diff --git a/ct/glance.sh b/ct/glance.sh
index f9e4eaff5..d377c6fb5 100644
--- a/ct/glance.sh
+++ b/ct/glance.sh
@@ -29,25 +29,22 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
     exit
   fi
+  if [[ ! -d /opt/glance_data ]]; then
+    msg_info "Creating config directory"
+    mkdir -p /opt/glance_data/
+    cp /opt/glance/*.yml /opt/glance_data/
+    sed -i 's|/opt/glance/glance\.yml|/opt/glance_data/glance.yml|' /etc/systemd/system/glance.service
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    msg_ok "Created config directory"
+  fi
+
   if check_for_gh_release "glance" "glanceapp/glance"; then
     msg_info "Stopping Service"
     systemctl stop glance
     msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
-    if [[ -f /opt/glance/glance.yml ]]; then
-      msg_info "Backing up glance.yml"
-      cp /opt/glance/glance.yml /tmp/glance.yml.bak
-      msg_ok "Backed up glance.yml"
-    fi
-
     CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "glance" "glanceapp/glance" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/glance" "glance-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
 
-    if [[ -f /tmp/glance.yml.bak ]]; then
-      msg_info "Restoring glance.yml"
-      mv /tmp/glance.yml.bak /opt/glance/glance.yml
-      msg_ok "Restored glance.yml"
-    fi
-
     msg_info "Starting Service"
     systemctl start glance
     msg_ok "Started Service"
diff --git a/install/glance-install.sh b/install/glance-install.sh
index 58fbdc43a..2c1f97a34 100644
--- a/install/glance-install.sh
+++ b/install/glance-install.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ update_os
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "glance" "glanceapp/glance" "prebuild" "latest" "/opt/glance" "glance-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
 
 msg_info "Configuring Glance"
-cat <<EOF >/opt/glance/glance.yml
+mkdir -p /opt/glance_data
+cat <<EOF >/opt/glance_data/glance.yml
 pages:
   - name: Startpage
     width: slim
@@ -39,22 +40,22 @@ EOF
 msg_ok "Configured Glance"
 
 msg_info "Creating Service"
-service_path="/etc/systemd/system/glance.service"
-echo "[Unit]
+cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/glance.service
+[Unit]
 Description=Glance Daemon
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/glance
-ExecStart=/opt/glance/glance --config /opt/glance/glance.yml
+ExecStart=/opt/glance/glance --config /opt/glance_data/glance.yml
 TimeoutStopSec=20
 KillMode=process
 Restart=on-failure
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target" >$service_path
-
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
 systemctl enable -q --now glance
 msg_ok "Created Service"