diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 73a4632..bf0cb02 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 FROM lsiobase/xenial
 MAINTAINER Stian Larsen, sparklyballs
 
-# package version
-ENV PLEX_INSTALL="https://plex.tv/downloads/latest/1?channel=8&build=linux-ubuntu-x86_64&distro=ubuntu"
 
 # global environment settings
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
-ENV HOME="/config"
-ENV PLEX_DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server"
+ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" \
+PLEX_DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server" \
+PLEX_INSTALL="https://plex.tv/downloads/latest/1?channel=8&build=linux-ubuntu-x86_64&distro=ubuntu" \
+PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR="/config/Library/Application Support" \
+PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME="/usr/lib/plexmediaserver" \
+PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_INFO_DEVICE=docker \
+PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_MAX_PLUGIN_PROCS="6" \
+PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_USER=abc \
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib/plexmediaserver:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 
 # install packages
 RUN \
@@ -23,6 +27,9 @@ RUN \
 	"${PLEX_INSTALL}" && \
  dpkg -i /tmp/plexmediaserver.deb && \
 
+# change abc home folder to fix plex hanging at runtime with usermod
+ usermod -d /app abc && \
+
 # cleanup
  apt-get clean && \
  rm -rf \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54a2311..4508e85 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ Valid settings for VERSION are:-
 
 ## Versions
 
++ **11.01.17:** Use Plex environemt variables from pms docker,
+change abc home folder to /app to alleviate usermod chowning library folder by default (thanks gbooker, plexinc).
 + **03.01.17:** Use case insensitive version variable matching rather than export and make lowercase.
 + **17.10.16:** Allow use of uppercase version variable
 + **01.10.16:** Add TZ info to README.
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-chown-files b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-chown-files
index fa3c826..47ecba9 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-chown-files
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/40-chown-files
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 
-# check for Library existence and permissions
-if [ ! -d "/config/Library" ]; then
-  mkdir -p /config/Library
-  chown abc:abc /config/Library
-elif [ ! "$(stat -c %u /config/Library)" = "$PUID" ]; then
-  echo "Change in ownership detected, please be patient while we chown existing files"
-  echo "This could take some time"
-  chown abc:abc -R \
+# create folders
+if [ ! -d "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}" ]; then \
+mkdir -p "${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_APPLICATION_SUPPORT_DIR}"
+chown -R abc:abc /config
+fi
+
+# check Library permissions
+PUID=${PUID:-911}
+if [ ! "$(stat -c %u /config/Library)" = "$PUID" ]; then
+	echo "Change in ownership detected, please be patient while we chown existing files"
+	echo "This could take some time"
+	chown abc:abc -R \
 	/config/Library
 fi
+
+# permissions (non-recursive) on config root and folders
+chown abc:abc \
+	/config \
+	/config/*
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-plex-update b/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-plex-update
index 2c181db..75174af 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-plex-update
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/50-plex-update
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 
-# copy config on first run, regardless of update status
-[[ ! -e /etc/default/plexmediaserver ]] && \
-       	cp /defaults/plexmediaserver /etc/default/plexmediaserver
-
 # test if plex is installed and try re-pulling latest if not
 if (dpkg --get-selections plexmediaserver | grep -wq "install"); then
 :
@@ -117,6 +113,3 @@ else
 dpkg -i --force-confold /tmp/plexmediaserver_"${REMOTE_VERSION}"_amd64.deb
 rm -f /tmp/plexmediaserver_*.deb
 fi
-
-# recopy config file
-cp /defaults/plexmediaserver /etc/default/plexmediaserver
diff --git a/root/etc/services.d/avahi/run b/root/etc/services.d/avahi/run
index 41851f1..e438886 100644
--- a/root/etc/services.d/avahi/run
+++ b/root/etc/services.d/avahi/run
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ done
 
 echo "Starting Avahi daemon"
 exec avahi-daemon --no-chroot
-
diff --git a/root/etc/services.d/dbus/run b/root/etc/services.d/dbus/run
index e2a078f..8f81ef1 100644
--- a/root/etc/services.d/dbus/run
+++ b/root/etc/services.d/dbus/run
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@
 
 echo "Starting dbus-daemon"
 exec dbus-daemon --system --nofork
-
diff --git a/root/etc/services.d/plex/run b/root/etc/services.d/plex/run
index 0a979f9..947921d 100644
--- a/root/etc/services.d/plex/run
+++ b/root/etc/services.d/plex/run
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv bash
 
 echo "Starting Plex Media Server."
-exec s6-setuidgid abc /usr/sbin/start_pms
-
+exec \
+	s6-setuidgid abc /bin/bash -c \
+	'/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex\ Media\ Server'