diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ca74f8f5..479783e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,3 +49,22 @@ npm start
```
Then navigate to __[http://localhost:3333/examples/](http://localhost:3333/examples/)__
+
+## Self-hosting the sample-assets directory
+
+The textures modal is using https://aframe.io/sample-assets/dist/images.json
+to get the available textures.
+The GitHub repository for those assets is https://github.com/aframevr/sample-assets
+
+If you want to self-host this directory, do the following:
+
+```bash
+cd examples
+git clone git@github.com:aframevr/sample-assets.git
+```
+
+edit `index.html` and define before any script tag this global variable:
+
+```html
+
+```
diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index a8eb189e..bea83746 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
Example Scene
+
diff --git a/src/lib/assetsLoader.js b/src/lib/assetsLoader.js
index af6300e6..9feab8b5 100644
--- a/src/lib/assetsLoader.js
+++ b/src/lib/assetsLoader.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
import Events from './Events';
-const assetsBaseUrl = 'https://aframe.io/sample-assets/';
+const assetsBaseUrl =
+ window.AFRAME_SAMPLE_ASSETS_ROOT || 'https://aframe.io/sample-assets/';
const assetsRelativeUrl = { images: 'dist/images.json' };
/**