diff --git a/config-example.yaml b/config-example.yaml
index 026befb47..a01af771a 100644
--- a/config-example.yaml
+++ b/config-example.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-publicHLSPath: webroot/hls
-privateHLSPath: hls
 webServerPort: 8080
 
 instanceDetails:
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 71910b3ea..665802052 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -164,6 +164,22 @@ func (c *config) GetVideoSegmentSecondsLength() int {
 	return 4
 }
 
+func (c *config) GetPublicHLSSavePath() string {
+	if c.PublicHLSPath != "" {
+		return c.PublicHLSPath
+	}
+
+	return "webroot/hls"
+}
+
+func (c *config) GetPrivateHLSSavePath() string {
+	if c.PrivateHLSPath != "" {
+		return c.PrivateHLSPath
+	}
+
+	return "hls"
+}
+
 //Load tries to load the configuration file
 func Load(filePath string, versionInfo string) error {
 	Config = new(config)
diff --git a/core/core.go b/core/core.go
index 3469f0627..1047a9dd6 100644
--- a/core/core.go
+++ b/core/core.go
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ func resetDirectories() {
 	log.Trace("Resetting file directories to a clean slate.")
 
 	// Wipe the public, web-accessible hls data directory
-	os.RemoveAll(config.Config.PublicHLSPath)
-	os.RemoveAll(config.Config.PrivateHLSPath)
-	os.MkdirAll(config.Config.PublicHLSPath, 0777)
-	os.MkdirAll(config.Config.PrivateHLSPath, 0777)
+	os.RemoveAll(config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath())
+	os.RemoveAll(config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath())
+	os.MkdirAll(config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath(), 0777)
+	os.MkdirAll(config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath(), 0777)
 
 	// Remove the previous thumbnail
 	os.Remove("webroot/thumbnail.jpg")
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ func resetDirectories() {
 	// Create private hls data dirs
 	if len(config.Config.VideoSettings.StreamQualities) != 0 {
 		for index := range config.Config.VideoSettings.StreamQualities {
-			os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.Config.PrivateHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
-			os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.Config.PublicHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
+			os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath(), strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
+			os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath(), strconv.Itoa(index)), 0777)
 		}
 	} else {
-		os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.Config.PrivateHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(0)), 0777)
-		os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.Config.PublicHLSPath, strconv.Itoa(0)), 0777)
+		os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath(), strconv.Itoa(0)), 0777)
+		os.MkdirAll(path.Join(config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath(), strconv.Itoa(0)), 0777)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/core/ffmpeg/transcoder.go b/core/ffmpeg/transcoder.go
index c7bb649f0..fd4643fd0 100644
--- a/core/ffmpeg/transcoder.go
+++ b/core/ffmpeg/transcoder.go
@@ -179,15 +179,15 @@ func NewTranscoder() Transcoder {
 	var outputPath string
 	if config.Config.S3.Enabled || config.Config.IPFS.Enabled {
 		// Segments are not available via the local HTTP server
-		outputPath = config.Config.PrivateHLSPath
+		outputPath = config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath()
 	} else {
 		// Segments are available via the local HTTP server
-		outputPath = config.Config.PublicHLSPath
+		outputPath = config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath()
 	}
 
 	transcoder.segmentOutputPath = outputPath
 	// Playlists are available via the local HTTP server
-	transcoder.playlistOutputPath = config.Config.PublicHLSPath
+	transcoder.playlistOutputPath = config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath()
 
 	transcoder.input = utils.GetTemporaryPipePath()
 	transcoder.segmentLengthSeconds = config.Config.GetVideoSegmentSecondsLength()
diff --git a/core/playlist/monitor.go b/core/playlist/monitor.go
index a010ba420..cba85dc89 100644
--- a/core/playlist/monitor.go
+++ b/core/playlist/monitor.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 func StartVideoContentMonitor(storage models.ChunkStorageProvider) error {
 	_storage = storage
 
-	pathToMonitor := config.Config.PrivateHLSPath
+	pathToMonitor := config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath()
 
 	// Create at least one structure to store the segments for the different stream variants
 	variants = make([]models.Variant, len(config.Config.VideoSettings.StreamQualities))
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func StartVideoContentMonitor(storage models.ChunkStorageProvider) error {
 				// fmt.Println(event.Op, relativePath)
 
 				// Handle updates to the master playlist by copying it to webroot
-				if relativePath == path.Join(config.Config.PrivateHLSPath, "stream.m3u8") {
-					utils.Copy(event.Path, path.Join(config.Config.PublicHLSPath, "stream.m3u8"))
+				if relativePath == path.Join(config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath(), "stream.m3u8") {
+					utils.Copy(event.Path, path.Join(config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath(), "stream.m3u8"))
 
 				} else if filepath.Ext(event.Path) == ".m3u8" {
 					// Handle updates to playlists, but not the master playlist
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func StartVideoContentMonitor(storage models.ChunkStorageProvider) error {
 
 					newObjectPathChannel := make(chan string, 1)
 					go func() {
-						newObjectPath, err := storage.Save(path.Join(config.Config.PrivateHLSPath, segment.RelativeUploadPath), 0)
+						newObjectPath, err := storage.Save(path.Join(config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath(), segment.RelativeUploadPath), 0)
 						if err != nil {
 							log.Errorln("failed to save the file to the chunk storage.", err)
 						}
@@ -153,9 +153,7 @@ func updateVariantPlaylist(fullPath string) error {
 	}
 
 	playlistString := string(playlistBytes)
-	// fmt.Println("Rewriting playlist", relativePath, "to", path.Join(config.Config.PublicHLSPath, relativePath))
-
 	playlistString = _storage.GenerateRemotePlaylist(playlistString, variant)
 
-	return WritePlaylist(playlistString, path.Join(config.Config.PublicHLSPath, relativePath))
+	return WritePlaylist(playlistString, path.Join(config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath(), relativePath))
 }
diff --git a/core/status.go b/core/status.go
index d7c1c535b..2eaebb15b 100644
--- a/core/status.go
+++ b/core/status.go
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ func SetStreamAsConnected() {
 		_stats.SessionMaxViewerCount = 0
 	}
 
-	chunkPath := config.Config.PublicHLSPath
+	chunkPath := config.Config.GetPublicHLSSavePath()
 	if usingExternalStorage {
-		chunkPath = config.Config.PrivateHLSPath
+		chunkPath = config.Config.GetPrivateHLSSavePath()
 	}
 
 	ffmpeg.StartThumbnailGenerator(chunkPath, config.Config.VideoSettings.HighestQualityStreamIndex)