diff --git a/scripts/config.php b/scripts/config.php
index 3d6b442..147b807 100644
--- a/scripts/config.php
+++ b/scripts/config.php
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ fwrite($fh, $contents);
 fwrite($fh2, $contents2);
 
 if(strlen($apprise_input) > 0){
-  $appriseconfig = fopen("/etc/birdnet/.apprise", "w");
+  $user = shell_exec("awk -F: '/1000/{print $1}' /etc/passwd");
+  $home = shell_exec("awk -F: '/1000/{print $6}' /etc/passwd");
+  $home = trim($home);
+
+  $appriseconfig = fopen($home."/BirdNET-Pi/.apprise", "w");
   fwrite($appriseconfig, $apprise_input);
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/species_notifier.sh b/scripts/species_notifier.sh
index bbd3ee2..8d0364a 100755
--- a/scripts/species_notifier.sh
+++ b/scripts/species_notifier.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ${NOTIFICATION}"
   fi
 
   if [ ! -s ~/.apprise ];then
-    $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/apprise -vv -t 'New Species Detected' -b ${NOTIFICATION} --config=/etc/birdnet/.apprise
+    $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/apprise -vv -t 'New Species Detected' -b ${NOTIFICATION} --config=$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/.apprise
   fi
 fi