diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5987eec..0737734 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@
 
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 
-
-
-
-
 const params = yargs
     .usage('Usage: $0 <command> [options]')
 
diff --git a/src/env.js b/src/env.js
index 13b4543..6f1b809 100644
--- a/src/env.js
+++ b/src/env.js
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@ import {version} from '../package.json';
 import axios from 'axios';
 import url from 'url';
 
-const defaultConfigFilePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'config.yml');
 const vector = {
     version: global.EXTERNAL_VERSION_FOR_TEST || version,
-    configFile: global.EXTERNAL_CONFIG_FILE || defaultConfigFilePath,
+    configFile: global.EXTERNAL_CONFIG_FILE ||
+        ((global.EXTERNAL_VOLUME_DIRECTORY)
+            ? global.EXTERNAL_VOLUME_DIRECTORY + 'config.yml'
+            : path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'config.yml')),
     clientId: Buffer.from("bnR0LWJncGFsZXJ0ZXI=", 'base64').toString('ascii')
 };
+
 let config = {
     environment: "production",
     connectors: [
@@ -158,19 +161,20 @@ if (fs.existsSync(vector.configFile)) {
         responseType: 'blob', // important
     })
         .then((response) => {
-            fs.writeFileSync(defaultConfigFilePath, response.data);
-            yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(defaultConfigFilePath, 'utf8')); // Test readability and format
+            fs.writeFileSync(vector.configFile, response.data);
+            yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync(vector.configFile, 'utf8')); // Test readability and format
         })
         .catch(() => {
-            fs.writeFileSync(defaultConfigFilePath, ymlBasicConfig); // Download failed, write simple default config
+            fs.writeFileSync(vector.configFile, ymlBasicConfig); // Download failed, write simple default config
         })
-
 }
 
+config.volume = config.volume || global.EXTERNAL_VOLUME_DIRECTORY || "./";
+
 const errorTransport = new FileLogger({
     logRotatePattern: config.logging.logRotatePattern,
     filename: 'error-%DATE%.log',
-    directory: config.logging.directory,
+    directory: config.volume + config.logging.directory,
     backlogSize: config.logging.backlogSize,
     maxRetainedFiles: config.logging.maxRetainedFiles,
     maxFileSizeMB: config.logging.maxFileSizeMB,
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ const errorTransport = new FileLogger({
 const verboseTransport = new FileLogger({
     logRotatePattern: config.logging.logRotatePattern,
     filename: 'reports-%DATE%.log',
-    directory: config.logging.directory,
+    directory: config.volume + config.logging.directory,
     backlogSize: config.logging.backlogSize,
     maxRetainedFiles: config.logging.maxRetainedFiles,
     maxFileSizeMB: config.logging.maxFileSizeMB,
diff --git a/src/inputs/input.js b/src/inputs/input.js
index da6ac60..463d266 100644
--- a/src/inputs/input.js
+++ b/src/inputs/input.js
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export default class Input {
                             const asns = answer.asns.split(",");
                             return generatePrefixes(
                                 asns,
-                                "prefixes.yml",
+                                this.config.volume + "prefixes.yml",
                                 [],
                                 answer.i,
                                 null,
diff --git a/src/inputs/inputYml.js b/src/inputs/inputYml.js
index b5e2f14..11cc0b3 100644
--- a/src/inputs/inputYml.js
+++ b/src/inputs/inputYml.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default class InputYml extends Input {
     };
 
     loadPrefixes = () => {
-        if (!fs.existsSync('./' + this.config.monitoredPrefixesFiles[0])) {
+        if (!fs.existsSync(this.config.volume + this.config.monitoredPrefixesFiles[0])) {
             return this.generate()
                 .then(() => this._loadPrefixes());
         }
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ export default class InputYml extends Input {
                 let monitoredPrefixesFile = {};
                 let fileContent;
 
-                if (fs.existsSync('./' + prefixesFile)) {
-                    fileContent = fs.readFileSync('./' + prefixesFile, 'utf8');
+                if (fs.existsSync(this.config.volume + prefixesFile)) {
+                    fileContent = fs.readFileSync(this.config.volume + prefixesFile, 'utf8');
                     try {
                         monitoredPrefixesFile = yaml.safeLoad(fileContent) || {};
                     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/reports/reportFile.js b/src/reports/reportFile.js
index d9106f4..6f1dcb6 100644
--- a/src/reports/reportFile.js
+++ b/src/reports/reportFile.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default class ReportFile extends Report {
         super(channels, params, env);
 
         this.persistAlerts = params.persistAlertData;
-        this.alertsDirectory = params.alertDataDirectory;
+        this.alertsDirectory = env.config.volume + params.alertDataDirectory;
         if (this.persistAlerts && !this.alertsDirectory) {
             this.persistAlerts = false;
             this.logger.log({
diff --git a/src/worker.js b/src/worker.js
index 6eb9609..e5276c3 100644
--- a/src/worker.js
+++ b/src/worker.js
@@ -30,17 +30,18 @@
  * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-import Consumer from "./consumer";
 import LossyBuffer from "./utils/lossyBuffer";
-import ConnectorFactory from "./connectorFactory";
 import cluster from "cluster";
 import fs from "fs";
 
 export default class Worker {
     constructor(configFile, volume) {
-        global.EXTERNAL_CONFIG_FILE = configFile;
+        global.EXTERNAL_CONFIG_FILE = global.EXTERNAL_CONFIG_FILE || configFile;
+        global.EXTERNAL_VOLUME_DIRECTORY = global.EXTERNAL_VOLUME_DIRECTORY || volume;
 
         const env = require("./env");
+        const Consumer = require("./consumer").default;
+
         this.config = env.config;
         this.logger = env.logger;
         this.input = env.input;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export default class Worker {
             }
         }
 
+        const ConnectorFactory = require("./connectorFactory").default;
         const connectorFactory = new ConnectorFactory();
 
         if (this.config.uptimeMonitor) {
diff --git a/tests/1_config.js b/tests/1_config.js
index ee914a0..248edc5 100644
--- a/tests/1_config.js
+++ b/tests/1_config.js
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ var chai = require("chai");
 var chaiSubset = require('chai-subset');
 var readLastLines = require('read-last-lines');
 var moment = require('moment');
-var model = require('../src/model');
 chai.use(chaiSubset);
 var expect = chai.expect;
-var AS = model.AS;
 
 var asyncTimeout = 20000;
 global.EXTERNAL_VERSION_FOR_TEST = "0.0.1";
@@ -79,7 +77,8 @@ describe("Composition", function() {
                     "multiProcess",
                     "maxMessagesPerSecond",
                     "fadeOffSeconds",
-                    "checkFadeOffGroupsSeconds"
+                    "checkFadeOffGroupsSeconds",
+                    "volume"
                 ]);
             expect(config.connectors[0]).to.have
                 .property('class')
diff --git a/tests/3_uptimemonitor.js b/tests/3_uptimemonitor.js
index 0eee666..1a1c1f7 100644
--- a/tests/3_uptimemonitor.js
+++ b/tests/3_uptimemonitor.js
@@ -33,10 +33,8 @@
 var chai = require("chai");
 var chaiSubset = require('chai-subset');
 var axios = require('axios');
-var model = require('../src/model');
 chai.use(chaiSubset);
 var expect = chai.expect;
-var AS = model.AS;
 
 var asyncTimeout = 20000;
 global.EXTERNAL_VERSION_FOR_TEST = "0.0.1";