diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2763191e..2c625841 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,6 +230,14 @@ if(NOT SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR)
 	set(SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets")
 endif()
 
+if(NOT SUNSHINE_CONFIG_DIR)
+	set(SUNSHINE_CONFIG_DIR SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR)
+endif()
+
+if(NOT SUNSHINE_DEFAULT_DIR)
+	set(SUNSHINE_DEFAULT_DIR SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR)
+endif()
+
 list(APPEND CBS_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES
 	cbs)
 
@@ -246,6 +254,8 @@ list(APPEND SUNSHINE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES
 		${PLATFORM_LIBRARIES})
 
 list(APPEND SUNSHINE_DEFINITIONS SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR="${SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR}")
+list(APPEND SUNSHINE_DEFINITIONS SUNSHINE_CONFIG_DIR="${SUNSHINE_CONFIG_DIR}")
+list(APPEND SUNSHINE_DEFINITIONS SUNSHINE_DEFAULT_DIR="${SUNSHINE_DEFAULT_DIR}")
 add_executable(sunshine ${SUNSHINE_TARGET_FILES})
 target_link_libraries(sunshine ${SUNSHINE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES})
 target_compile_definitions(sunshine PUBLIC ${SUNSHINE_DEFINITIONS})
diff --git a/sunshine/config.cpp b/sunshine/config.cpp
index a71d98ad..8bb511e3 100644
--- a/sunshine/config.cpp
+++ b/sunshine/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 SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/" APPS_JSON
+#define APPS_JSON_PATH SUNSHINE_CONFIG_DIR "/" APPS_JSON
 namespace config {
 
 namespace nv {
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ sunshine_t sunshine {
   {},                                   // Username
   {},                                   // Password
   {},                                   // Password Salt
-  SUNSHINE_ASSETS_DIR "/sunshine.conf", // config file
+  SUNSHINE_CONFIG_DIR "/sunshine.conf", // config file
   {},                                   // cmd args
   47989,
 };
@@ -577,6 +577,10 @@ 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_DEFAULT_DIR "/" APPS_JSON, stream.file_apps);
+  }
+
   for(auto &[name, val] : vars) {
     std::cout << "["sv << name << "] -- ["sv << val << ']' << std::endl;
   }
@@ -759,6 +763,10 @@ int parse(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     }
   }
 
+  if(!fs::exists(sunshine.config_file.c_str())) {
+      fs::copy_file(SUNSHINE_DEFAULT_DIR "/sunshine.conf", sunshine.config_file);
+  }
+
   auto vars = parse_config(read_file(sunshine.config_file.c_str()));
 
   for(auto &[name, value] : cmd_vars) {
diff --git a/sunshine/confighttp.cpp b/sunshine/confighttp.cpp
index b21c7571..c1a643bb 100644
--- a/sunshine/confighttp.cpp
+++ b/sunshine/confighttp.cpp
@@ -512,4 +512,4 @@ void start() {
 
   tcp.join();
 }
-} // namespace confighttp
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace confighttp