diff --git a/ct/bazarr.sh b/ct/bazarr.sh
index dddd27d9e..538ca16f2 100755
--- a/ct/bazarr.sh
+++ b/ct/bazarr.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,31 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
     exit
   fi
+
+  if ! grep -qE -- "bazarr\.py.*[[:space:]](-c|--config)([[:space:]]|=)" /etc/systemd/system/bazarr.service 2>/dev/null; then
+    if [[ -d /opt/bazarr/data && ! -L /opt/bazarr/data && -n "$(ls -A /var/lib/bazarr/ 2>/dev/null)" ]]; then
+      msg_error "/opt/bazarr/data and /var/lib/bazarr both contain data - refusing to merge them. Keep the copy you want in /var/lib/bazarr, remove /opt/bazarr/data, then run the update again."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    msg_info "Moving Bazarr data to /var/lib/bazarr"
+    systemctl stop bazarr
+    if [[ -L /opt/bazarr/data ]]; then
+      rm -f /opt/bazarr/data
+    elif [[ -d /opt/bazarr/data ]]; then
+      if ! cp -a /opt/bazarr/data/. /var/lib/bazarr/; then
+        systemctl start bazarr
+        msg_error "Could not copy /opt/bazarr/data to /var/lib/bazarr - nothing was removed."
+        exit 1
+      fi
+      rm -rf /opt/bazarr/data
+    fi
+    sed -i -E "s|^(ExecStart=.*bazarr\.py.*)$|\1 -c /var/lib/bazarr|" /etc/systemd/system/bazarr.service
+    systemctl daemon-reload
+    systemctl start bazarr
+    msg_ok "Moved Bazarr data to /var/lib/bazarr"
+  fi
+
   if check_for_gh_release "bazarr" "morpheus65535/bazarr"; then
     msg_info "Stopping Service"
     systemctl stop bazarr
diff --git a/install/bazarr-install.sh b/install/bazarr-install.sh
index 1ff43032e..3a2cd01d8 100755
--- a/install/bazarr-install.sh
+++ b/install/bazarr-install.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ UMask=0002
 Restart=on-failure
 RestartSec=5
 Type=simple
-ExecStart=/opt/bazarr/venv/bin/python3 /opt/bazarr/bazarr.py
+ExecStart=/opt/bazarr/venv/bin/python3 /opt/bazarr/bazarr.py -c /var/lib/bazarr
 KillSignal=SIGINT
 TimeoutStopSec=20
 SyslogIdentifier=bazarr