diff --git a/airootfs/etc/systemd/scripts/sysrescue-initialize.py b/airootfs/etc/systemd/scripts/sysrescue-initialize.py
index aa51139..2bf84d6 100755
--- a/airootfs/etc/systemd/scripts/sysrescue-initialize.py
+++ b/airootfs/etc/systemd/scripts/sysrescue-initialize.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ errcnt = 0
 # Read the effective configuration file
 # ==============================================================================
 print(f"====> Read the effective configuration file ...")
-effectivecfg = "/etc/sysrescue/sysrescue-effective-config.json"
+effectivecfg = "/run/archiso/config/sysrescue-effective-config.json"
 if os.path.exists(effectivecfg) == False:
     print (f"Failed to find effective configuration file in {effectivecfg}")
     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/sysrescue-configuration.service b/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/sysrescue-configuration.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cf8b54..0000000
--- a/airootfs/etc/systemd/system/sysrescue-configuration.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[Unit]
-Description=Determine SystemRescue effective configuration
-After=network.target network-online.target
-Before=sysrescue-initialize.service
-Wants=network-online.target
-
-[Service]
-Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/sysrescue-configuration.lua
-RemainAfterExit=true
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh b/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
index c32ec1e..0aa203e 100755
--- a/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
+++ b/airootfs/root/customize_airootfs.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ sed -i 's/#\(HandleLidSwitch=\)suspend/\1ignore/' /etc/systemd/logind.conf
 # PulseAudio takes care of volume restore
 ln -sf /dev/null /etc/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules
 
+# config symlink
+mkdir /etc/sysrescue/
+ln -sf /run/archiso/config/sysrescue-effective-config.json /etc/sysrescue/sysrescue-effective-config.json
+
 # Services
 systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
 systemctl enable iptables.service
@@ -34,7 +38,6 @@ systemctl enable ip6tables.service
 systemctl enable pacman-init.service
 systemctl enable choose-mirror.service
 systemctl enable sshd.service
-systemctl enable sysrescue-configuration.service
 systemctl enable sysrescue-initialize.service
 systemctl enable sysrescue-autorun.service
 systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent.service
diff --git a/airootfs/usr/bin/sysrescue-configuration.lua b/airootfs/usr/bin/sysrescue-configuration.lua
index 22ae7ad..74fe0c4 100755
--- a/airootfs/usr/bin/sysrescue-configuration.lua
+++ b/airootfs/usr/bin/sysrescue-configuration.lua
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 -- At the end it writes the effective configuration to a JSON file which is meant
 -- to be ready by any initialisation script which needs to know the configuration.
 -- Shell scripts can read values from the JSON file using a command such as:
--- jq --raw-output '.global.copytoram' /etc/sysrescue/sysrescue-effective-config.json
+-- jq --raw-output '.global.copytoram' /run/archiso/config/sysrescue-effective-config.json
 -- This script requires the following lua packages to run on Arch Linux:
 -- sudo pacman -Sy lua lua-yaml lua-dkjson lua-http
 
@@ -253,10 +253,9 @@ print (jsoncfgtxt)
 -- Write the effective configuration to a JSON file
 -- ==============================================================================
 print ("====> Writing the effective configuration to a JSON file ...")
-output_location = "/etc/sysrescue"
+output_location = "/run/archiso/config"
 output_filename = "sysrescue-effective-config.json"
 output_fullpath = output_location.."/"..output_filename
-lfs.mkdir(output_location)
 jsoncfgfile = io.open(output_fullpath, "w")
 if jsoncfgfile == nil then
     io.stderr:write(string.format("ERROR: Failed to create effective configuration file in %s\n", output_fullpath))
diff --git a/patches/archiso-v43-07-yaml-config.patch b/patches/archiso-v43-07-yaml-config.patch
index 5cc953b..ce5b265 100644
--- a/patches/archiso-v43-07-yaml-config.patch
+++ b/patches/archiso-v43-07-yaml-config.patch
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ diff --git a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
 index 853652e..53215eb 100644
 --- a/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
 +++ b/archiso/initcpio/hooks/archiso
-@@ -197,6 +197,32 @@ archiso_mount_handler() {
+@@ -197,6 +197,35 @@ archiso_mount_handler() {
          fi
      fi
  
++    msg ":: Creating config dir ..."
++    mkdir -p /run/archiso/config/
++
 +    msg ":: Execute the configuration processing script ..."
-+    jsonconfig="/etc/sysrescue/sysrescue-effective-config.json"
++    jsonconfig="/run/archiso/config/sysrescue-effective-config.json"
 +    if ! /usr/bin/sysrescue-configuration.lua > /tmp/sysrescue-configuration.log 2>&1
 +    then
 +        echo "ERROR: The configuration processing script has failed"