diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index d4cf12f..0278fa8 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ param_container_name: "{{ project_name }}"
 param_usage_include_env: true
 param_env_vars:
   - { env_var: "FG_LOG_LEVEL", env_value: "info", desc: "Set the FlexGet logging level." }
+  - { env_var: "FG_LOG_FILE", env_value: "/config/flexget.log", desc: "Set the FlexGet log file location." }
+  - { env_var: "FG_CONFIG_FILE", env_value: "/config/.flexget/config.yml", desc: "Set the FlexGet config file location." }
 param_usage_include_vols: true
 param_volumes:
   - { vol_path: "/config", vol_host_path: "/path/to/data", desc: "Local path for FlexGet config files." }
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-flexget-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-flexget-config/run
index 5d94495..687fd35 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-flexget-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-flexget-config/run
@@ -5,17 +5,30 @@ mkdir -p \
     /config/.flexget \
     /data
 
+FG_CONFIG_FILE="${FG_CONFIG_FILE:-/config/.flexget/config.yml}"
+case "${FG_CONFIG_FILE}" in
+  *yml)
+    FG_LOCK_FILE="${FG_CONFIG_FILE/config.yml/.config-lock}"
+    ;;
+  *yaml)
+    FG_LOCK_FILE="${FG_CONFIG_FILE/config.yaml/.config-lock}"
+    ;;
+  default)
+    echo "invalid config file extension"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
 # clean up config-lock from unclean shutdown
-if [[ -f "/config/.flexget/.config-lock" ]]; then
-    rm -rf "/config/.flexget/.config-lock"
+if [[ -f "${FG_LOCK_FILE}" ]]; then
+    rm -rf "${FG_LOCK_FILE}"
 fi
 
-if [[ ! -f "/config/.flexget/config.yml" ]]; then
-    cp /default/config.yml /config/.flexget/config.yml
+if [[ ! -f "{$FG_CONFIG_FILE}" ]]; then
+    cp /default/config.yml "${FG_CONFIG_FILE}"
 fi
 
 if [[ -n "${FG_WEBUI_PASSWORD}" ]]; then
-    if ! flexget --loglevel error web passwd "${FG_WEBUI_PASSWORD}" | tee /dev/stderr | grep -q 'Updated password'; then
+    if ! flexget -c "${FG_CONFIG_FILE}" --loglevel error web passwd "${FG_WEBUI_PASSWORD}" | tee /dev/stderr | grep -q 'Updated password'; then
         echo "Halting init, please address the above issues and recreate the container"
         sleep infinity
     fi
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-flexget/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-flexget/run
index 88b4beb..d4a8959 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-flexget/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/svc-flexget/run
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 exec \
     s6-notifyoncheck -d -n 300 -w 1000 -c "nc -z localhost 5050" \
         s6-setuidgid abc python3 /lsiopy/bin/flexget \
-            --loglevel "${FG_LOG_LEVEL:-info}" --logfile "/config/flexget.log" -c /config/.flexget/config.yml daemon start --autoreload-config
+            --loglevel "${FG_LOG_LEVEL:-info}" --logfile "${FG_LOG_FILE:-/config/.flexget/flexget.log}" -c "${FG_CONFIG_FILE:-/config/.flexget/config.yml}" daemon start --autoreload-config