diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 847ea572..34f16d0f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ if(NOT FSFW_CONFIG_PATH)
     set(DEF_CONF_PATH misc/defaultcfg/fsfwconfig)
     message(WARNING "Setting default configuration from ${DEF_CONF_PATH} ..")
     add_subdirectory(${DEF_CONF_PATH})
+    set(FSFW_CONFIG_PATH ${DEF_CONF_PATH})
 endif()
 
 # FSFW might be part of a possibly complicated folder structure, so we