diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d05333..47ed596 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,17 +51,17 @@ svr.listen_after_bind();
 
 ```cpp
 // Mount / to ./www directory
-auto ret = svr.set_mount_point("./www", "/");
+auto ret = svr.set_mount_point("/", "./www");
 if (!ret) {
   // The specified base directory doesn't exist...
 }
 
 // Mount /public to ./www directory
-ret = svr.set_mount_point("./www", "/public");
+ret = svr.set_mount_point("/public", "./www");
 
 // Mount /public to ./www1 and ./www2 directories
-ret = svr.set_mount_point("./www1", "/public"); // 1st order to search
-ret = svr.set_mount_point("./www2", "/public"); // 2nd order to search
+ret = svr.set_mount_point("/public", "./www1"); // 1st order to search
+ret = svr.set_mount_point("/public", "./www2"); // 2nd order to search
 
 // Remove mount /
 ret = svr.remove_mount_point("/");
diff --git a/example/simplesvr.cc b/example/simplesvr.cc
index 46234c7..841bc35 100644
--- a/example/simplesvr.cc
+++ b/example/simplesvr.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
   auto base_dir = "./";
   if (argc > 2) { base_dir = argv[2]; }
 
-  if (!svr.set_mount_point(base_dir, "/")) {
+  if (!svr.set_mount_point("/", base_dir)) {
     cout << "The specified base directory doesn't exist...";
     return 1;
   }
diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index d5620da..2b447f7 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ public:
   Server &Options(const char *pattern, Handler handler);
 
   [[deprecated]] bool set_base_dir(const char *dir, const char *mount_point = nullptr);
-  bool set_mount_point(const char *dir, const char *mount_point);
+  bool set_mount_point(const char *mount_point, const char* dir);
   bool remove_mount_point(const char *mount_point);
   void set_file_extension_and_mimetype_mapping(const char *ext,
                                                const char *mime);
@@ -2891,10 +2891,10 @@ inline Server &Server::Options(const char *pattern, Handler handler) {
 }
 
 inline bool Server::set_base_dir(const char *dir, const char *mount_point) {
-  return  set_mount_point(dir, mount_point);
+  return  set_mount_point(mount_point, dir);
 }
 
-inline bool Server::set_mount_point(const char *dir, const char *mount_point) {
+inline bool Server::set_mount_point(const char *mount_point, const char* dir) {
   if (detail::is_dir(dir)) {
     std::string mnt = mount_point ? mount_point : "/";
     if (!mnt.empty() && mnt[0] == '/') {
diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index 22daf70..c1cdec8 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ protected:
   }
 
   virtual void SetUp() {
-    svr_.set_mount_point("./www", "/");
-    svr_.set_mount_point("./www2", "/mount");
+    svr_.set_mount_point("/", "./www");
+    svr_.set_mount_point("/mount", "./www2");
     svr_.set_file_extension_and_mimetype_mapping("abcde", "text/abcde");
 
     svr_.Get("/hi",
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ TEST_F(ServerTest, UserDefinedMIMETypeMapping) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(ServerTest, InvalidBaseDirMount) {
-  EXPECT_EQ(false, svr_.set_mount_point("./www3", "invalid_mount_point"));
+  EXPECT_EQ(false, svr_.set_mount_point("invalid_mount_point", "./www3"));
 }
 
 TEST_F(ServerTest, EmptyRequest) {
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ TEST(MountTest, Unmount) {
 
   Client cli("localhost", PORT);
 
-  svr.set_mount_point("./www2", "/mount2");
+  svr.set_mount_point("/mount2", "./www2");
 
   auto res = cli.Get("/");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
@@ -2092,7 +2092,7 @@ TEST(MountTest, Unmount) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);
   EXPECT_EQ(200, res->status);
 
-  svr.set_mount_point("./www", "/");
+  svr.set_mount_point("/", "./www");
 
   res = cli.Get("/dir/");
   ASSERT_TRUE(res != nullptr);