diff --git a/Updater/Update-Service.ps1 b/Updater/Update-Service.ps1
index 45a725bcdb62da419afe36eafb4a77e916c137f0..9382ef683f871f09ae65833e3dcaa8120b25424c 100644
--- a/Updater/Update-Service.ps1
+++ b/Updater/Update-Service.ps1
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ function Update-File {
 function Update-Configuration {
     $NewConfig = "$($UpdateConfigPath)\configuration.xml"
     if (Test-Path -PathType Leaf $NewConfig) {
-        $ret = Update-File $NewConfig $InstallationPath
+        $ret = Update-File $NewConfig $ConfigPath
     } else {
         $ret = $False
         Write-Verbose "No configuration file found at '$($NewConfig)'."
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ $UpdateBinariesPath = "$($UpdateSourcePath)\Service\Binaries"
 $LogfileUpload = "$($UpdateSourcePath)\Logs\$($env:COMPUTERNAME)"
 
 Exit-IfDirMissing $InstallationPath "installation"
+Exit-IfDirMissing $ConfigPath "configuration files"
 Exit-IfDirMissing $UpdateSourcePath "update source"
 Exit-IfDirMissing $UpdateConfigPath "configuration update"
 Exit-IfDirMissing $UpdateMarkerPath "update marker"
diff --git a/Updater/UpdaterConfig-Example.inc.ps1 b/Updater/UpdaterConfig-Example.inc.ps1
index 21bea61d87beb50077d074a56fd42b0623022bd9..6c3d3e6e9ac45ccba550f17f595c5dd69d05645b 100644
--- a/Updater/UpdaterConfig-Example.inc.ps1
+++ b/Updater/UpdaterConfig-Example.inc.ps1
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 $ServiceName = "AutoTx"
 $InstallationPath = "C:\Tools\$($ServiceName)"
+$ConfigPath = "$($InstallationPath)"
 $LogPath = "$($InstallationPath)"
 
 $UpdateSourcePath = "\\fileserver.mydomain.xy\share\_AUTOTX_"