diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04bf7df..1dbf436 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 # Alpine :: InfluxDB
 Run InfluxDB based on Alpine Linux. Small, lightweight, secure and fast 🏔️
 
+## Volumes
+* **/influxdb/etc** - Directory of config.yml
+* **/influxdb/var** - Directory of all mutable data
+
 ## Run
 ```shell
 docker run --name influxdb \
-  -v .../etc:/influxdb/etc \
+  -v .../etc/config.yml:/influxdb/etc/config.yml \
   -v .../var:/influxdb/var \
   -d 11notes/influxdb:[tag]
 ```
diff --git a/amd64.dockerfile b/amd64.dockerfile
index 6ceadd4..f1f29ff 100644
--- a/amd64.dockerfile
+++ b/amd64.dockerfile
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
   # :: prepare image
     RUN set -ex; \
       mkdir -p ${APP_ROOT}; \
-      ln -s /etc/influxdb2 ${APP_ROOT}/etc; \
-      ln -s /var/lib/influxdb2 ${APP_ROOT}/var; \
+      mkdir -p ${APP_ROOT}/etc; \
+      mkdir -p ${APP_ROOT}/var; \
+      rm -f /etc/defaults/influxdb2/config.yml; \
+      ln -s ${APP_ROOT}/etc/config.yml /etc/defaults/influxdb2/config.yml; \
       mv /entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin;
 
   # :: copy root filesystem changes and add execution rights to init scripts
@@ -34,10 +36,11 @@
       chown -R 1000:1000 \
         ${APP_ROOT} \
         /etc/influxdb2 \
-        /var/lib/influxdb2;
+        /var/lib/influxdb2 \
+        /etc/defaults/influxdb2;
 
 # :: Volumes
-  VOLUME ["${APP_ROOT}/etc", "${APP_ROOT}/var"]
+  VOLUME ["${APP_ROOT}/var"]
 
 # :: Monitor
   HEALTHCHECK CMD /usr/local/bin/healthcheck.sh || exit 1
diff --git a/rootfs/influxdb/etc/config.yml b/rootfs/influxdb/etc/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e44960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/influxdb/etc/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bolt-path: /influxdb/var/influxd.bolt
+engine-path: /influxdb/var/engine
+nats-port: 4222
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