diff --git a/root/defaults/config.php b/root/defaults/config.php
index 7a17b70..db32f41 100644
--- a/root/defaults/config.php
+++ b/root/defaults/config.php
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 <?php
-$CONFIG = array (
-  'memcache.local' => '\OC\Memcache\APCu',
+$CONFIG = [
+  'memcache.local' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu',
+  'memcache.distributed' => '\\OC\\Memcache\\Memcached',
   'datadirectory' => '/data',
-  );
-
+  'apps_paths' => [
+    0 => [
+      'path' => '/app/www/public/apps',
+      'url' => '/apps',
+      'writable' => false,
+    ],
+    1 => [
+      'path' => '/app/www/public/custom_apps',
+      'url' => '/custom_apps',
+      'writable' => true,
+    ],
+  ],
+];
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nextcloud-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nextcloud-config/run
index a670a35..d478afc 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nextcloud-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-nextcloud-config/run
@@ -35,9 +35,21 @@ for dir in config custom_apps themes; do
     fi
 done
 
-# copy defaults
+# setup config
 cp -n /defaults/config.php /app/www/public/config/config.php 2> >(grep -v 'cp: not replacing')
-datadirectory=$(php -r "require '/app/www/public/config/config.php'; echo \$CONFIG['datadirectory'];" 2>/dev/null)
+if ! occ config:system:get memcache.local; then
+    occ config:system:set memcache.local --value='\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu'
+fi
+if ! occ config:system:get memcache.distributed; then
+    occ config:system:set memcache.distributed --value='\\OC\\Memcache\\Memcached'
+fi
+if ! occ config:system:get datadirectory; then
+    occ config:system:set datadirectory --value='/data'
+fi
+if ! occ config:system:get apps_paths || ! occ config:system:get apps_paths | grep -q 'path: /app/www/public/apps' || ! occ config:system:get apps_paths | grep -q 'path: /app/www/public/custom_apps'; then
+    occ config:import < <(echo '{"system":{"apps_paths":[{"path":"\/app\/www\/public\/apps","url":"\/apps","writable":false},{"path":"\/app\/www\/public\/custom_apps","url":"\/custom_apps","writable":true}]}}')
+fi
+datadirectory=$(occ config:system:get datadirectory)
 
 # symlink data folder
 if [ "$(readlink /app/www/public/data)" != "${datadirectory}" ]; then