diff --git a/nextcloud/README.md b/nextcloud/README.md
index d0ec693a1..8db994d73 100644
--- a/nextcloud/README.md
+++ b/nextcloud/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ PGID/PUID : 1000 #allows setting user.
 trusted_domains : your-domain.com #allows to select the trusted domains. Domains not in this lis will be removed, except for the first one used in the initial configuration.
 OCR : false #set to true to install tesseract-ocr capability.
 OCRLANG : fra,eng #Any language can be set from this page (always three letters) [here](https://tesseract-ocr.github.io/tessdoc/Data-Files#data-files-for-version-400-november-29-2016).
+data_directory: path for the main data directory. Defaults to `/share/nextcloud`.
 use_own_certs : true/false #if true, use the certfile and keyfile specified
 certfile: fullchain.pem #ssl certificate, must be located in /ssl
 keyfile: privkey.pem #sslkeyfile, must be located in /ssl
diff --git a/nextcloud/config.json b/nextcloud/config.json
index 44024f9ec..48b4b6036 100644
--- a/nextcloud/config.json
+++ b/nextcloud/config.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "use_own_certs": false,
     "certfile": "fullchain.pem",
     "keyfile": "privkey.pem",
+    "data_directory": "/share/nextcloud",
     "trusted_domains": "your-domain, your-domain2",
     "OCR": false,
     "OCRLANG": "fra",
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
     "use_own_certs": "bool",
     "certfile": "str",
     "keyfile": "str",
+    "data_directory": "str",
     "OCR": "bool?",
     "OCRLANG": "str?",
     "Full_Text_Search": "bool?",
diff --git a/nextcloud/rootfs/defaults/config.php b/nextcloud/rootfs/defaults/config.php
index 367cad15d..9a534907c 100644
--- a/nextcloud/rootfs/defaults/config.php
+++ b/nextcloud/rootfs/defaults/config.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 $CONFIG = array (
   'memcache.local' => '\OC\Memcache\APCu',
-  'datadirectory' => '/share/nextcloud',
+  'datadirectory' => '%%datadirectory%%',
   );
 
diff --git a/nextcloud/rootfs/defaults/nextcloud-perms.sh b/nextcloud/rootfs/defaults/nextcloud-perms.sh
index 6bf4607f0..63ff70d55 100644
--- a/nextcloud/rootfs/defaults/nextcloud-perms.sh
+++ b/nextcloud/rootfs/defaults/nextcloud-perms.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
 
 ocpath="${NEXTCLOUD_PATH}"
 htuser='abc'
 htgroup='abc'
 rootuser='root'
 
+datadirectory=$(bashio::config 'data_directory')
+
 printf "Creating possible missing Directories\n"
 mkdir -p $ocpath/data
 mkdir -p $ocpath/assets
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ mkdir -p $ocpath/themes
 mkdir -p /data/config/nextcloud/config
 mkdir -p /data/config/nextcloud/data
 mkdir -p /data/config/www/nextcloud/occ 2>/dev/null
-mkdir -p /share/nextcloud
+mkdir -p $datadirectory
 mkdir -p /ssl/nextcloud/keys
 
 printf "chmod Files and Directories.  This could take some time, please wait...\n"
@@ -36,7 +38,7 @@ chown -R ${htuser}:${htgroup} ${ocpath}/config/
 chown -R ${htuser}:${htgroup} ${ocpath}/data/
 chown -R ${htuser}:${htgroup} ${ocpath}/themes/
 chown -R ${htuser}:${htgroup} ${ocpath}/updater/
-chown -R ${htuser}:${htgroup} /share/nextcloud
+chown -R ${htuser}:${htgroup} ${datadirectory}
 chown -R ${htuser}:${htgroup} /ssl/nextcloud/keys || true
 
 chmod +x ${ocpath}/occ
diff --git a/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-adduser.sh b/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-adduser.sh
index 07112736f..36542b0ea 100644
--- a/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-adduser.sh
+++ b/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-adduser.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 PUID=$(bashio::config "PUID")
 PGID=$(bashio::config "PGID")
+datadirectory=$(bashio::config 'data_directory')
 
 groupmod -o -g "$PGID" abc
 usermod -o -u "$PUID" abc
 mkdir -p /data/config
-mkdir -p /share/nextcloud
+mkdir -p $datadirectory
 echo '
 -------------------------------------
           _         ()
diff --git a/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/40-config.sh b/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/40-config.sh
index f63e7eb5b..13965cbdd 100644
--- a/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/40-config.sh
+++ b/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/40-config.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
 
 #create folders
+datadirectory=$(bashio::config 'data_directory')
 mkdir -p \
-	/share/nextcloud \
+	$datadirectory \
 	/data/config/nextcloud/config \
 	/data/config/nextcloud/data
 	
 #permissions
 chown abc:abc \
-	/share/nextcloud \
+	$datadirectory \
 	/data/config/nextcloud/config \
 	/data/config/nextcloud/data
 	
diff --git a/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/60-memcache.sh b/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/60-memcache.sh
index 0307c088d..a1705a99b 100644
--- a/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/60-memcache.sh
+++ b/nextcloud/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/60-memcache.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+
+# Change data directory
+datadirectory=$(bashio::config 'data_directory')
+bashio::log.info "Setting data diretory: ${datadirectory}"
+sed -i "s|%%datadirectory%%|$datadirectory|g" /defaults/config.php
 
 # copy config
 [[ ! -f /data/config/www/nextcloud/config/config.php ]] && \