diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index cf7e75ef0..8b11942f9 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ env.Append(CXXFLAGS = ['-O0', '-pthread', '-Wno-invalid-offsetof', '-Wformat']+D
 DB_SRCS		= glob.glob('database/*.c') + glob.glob('database/*.cpp')
 JSON_SRCS	= glob.glob('json/*.cpp')
 NEWCOIN_SRCS	= glob.glob('src/*.cpp')
-PROTO_SRCS	= env.Protoc([], 'newcoin.proto', PROTOCOUTDIR='obj/src', PROTOCPYTHONOUTDIR=None)
+PROTO_SRCS	= env.Protoc([], 'src/newcoin.proto', PROTOCOUTDIR='obj', PROTOCPYTHONOUTDIR=None)
 UTIL_SRCS	= glob.glob('util/*.cpp')
 
 env.Clean(PROTO_SRCS, 'site_scons/site_tools/protoc.pyc')
diff --git a/newcoin.proto b/src/newcoin.proto
similarity index 100%
rename from newcoin.proto
rename to src/newcoin.proto