diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index fd88760..04f2489 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ using namespace std::literals;
 #define PRIVATE_KEY_FILE CA_DIR "/cakey.pem"
 #define CERTIFICATE_FILE CA_DIR "/cacert.pem"
 
-#define APPS_JSON_PATH platf::appdata().string() + "/apps.json"
+#define APPS_JSON_PATH "apps.json"
 namespace config {
 
 namespace nv {
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ sunshine_t sunshine {
   {},                                           // Username
   {},                                           // Password
   {},                                           // Password Salt
-  platf::appdata().string() + "/sunshine.conf", // config file
+  "sunshine.conf",                              // config file
   {},                                           // cmd args
   47989,
 };
@@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ int apply_flags(const char *line) {
 void apply_config(std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> &&vars) {
   if(!fs::exists(stream.file_apps.c_str())) {
     fs::copy_file(SUNSHINE_CONFIG_DIR "/apps.json", stream.file_apps);
+    fs::permissions(stream.file_apps, fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add);
   }
 
   for(auto &[name, val] : vars) {
@@ -910,11 +911,16 @@ int parse(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     }
   }
 
+  std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> vars;
+  path_f(vars, "config_file", sunshine.config_file);
+  path_f(vars, "file_apps", stream.file_apps);
+  
   if(!fs::exists(sunshine.config_file)) {
     fs::copy_file(SUNSHINE_CONFIG_DIR "/sunshine.conf", sunshine.config_file);
+    fs::permissions(sunshine.config_file, fs::perms::owner_write, fs::perm_options::add);
   }
 
-  auto vars = parse_config(read_file(sunshine.config_file.c_str()));
+  vars = parse_config(read_file(sunshine.config_file.c_str()));
 
   for(auto &[name, value] : cmd_vars) {
     vars.insert_or_assign(std::move(name), std::move(value));