diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 3f4cf28..3eec041 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ set -eu
 
 mkdir -p /app/data/config
 
+export STNODEFAULTFOLDER=1 STNOUPGRADE=1
+
 # 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
 fi
 
 cat >/run/ldap.conf <<EOF
@@ -29,6 +29,5 @@ sed -e 's,<gui .*>,<gui enabled="true" tls="false" debugging="false">,' -i /app/
 
 chown -R cloudron:cloudron /app/data/config /app/data
 
-export STNODEFAULTFOLDER=1 STNOUPGRADE=1
 exec busybox init