diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f6e039f..bbffdb4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ venv/
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
 *.pem
+*.conf
 config.json
 test/static
 flask_session/
 app/static/config
+app/static/custom_config
 
 # pip stuff
 build/
diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 53d4a59..ecd1edd 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ app.config['VERSION_NUMBER'] = '0.2.0'
 app.config['APP_ROOT'] = os.getenv('APP_ROOT', os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 app.config['STATIC_FOLDER'] = os.getenv('STATIC_FOLDER', os.path.join(app.config['APP_ROOT'], 'static'))
 app.config['CONFIG_PATH'] = os.getenv('CONFIG_VOLUME', app.config['STATIC_FOLDER'] + '/config')
+app.config['USER_CONFIG'] = os.path.join(app.config['STATIC_FOLDER'], 'custom_config')
 app.config['SESSION_FILE_DIR'] = app.config['CONFIG_PATH']
 app.config['SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE'] = True
 
 if not os.path.exists(app.config['CONFIG_PATH']):
     os.makedirs(app.config['CONFIG_PATH'])
 
+if not os.path.exists(app.config['USER_CONFIG']):
+    os.makedirs(app.config['USER_CONFIG'])
+
 sess = Session()
 sess.init_app(app)
 
diff --git a/app/routes.py b/app/routes.py
index ca3bac4..b473073 100644
--- a/app/routes.py
+++ b/app/routes.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def config():
         return json.dumps(g.user_config.__dict__)
     elif request.method == 'PUT':
         if 'name' in request.args:
-            config_pkl = os.path.join(app.config['CONFIG_PATH'], request.args.get('name'))
+            config_pkl = os.path.join(app.config['USER_CONFIG'], request.args.get('name'))
             session['config'] = pickle.load(open(config_pkl, 'rb')) if os.path.exists(config_pkl) else session['config']
             return json.dumps(session['config'])
         else:
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def config():
             config_data['url'] = g.user_config.url
 
         if 'name' in request.args:
-            pickle.dump(config_data, open(os.path.join(app.config['CONFIG_PATH'], request.args.get('name')), 'wb'))
+            pickle.dump(config_data, open(os.path.join(app.config['USER_CONFIG'], request.args.get('name')), 'wb'))
 
         session['config'] = config_data
         return redirect(config_data['url'])