diff --git a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-linux-jre-no-splash.sh b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-linux-jre-no-splash.sh
index 21067e3f..65a54373 100755
--- a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-linux-jre-no-splash.sh
+++ b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-linux-jre-no-splash.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ DIR="$(dirname "$0")"
 pushd "${DIR}"
 JAVA=./jre/bin/java
 $JAVA -version
-$JAVA -Xmx1g -Djdk.gtk.version=3 -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -jar ${name.final}.jar
+$JAVA -Xmx1g -Djdk.gtk.version=3 -Dctbrec.config.dir=./config -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -jar ${name.final}.jar
 popd
diff --git a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-linux-jre.sh b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-linux-jre.sh
index 294ea60d..c2a9d830 100755
--- a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-linux-jre.sh
+++ b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-linux-jre.sh
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ DIR="$(dirname "$0")"
 pushd "${DIR}"
 JAVA=./jre/bin/java
 $JAVA -version
-$JAVA -splash:splash.png -Xmx1g -Djdk.gtk.version=3 -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -jar ${name.final}.jar
+$JAVA -splash:splash.png -Xmx1g -Djdk.gtk.version=3 -Dctbrec.config.dir=./config -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -jar ${name.final}.jar
 popd
diff --git a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-macos-jre-no-splash.sh b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-macos-jre-no-splash.sh
index eb23e7a6..d65d10c4 100755
--- a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-macos-jre-no-splash.sh
+++ b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-macos-jre-no-splash.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ pushd "$DIR"
 JAVA_HOME="$DIR/jre/Contents/Home"
 JAVA="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
 $JAVA -version
-$JAVA -Xmx1g -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -jar ${name.final}.jar
+$JAVA -Xmx1g -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dctbrec.config.dir=./config -jar ${name.final}.jar
 popd
diff --git a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-macos-jre.sh b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-macos-jre.sh
index 04194027..c371ed10 100755
--- a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-macos-jre.sh
+++ b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec-macos-jre.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ pushd "$DIR"
 JAVA_HOME="$DIR/jre/Contents/Home"
 JAVA="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
 $JAVA -version
-$JAVA -splash:splash.png  -Xmx1g -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -jar ${name.final}.jar
+$JAVA -splash:splash.png  -Xmx1g -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dctbrec.config.dir=./config -jar ${name.final}.jar
 popd
diff --git a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec.bat b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec.bat
index 65ce3151..bb5d1c9c 100644
--- a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec.bat
+++ b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec.bat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-jre\bin\java -Xmx1g -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -jar ${name.final}.jar
+jre\bin\java -Xmx1g -Dfile.encoding=utf-8 -Dctbrec.config.dir=./config -jar ${name.final}.jar
diff --git a/client/src/assembly/ctbrec.l4j.ini b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec.l4j.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50a21f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/assembly/ctbrec.l4j.ini
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-Dctbrec.config.dir=./config
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/src/assembly/win64-jre.xml b/client/src/assembly/win64-jre.xml
index 0f85f278..edb9eb72 100644
--- a/client/src/assembly/win64-jre.xml
+++ b/client/src/assembly/win64-jre.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
             <outputDirectory>ctbrec/lib/ffmpeg</outputDirectory>
             <destName>ffmpeg.exe</destName>
         </file>
+        <file>
+            <source>${project.basedir}/src/assembly/ctbrec.l4j.ini</source>
+            <outputDirectory>ctbrec</outputDirectory>
+        </file>
     </files>
     <fileSets>
         <fileSet>