diff --git a/vscode/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-code-server/run b/vscode/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-code-server/run
index 68ec30b..33637de 100644
--- a/vscode/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-code-server/run
+++ b/vscode/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-code-server/run
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ readonly -a PREVIOUS_DEFAULT_CONFIG_HASHES=(
     dbe905f0935b2fea8bb5ba379bff78db9d056ea6d0965c68aa9b07938a52cbbf117186452b2b6c766aa4cf93cc3494ad91b763e8500e515e41d8cde31a3821ae
     2212babaa9dc46d38ba239052c9c05151abe517cc8b493d0d351a96bf70c1efa4f7479f6ed0b75811429ba649906eb5657d73b0732b460e718a5c66603dcdbda
 )
-DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH="/data/vscode"
+
 CODE_SERVER_CONFIG="$DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH/config.yaml"
 
 # shellcheck source=../paths.sh
@@ -80,10 +80,12 @@ setup_code_workspace() {
 setup_config_path() {
     # Ensure config path exists
     if bashio::config.has_value "vscode_config_path"; then
-        DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH=$(bashio::config 'vscode_config_path')
-        if ! bashio::fs.directory_exists "${DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH}"; then
+        temp_path=$(bashio::config 'vscode_config_path')
+        if ! bashio::fs.directory_exists "${temp_path}"; then
             bashio::exit.nok "Configured config path does not exist"
         fi
+
+        export CODE_SERVER_CONFIG=$temp_path
     else
         # otherwise set to local dir
         if ! bashio::fs.directory_exists "$DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH"; then
@@ -92,7 +94,6 @@ setup_config_path() {
                 bashio::exit.nok "Could not create persistent storage folder."
         fi
     fi
-
     bashio::log.info "using code-server config path: $CODE_SERVER_CONFIG"
 }
 
diff --git a/vscode/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/paths.sh b/vscode/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/paths.sh
index 418fabc..6d234f5 100644
--- a/vscode/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/paths.sh
+++ b/vscode/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/paths.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # this file is to prevent spagetti paths
 # shellcheck disable=SC2034
 
-
+DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH="/data/vscode"
 readonly DEFAULT_FILES_PATH="/var/lib/code-server/defaults"
 readonly ROOT_CODE_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH="/root/.config/code-server/" # needed for code-server to cleanly
 readonly CODE_SERVER_EXTENSIONS_INSTALL_PATH="$DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH/extensions"