diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 182eece52..6fd20a625 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ENV STORAGE=\'./storage/file\'
 ENV LOG_TO_STDOUT=true
 
 # Persistent storage needs
+VOLUME /cryptpad/config
 VOLUME /cryptpad/datastore
 VOLUME /cryptpad/customize
 VOLUME /cryptpad/blobstage
diff --git a/config.example.js b/config/config.example.js
similarity index 100%
rename from config.example.js
rename to config/config.example.js
diff --git a/container-start.sh b/container-start.sh
index 382e9768d..7cbbf3143 100755
--- a/container-start.sh
+++ b/container-start.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 mkdir -p customize
 
 # Copying default config
-[ ! -h customize/config.js ] && echo "Creating config.js" && cp config.example.js customize/config.js
-
-# Linking config.js
-[ ! -h config.js ] && echo "Linking config.js" && ln -s customize/config.js config.js
+[ ! -f config/config.js ] && echo "Creating config.js" && cp config/config.example.js config/config.js
 
 # Thanks to http://stackoverflow.com/a/10467453
 sedeasy() {
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index fab74870a..e0357287d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ services:
       - ./data/blobstage:/cryptpad/blobstage:rw
       - ./data/tasks:/cryptpad/tasks:rw
       - ./data/block:/cryptpad/block:rw
+      - ./data/config:/cryptpad/config:rw
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 42a4c62fd..0158c1b68 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ var nThen = require("nthen");
 
 var config;
 try {
-    config = require('./config');
+    config = require('./config/config');
 } catch (e) {
-    console.log("You can customize the configuration by copying config.example.js to config.js");
-    config = require('./config.example');
+    console.log("You can customize the configuration by copying config/config.example.js to config/config.js");
+    config = require('./config/config.example');
 }
 var websocketPort = config.websocketPort || config.httpPort;
 var useSecureWebsockets = config.useSecureWebsockets || false;