diff --git a/cadc-tomcat/Dockerfile b/cadc-tomcat/Dockerfile
index 693de1f..2b391fb 100644
--- a/cadc-tomcat/Dockerfile
+++ b/cadc-tomcat/Dockerfile
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@ RUN echo JAVA_OPTS=\"-Xms512m -Xmx2048m -XX:+UseParallelGC \$JAVA_OPTS\" >> /etc
 # disable all jar scanning for TLDs
 RUN echo "tomcat.util.scan.StandardJarScanFilter.jarsToSkip=*.jar" >> /etc/tomcat/catalina.properties
 
-# standard welcome page
-RUN mkdir -p /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/ROOT
-COPY src/index.html /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/
-RUN chown -R tomcat.tomcat /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/ROOT
-
 COPY src/cadc-tomcat-start /usr/bin/cadc-tomcat-start
 CMD ["/usr/bin/cadc-tomcat-start"]
 
diff --git a/cadc-tomcat/README.md b/cadc-tomcat/README.md
index 728678f..ec2b6b3 100644
--- a/cadc-tomcat/README.md
+++ b/cadc-tomcat/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ discover it from the request for this to work. Some applications may not be _mov
 
 Renaming the war file can take advantage of some tomcat war file naming conventions
 (https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/config/context.html), for example: to rename 
-the context or introduce additional path elements.
+the context or introduce additional path elements:
+```
+mv foo.war api#foo.war
+```
+to deploy as `/api/foo`.
+
+To deploy a service on the root of the server, take advantage of this special tomcat name:
+```
+mv foo.war ROOT.war
+```
 
 ### tomcat.conf
 This optional file contains configuration used by the tomcat startup, e.g.: