diff --git a/services/config-validator.js b/services/config-validator.js
index d7377679..eeb58a3b 100644
--- a/services/config-validator.js
+++ b/services/config-validator.js
@@ -98,12 +98,14 @@ const printFileReadError = (e) => {
   }
 };
 
+let config = {};
+
 try { // Try to open and parse the YAML file
-  config = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync('./public/conf.yml', 'utf8'));
+  config = yaml.load(fs.readFileSync('./user-data/conf.yml', 'utf8'));
   validate(config);
 } catch (e) { // Something went very wrong...
   setIsValidVariable(false);
   logToConsole(bigError());
   printFileReadError(e);
 }
-module.exports = config;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = config;