diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d17da515e..974c10928 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV STORAGE=\'./storage/file\'
 ENV LOG_TO_STDOUT=true
 
 # Persistent storage needs
-VOLUME /cryptpad/config
+VOLUME /cryptpad/cfg
 VOLUME /cryptpad/datastore
 VOLUME /cryptpad/customize
 VOLUME /cryptpad/blobstage
diff --git a/container-start.sh b/container-start.sh
index 79d87030c..81338503a 100755
--- a/container-start.sh
+++ b/container-start.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 mkdir -p customize
 
 # Copying default config
-mkdir -p config
-[ ! -f config/config.js ] && echo "Creating config.js" && cp config/config.example.js config/config.js
+mkdir -p cfg
+[ ! -f cfg/config.js ] && echo "Creating config.js" && cp config/config.example.js cfg/config.js
+
+# Linking config.js
+[ ! -L config/config.js ] && echo "Linking config.js" && ln -s ../cfg/config.js config/config.js
+
 
 # Thanks to http://stackoverflow.com/a/10467453
 sedeasy() {
@@ -14,13 +18,13 @@ sedeasy() {
 
 # Configure
 [ -n "$USE_SSL" ] && echo "Using secure websockets: $USE_SSL" \
-  && sedeasy "useSecureWebsockets: [^,]*," "useSecureWebsockets: ${USE_SSL}," config/config.js
+  && sedeasy "useSecureWebsockets: [^,]*," "useSecureWebsockets: ${USE_SSL}," cfg/config.js
 
 [ -n "$STORAGE" ] && echo "Using storage adapter: $STORAGE" \
-  && sedeasy "storage: [^,]*," "storage: ${STORAGE}," config/config.js
+  && sedeasy "storage: [^,]*," "storage: ${STORAGE}," cfg/config.js
 
 [ -n "$LOG_TO_STDOUT" ] && echo "Logging to stdout: $LOG_TO_STDOUT" \
-  && sedeasy "logToStdout: [^,]*," "logToStdout: ${LOG_TO_STDOUT}," config/config.js
+  && sedeasy "logToStdout: [^,]*," "logToStdout: ${LOG_TO_STDOUT}," cfg/config.js
 
 export FRESH=1
 exec node ./server.js
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e0357287d..f30427b8f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ services:
       - ./data/blobstage:/cryptpad/blobstage:rw
       - ./data/tasks:/cryptpad/tasks:rw
       - ./data/block:/cryptpad/block:rw
-      - ./data/config:/cryptpad/config:rw
+      - ./data/config:/cryptpad/cfg:rw