diff --git a/.idea/workspace.xml b/.idea/workspace.xml
index a96f879..6bc47fa 100644
--- a/.idea/workspace.xml
+++ b/.idea/workspace.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
     <option name="autoReloadType" value="SELECTIVE" />
   </component>
   <component name="ChangeListManager">
-    <list default="true" id="deaf6285-9bb5-4b4c-89a9-b0adf21548ad" name="Changes" comment="">
+    <list default="true" id="deaf6285-9bb5-4b4c-89a9-b0adf21548ad" name="Changes" comment="fix: docker config symlink">
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/workspace.xml" afterDir="false" />
       <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Dockerfile" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/Dockerfile" afterDir="false" />
+      <change beforePath="$PROJECT_DIR$/start.sh" beforeDir="false" afterPath="$PROJECT_DIR$/start.sh" afterDir="false" />
     </list>
     <option name="SHOW_DIALOG" value="false" />
     <option name="HIGHLIGHT_CONFLICTS" value="true" />
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@
     <MESSAGE value="chore: fixing CloudronManifest" />
     <MESSAGE value="chore: CloudronManifest Dockerfile" />
     <MESSAGE value="fix: start.sh permissions" />
-    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="fix: start.sh permissions" />
+    <MESSAGE value="fix: docker config symlink" />
+    <option name="LAST_COMMIT_MESSAGE" value="fix: docker config symlink" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c5e63a3..b44e520 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ LABEL cloudronManifestPath="CloudronManifest.json"
 VOLUME [ "/app/data" ]
 EXPOSE 3000
 
-RUN mkdir /app/data
-RUN ln -s /app/config.yml /app/data/config.yml
-
 ENV DEBUG="blossom-server,blossom-server:*"
 
 CMD [ "/app/start.sh" ]
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 30fcd0a..b6d076d 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@
 echo "==> Changing ownership"
 chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data
 
+echo "==> Symlink the config.yml to the editable /app/data directory"
+ln -s /app/config.yml /app/data/config.yml
+
 echo "==> Starting Blossom"
 exec /usr/local/bin/gosu cloudron:cloudron node /app