diff --git a/defaults/preferences.xml b/root/defaults/preferences.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from defaults/preferences.xml
rename to root/defaults/preferences.xml
diff --git a/root/etc/cont-init.d/30-config b/root/etc/cont-init.d/30-config
index 1b647b0..c1b300e 100644
--- a/root/etc/cont-init.d/30-config
+++ b/root/etc/cont-init.d/30-config
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 mkdir -p \
 	config/fonts
 
+# copy config
+[[ ! -e /config/preferences.xml ]] && \
+	cp /defaults/preferences.xml /config/preferences.xml
+
 # permissions
 chown -R abc:abc \
 	/config \