetically), random. Default: alphabet")
diff --git a/wiki-download.py b/wiki-download.py
index 1f45c29..bdfbf5f 100755
--- a/wiki-download.py
+++ b/wiki-download.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ python wiki-download.py -d imgs -a [[Year::2007]][[Document_Type::Poster]]""", f
 p.add_argument("--host",  metavar='', default="aa.xpub.nl")
 p.add_argument("--path", metavar='', default="/", help="Wiki path. Should end with /")
 p.add_argument("--ask", "-a", metavar='', default="", help="Ask query to be sent to the wiki API.")
-p.add_argument("--download", "-d", metavar='', default='', help="Local directory to store files from wiki. If no directory provided files wont be downloaded")
+p.add_argument("--download", "-d", metavar='', default='imgs', help="Local directory to store files from wiki. If not specified, defaults to imgs")
 p.add_argument("--verbose", "-v", action='store_true', help="Increase verbosity. If not given no files will be downloaded")
 
 args = p.parse_args()