diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/Dockerfile b/birdnet-pipy/Dockerfile
index 38bf6249f..2e4c60451 100644
--- a/birdnet-pipy/Dockerfile
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/Dockerfile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ USER root
 
 # Copy local files
 COPY rootfs/ /
-RUN find . -type f \( -name "*.sh" -o -name "run" \) -print -exec chmod +x {} \;
+RUN find /etc -type f \( -name "*.sh" -o -path "*/services.d/*/run" \) -exec chmod +x {} \;
 
 # Uses /bin for compatibility purposes
 # hadolint ignore=DL4005
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/config.yaml b/birdnet-pipy/config.yaml
index 5182f6578..f38ff87d5 100644
--- a/birdnet-pipy/config.yaml
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/config.yaml
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ ingress_entry: /
 ingress_stream: true
 panel_icon: mdi:bird
 init: false
+share: true
 map:
   - addon_config:rw
+  - data:rw
 ports:
   8099/tcp: 8099
 ports_description:
@@ -21,11 +23,17 @@ options:
   TZ: Etc/UTC
   ICECAST_PASSWORD: ""
   STREAM_BITRATE: 320k
+  RECORDING_MODE: "rtsp"
+  RTSP_URL: ""
+  data_location: /config/data
   env_vars: []
 schema:
   TZ: str?
   ICECAST_PASSWORD: str?
   STREAM_BITRATE: str?
+  RECORDING_MODE: list(pulseaudio|http_stream|rtsp)
+  RTSP_URL: str?
+  data_location: str
   env_vars:
     - name: match(^[A-Za-z0-9_]+$)
       value: str?
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-structure.sh b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-structure.sh
index 0f5ab5d33..6c102d648 100755
--- a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-structure.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/01-structure.sh
@@ -1,24 +1,37 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
 # shellcheck shell=bash
-set -e
+set -euo pipefail
 
-DATA_ROOT="/config/birdnet-pipy"
-DATA_DIR="${DATA_ROOT}/data"
+DEFAULT_LOCATION="/config/data"
+DATA_LOCATION="$(bashio::config 'data_location' || true)"
+DATA_LOCATION="${DATA_LOCATION:-$DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
 
-mkdir -p "${DATA_DIR}"
+case "${DATA_LOCATION}" in
+  /config/*|/share/*|/data/*) ;;
+  *)
+    bashio::log.warning "Invalid data_location '${DATA_LOCATION}', falling back to ${DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
+    DATA_LOCATION="${DEFAULT_LOCATION}"
+    ;;
+esac
 
-if [ -e /app/data ] && [ ! -L /app/data ]; then
-    rm -rf /app/data
+LEGACY1="/config/birdnet-pipy/data"
+LEGACY2="/data"
+
+mkdir -p "${DATA_LOCATION}"
+
+if [ -z "$(ls -A "${DATA_LOCATION}" 2>/dev/null || true)" ]; then
+  if [ -d "${LEGACY1}" ] && [ -n "$(ls -A "${LEGACY1}" 2>/dev/null || true)" ]; then
+    bashio::log.notice "Migrating legacy data from ${LEGACY1} to ${DATA_LOCATION}"
+    cp -a "${LEGACY1}/." "${DATA_LOCATION}/" || true
+  elif [ -d "${LEGACY2}" ] && [ "${LEGACY2}" != "${DATA_LOCATION}" ] && [ -n "$(ls -A "${LEGACY2}" 2>/dev/null || true)" ]; then
+    bashio::log.notice "Migrating legacy data from ${LEGACY2} to ${DATA_LOCATION}"
+    cp -a "${LEGACY2}/." "${DATA_LOCATION}/" || true
+  fi
 fi
 
-if [ ! -L /app/data ]; then
-    ln -s "${DATA_DIR}" /app/data
-fi
+mkdir -p "${DATA_LOCATION}/config" "${DATA_LOCATION}/clips" "${DATA_LOCATION}/logs" "${DATA_LOCATION}/cache" || true
 
