diff --git a/papermerge/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-folders.sh b/papermerge/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-folders.sh
index 4243769b0..a6dad3fde 100644
--- a/papermerge/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-folders.sh
+++ b/papermerge/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/00-folders.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 CONFIGLOCATION=$(bashio::config "CONFIG_LOCATION")
 
+
+if [ ! -d "$CONFIGLOCATION" ]; then
+CONFIGLOCATION="$(dirname "$CONFIGLOCATION")"
+fi
+
 sed -i "s| /data/config| $CONFIGLOCATION|g" /etc/cont-init.d/*
 sed -i "s| /data/config| $CONFIGLOCATION|g" /defaults/* || true
 
@@ -18,3 +23,7 @@ fi
 
 # Make sure permissions are right
 chown -R "$(id -u):$(id -g)" "$CONFIGLOCATION"
+
+# Exporting config location
+bashio::log.info "Config file can be found in $CONFIGLOCATION"
+sed -i "1a export PAPERMERGE_CONFIG_FILE=$CONFIGLOCATION" /etc/services.d/papermerge/run