diff --git a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config.sh b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config.sh
index 8b55d869d..3c5a51dc5 100755
--- a/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pipy/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/10-config.sh
@@ -6,29 +6,11 @@ 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}"
+if [ -f "$SETTINGS" ]; then
+  if ! grep -q 'detection' "$SETTINGS"; then
+    bak="${SETTINGS}.bak"
+    [ -e "$bak" ] && bak="${SETTINGS}.bak.$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)"
+    mv -f -- "$SETTINGS" "$bak"
+    echo "WARNING: Erroneous file detected: '$SETTINGS' did not contain 'detection' and was renamed to '$bak'." >&2
   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