-mkdir -p \
-    /app/data/config \
-    /app/data/db \
-    /app/data/audio/recordings \
-    /app/data/audio/extracted_songs \
-    /app/data/spectrograms \
-    /app/data/flags
+rm -rf /app/data
+ln -s "${DATA_LOCATION}" /app/data
+
+bashio::log.notice "Data location set to: ${DATA_LOCATION}"
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config.sh b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b55d869d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+DATA_DIR="/app/data"
+CFG_DIR="${DATA_DIR}/config"
+SETTINGS="${CFG_DIR}/user_settings.json"
+
+mkdir -p "${CFG_DIR}"
+
+if [ ! -f "${SETTINGS}" ]; then
+  if [ -f /app/config/user_settings.example.json ]; then
+    cp /app/config/user_settings.example.json "${SETTINGS}"
+  else
+    printf '%s\n' '{}' > "${SETTINGS}"
+  fi
+fi
+
+RECORDING_MODE="$(bashio::config 'RECORDING_MODE' || true)"
+RTSP_URL="$(bashio::config 'RTSP_URL' || true)"
+
+PATCH='{}'
+if [ -n "${RECORDING_MODE}" ]; then
+  PATCH="$(printf '%s' "${PATCH}" | jq --arg v "${RECORDING_MODE}" '.audio.recording_mode=$v')"
+fi
+if [ -n "${RTSP_URL}" ]; then
+  PATCH="$(printf '%s' "${PATCH}" | jq --arg v "${RTSP_URL}" '.audio.rtsp_url=$v')"
+fi
+
+tmp="$(mktemp)"
+jq -s '.[0] * .[1]' "${SETTINGS}" <(printf '%s\n' "${PATCH}") > "${tmp}"
+mv "${tmp}" "${SETTINGS}"
+
+chmod 0644 "${SETTINGS}" || true
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/15-audio_perms.sh b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/15-audio_perms.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..162fbd319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/15-audio_perms.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SND_GID=""
+if [ -e /dev/snd ] && command -v stat >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  SND_GID="$(stat -c '%g' /dev/snd 2>/dev/null || true)"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${SND_GID}" ] && getent group audio >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  current_gid="$(getent group audio | cut -d: -f3 || true)"
+  if [ -n "${current_gid}" ] && [ "${current_gid}" != "${SND_GID}" ]; then
+    groupmod -g "${SND_GID}" audio 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+fi
+
+for u in root nginx www-data; do
+  if id "${u}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    usermod -aG audio "${u}" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index ed099d7dd..000000000
--- a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-set -e
-
-export PYTHONPATH=/app
-export PULSE_SERVER=unix:/run/pulse/native
-
-cd /app
-
-bashio::log.info "Starting BirdNET-PiPy services"
-
-python3 -m model_service.inference_server &
-python3 -m core.api &
-python3 -m core.main &
-
-/usr/local/bin/start-icecast.sh &
-
-bashio::net.wait_for 5002 localhost 300
-bashio::log.info "BirdNET-PiPy API is available"
-
-exec nginx
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/api/run b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/api/run
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d525a36ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/api/run
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+set -euo pipefail
+export PYTHONPATH=/app
+bashio::net.wait_for 5001 127.0.0.1 300
+cd /app
+exec python3 -m core.api
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/icecast/run b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/icecast/run
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c0779010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/icecast/run
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+set -euo pipefail
+export PULSE_SERVER=unix:/run/pulse/native
+exec /usr/local/bin/start-icecast.sh
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/main/run b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/main/run
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ceae662a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/main/run
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+set -euo pipefail
+export PYTHONPATH=/app
+export PULSE_SERVER=unix:/run/pulse/native
+bashio::net.wait_for 5002 127.0.0.1 300
+cd /app
+exec python3 -m core.main
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/model/run b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/model/run
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34cc13699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/model/run
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+set -euo pipefail
+export PYTHONPATH=/app
+cd /app
+exec python3 -m model_service.inference_server
diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/nginx/run b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/nginx/run
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1390bdbb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/services.d/nginx/run
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/with-contenv bashio
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+set -euo pipefail
+exec nginx -g "daemon off;"