diff --git a/config/app.json b/config/app.json
index dd5a6be..82b9783 100644
--- a/config/app.json
+++ b/config/app.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "media_host": "localhost:5000",
     "tribes_host": "tribes.sphinx.chat",
     "public_url": "",
+    "connection_string_path": "connection_string.txt",
     "ssl": {
       "enabled": false,
       "save": true,
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
     "media_host": "memes.sphinx.chat",
     "tribes_host": "tribes.sphinx.chat",
     "public_url": "",
+    "connection_string_path": "connection_string.txt",
     "ssl": {
       "enabled": false,
       "save": true,
diff --git a/src/utils/config.ts b/src/utils/config.ts
index a844c2f..55d68b1 100644
--- a/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export function loadConfig() {
     media_host: ENV.MEDIA_HOST || config.media_host,
     tribes_host: ENV.TRIBES_HOST || config.tribes_host,
     public_url: ENV.PUBLIC_URL || config.public_url,
+    connection_string_path: ENV.CONNECTION_STRING_PATH || config.connection_string_path,
     ssl: {
       enabled: (ENV.SSL_ENABLED || (config.ssl && config.ssl.enabled)) ? true : false,
       save: (ENV.SSL_SAVE || (config.ssl && config.ssl.save)) ? true : false,
diff --git a/src/utils/setup.ts b/src/utils/setup.ts
index 6a9085c..5de4eb6 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup.ts
+++ b/src/utils/setup.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import { checkTag, checkCommitHash } from '../utils/gitinfo'
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { isClean } from './nodeinfo'
 import { getQR } from './connect'
+import { loadConfig } from './config'
 
 const USER_VERSION = 7
+const config = loadConfig()
 
 const setupDatabase = async () => {
   console.log('=> [db] starting setup...')
@@ -225,7 +227,11 @@ async function printQR() {
 }
 
 function connectionStringFile(str: string) {
-  fs.writeFile('connection_string.txt', str, function (err) {
+  let connectStringPath = 'connection_string.txt'
+  if ('connection_string_path' in config) {
+    connectStringPath = config.connection_string_path
+  }
+  fs.writeFile(connectStringPath, str, function (err) {
     if (err) console.log('ERROR SAVING connection_string.txt.', err);
   });
 }
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