diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index daf4613..9c393db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Installation is easy. There are no dependencies on Python modules that are not p
 - Execute it (`sudo ./configurator.py`)
 - To terminate the process do the usual `CTRL+C`, maybe once or twice
 
+It is also possible to place configurator.py somewhere else. For this to work though, you have to modify the source code. Near the top you'll find the variable `BASEPATH`. Set this to something like `"/home/hass/.homeassistant"`, and no matter where you're running the configurator from, it will [chroot](https://linux.die.net/man/1/chroot) into that directory and start serving files from there.
+
 By default the webapp listens on IP `0.0.0.0` (which is every IP the machine has) on port `3218`. If you leave it that way and you DON'T USE SSL, you can embed the configurator into HASS using a [panel_iframe](https://home-assistant.io/components/panel_iframe/):
 
 ```yaml
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ panel_iframe:
 ```
 
 Since this is no service, one way to always keep this running would be to use [screen](http://ss64.com/bash/screen.html). If it's not already installed on your system, you can do `sudo apt-get install screen` to get it. When it's installed, start a screen session by executing `screen`. Then navigate to your HASS directory and start the configurator like described above. Put the screen session into the background by pressing `CTRL+A` and then `CTRL+D`.
-To resume the screen session, log in to your machine and execute `screen -r`.
+To resume the screen session, log in to your machine and execute `screen -r`.  
 
 And here a screenshot of this thing embedded into HASS:
 ![Screenshot](https://github.com/danielperna84/hass-poc-configurator/blob/master/hass-poc-configurator.png)
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 32c0e0a..04cabd7 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Version 0.0.5 (2017-01-27)
+- Ugly workaround to run configurator.py from somewhere else than HASS-dir (Issue #1)
+
 Version 0.0.4 (2017-01-26)
 - Added modal dialogs (displayed when AJAX is done, dismiss with click)
 
diff --git a/configurator.py b/configurator.py
index 6579e89..0e88055 100755
--- a/configurator.py
+++ b/configurator.py
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ from string import Template
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
-VERSION = "0.0.4"
+VERSION = "0.0.5"
 BASEDIR = "."
+# Set BASEPATH to something like "/home/hass/.homeasssitant" if you're not running the configurator from that path
+BASEPATH = None
 LISTENIP = "0.0.0.0"
 LISTENPORT = 3218
 BOOTSTRAPAPI = "http://127.0.0.1:8123/api/bootstrap"
@@ -385,6 +387,9 @@ def run():
     server_address = (LISTENIP, LISTENPORT)
     httpd = HTTPServer(server_address, RequestHandler)
     print('running server...')
+    if BASEPATH:
+        os.chroot(BASEPATH)
+        os.chdir('/')
     httpd.serve_forever()
 
 run()
diff --git a/dev/configurator.py b/dev/configurator.py
index 8a75381..04a3a83 100755
--- a/dev/configurator.py
+++ b/dev/configurator.py
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ from string import Template
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
-VERSION = "0.0.4"
+VERSION = "0.0.5"
 BASEDIR = "."
+# Set BASEPATH to something like "/home/hass/.homeasssitant" if you're not running the configurator from that path
+BASEPATH = None
 LISTENIP = "0.0.0.0"
 LISTENPORT = 3218
 BOOTSTRAPAPI = "http://127.0.0.1:8123/api/bootstrap"
@@ -144,6 +146,9 @@ def run():
     server_address = (LISTENIP, LISTENPORT)
     httpd = HTTPServer(server_address, RequestHandler)
     print('running server...')
+    if BASEPATH:
+        os.chroot(BASEPATH)
+        os.chdir('/')
     httpd.serve_forever()
 
 run()