diff --git a/example_config/intelmq-api/config.json b/example_config/intelmq-api/config.json
index b8872eb..740ea69 100644
--- a/example_config/intelmq-api/config.json
+++ b/example_config/intelmq-api/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "intelmq_ctl_cmd": ["intelmqctl"],
-    "allowed_path": "/opt/intelmq/var/lib/bots/",
+    "allowed_path": "/etc/intelmq/var/lib/bots/",
+    "session_store": "/opt/intelmq_persistence/api-session.sqlite",
     "session_duration": 86400,
     "allow_origins": ["*"],
     "html_dir": ""