diff --git a/whisper-webui/app-deployment.yaml b/whisper-webui/app-deployment.yaml
index 2ac1e16..c83cc24 100644
--- a/whisper-webui/app-deployment.yaml
+++ b/whisper-webui/app-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,20 +25,24 @@ spec:
       initContainers:
         - name: config-init
           image: busybox
-          command: ['sh', '-c', 'mkdir -p /whisper-configs && cp /config-readonly/default_parameters.yaml /whisper-configs/ && chmod 666 /whisper-configs/default_parameters.yaml']
+          command: ['sh', '-c', 'cp /config-readonly/default_parameters.yaml /writable-configs/ && chmod 666 /writable-configs/default_parameters.yaml']
           volumeMounts:
             - name: config-volume
               mountPath: /config-readonly
-            - name: configs-dir
-              mountPath: /whisper-configs
+            - name: writable-config
+              mountPath: /writable-configs
       containers:
         - command:
-            - python
-            - app.py
-            - --server_port
-            - "7860"
-            - --server_name
-            - 0.0.0.0
+            - sh
+            - -c
+            - |
+              # Replace the original file with a symlink to our writable version
+              if [ -f /Whisper-WebUI/configs/default_parameters.yaml ]; then
+                rm /Whisper-WebUI/configs/default_parameters.yaml
+              fi
+              ln -s /writable-configs/default_parameters.yaml /Whisper-WebUI/configs/default_parameters.yaml
+              # Start the application
+              python app.py --server_port 7860 --server_name 0.0.0.0
           image: hebury/whisper-webui:latest
           name: app
           ports:
@@ -51,8 +55,8 @@ spec:
               name: app-claim0
             - mountPath: /Whisper-WebUI/outputs
               name: app-claim1
-            - name: configs-dir
-              mountPath: /Whisper-WebUI/configs
+            - name: writable-config
+              mountPath: /writable-configs
       restartPolicy: Always
       volumes:
         - name: app-claim0
@@ -64,5 +68,5 @@ spec:
         - name: config-volume
           configMap:
             name: whisper-webui-config
-        - name: configs-dir
+        - name: writable-config
           emptyDir: {}
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