diff --git a/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/.cargo/config.toml.template b/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/.cargo/config.toml.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f01cbee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/.cargo/config.toml.template
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+[target.'cfg(all(target_arch = "arm", target_os = "none"))']
+runner = "probe-rs run --chip STM32H753ZITx"
+# runner = ["probe-rs", "run", "--chip", "$CHIP", "--log-format", "{L} {s}"]
+
+rustflags = [
+  "-C", "linker=flip-link",
+  "-C", "link-arg=-Tlink.x",
+  "-C", "link-arg=-Tdefmt.x",
+  # This is needed if your flash or ram addresses are not aligned to 0x10000 in memory.x
+  # See https://github.com/rust-embedded/cortex-m-quickstart/pull/95
+  "-C", "link-arg=--nmagic",
+  # Can be useful for debugging.
+  # "-Clink-args=-Map=app.map"
+]
+
+[build]
+# (`thumbv6m-*` is compatible with all ARM Cortex-M chips but using the right
+# target improves performance)
+# target = "thumbv6m-none-eabi"    # Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M0+
+# target = "thumbv7m-none-eabi"    # Cortex-M3
+# target = "thumbv7em-none-eabi"   # Cortex-M4 and Cortex-M7 (no FPU)
+target = "thumbv7em-none-eabihf" # Cortex-M4F and Cortex-M7F (with FPU)
+
+[alias]
+rb = "run --bin"
+rrb = "run --release --bin"
+
+[env]
+DEFMT_LOG = "info"
diff --git a/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/.gitignore b/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/.gitignore
index c2bb1e7..54f6671 100644
--- a/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/.gitignore
+++ b/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /target
-/.cargo/config*
+/.cargo/config.toml
 /.vscode
 /app.map
diff --git a/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/README.md b/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/README.md
index 01f842e..35bba02 100644
--- a/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/README.md
+++ b/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/README.md
@@ -29,15 +29,19 @@ If you have not installed it yet, you can do so with
 rustup target add thumbv7em-none-eabihf
 ```
 
-A default `.cargo` config file is provided for this project, but needs to be copied to have
-the correct name. This is so that the config file can be updated or edited for custom needs
-without being tracked by git.
+A default `.cargo` config file is provided as `.cargo/config.toml.template`. The build script
+copies it to `.cargo/config.toml` if that file does not exist yet. The copy is not tracked by git,
+so you can change settings like the runner for your setup.
+
+Cargo reads the configuration before the build script runs, so the very first build on a fresh
+checkout does not use it yet and might fail. Simply run the build again, or copy the file
+manually beforehand:
 
 ```sh
-cp def_config.toml config.toml
+cp .cargo/config.toml.template .cargo/config.toml
 ```
 
-The configuration file will also set the target so it does not always have to be specified with
+The configuration file also sets the target so it does not always have to be specified with
 the `--target` argument.
 
 ## Building
diff --git a/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/build.rs b/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/build.rs
index 5f7e192..93b7aa1 100644
--- a/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/build.rs
+++ b/embedded-examples/stm32h7-nucleo-rtic/build.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{env, fs};
 
 fn main() {
     let manifest_dir = PathBuf::from(env::var_os("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap());
-    let cargo_dir = manifest_dir.parent().unwrap().join(".cargo");
+    let cargo_dir = manifest_dir.join(".cargo");
     let config = cargo_dir.join("config.toml");
     let config_template = cargo_dir.join("config.toml.template");