diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index dc4ff2b..38191a1 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@
 set -eu
 
 mkdir -p /app/data/config
+chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data/config /app/data &
 
-if ! [ -f /app/data/config/config.xml ]; then
-  cp /app/code/config.xml.default /app/data/config/config.xml
+# if this if the first run, generate a useful config
+if [ ! -f /app/data/config/config.xml ]; then
+  echo "=> Generating config"
+  /app/code/syncthing --generate="/app/data/config"
+  # don't take the whole volume with the default so that we can add additional folders
+  sed -i "s/path=\"\/root\/Sync\/\" /path=\"\/app\/data\/default\/\"/g" /app/data/config/config.xml
+  sed -e 's,<listenAddress>.*</listenAddress>,<listenAddress>tcp://:22000</listenAddress>,' -i /app/data/config/config.xml
 fi
 
 cat >/run/ldap.conf <<EOF
@@ -19,9 +25,6 @@ ldap_server cloudron {
 }
 EOF
 
-sed -e 's,<listenAddress>.*</listenAddress>,<listenAddress>tcp://:22000</listenAddress>,' -i /app/data/config/config.xml
-sed -e 's,<gui .*>,<gui enabled="true" tls="false" debugging="false">,' -i /app/data/config/config.xml
-
 export STNODEFAULTFOLDER=1 STNOUPGRADE=1
 exec busybox init