diff --git a/data/interfaces/default/settings.html b/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
index 0d887b4a..a824d543 100644
--- a/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
+++ b/data/interfaces/default/settings.html
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@ available_notification_agents = sorted(notifiers.available_notification_agents()
                                 </tr>
                                 <tr>
                                     <td>Backup Directory:</td>
-                                    <td>${plexpy.CONFIG.BACKUP_DIR}</td>
+                                    <td>${config['backup_dir']}</td>
                                 </tr>
                                 <tr>
                                     <td>Cache Directory:</td>
-                                    <td>${plexpy.CONFIG.CACHE_DIR}</td>
+                                    <td>${config['cache_dir']}</td>
                                 </tr>
                                 <tr>
                                     <td>Log Directory:</td>
-                                    <td>${plexpy.CONFIG.LOG_DIR}</td>
+                                    <td>${config['log_dir']}</td>
                                 </tr>
                                 % if plexpy.ARGS:
                                 <tr>
@@ -169,6 +169,35 @@ available_notification_agents = sorted(notifiers.available_notification_agents()
                             </label>
                             <p class="help-block">Group successive play history by the same user as a single entry in the tables and watch statistics.</p>
                         </div>
+
+                        <div class="padded-header">
+                            <h3>Directories</h3>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="form-group">
+                            <label for="backup_dir">Backup Directory</label>
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="col-md-6">
+                                    <input type="text" class="form-control directory-settings" id="backup_dir" name="backup_dir" value="${config['backup_dir']}">
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="form-group">
+                            <label for="cache_dir">Cache Directory</label>
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="col-md-6">
+                                    <input type="text" class="form-control directory-settings" id="cache_dir" name="cache_dir" value="${config['cache_dir']}">
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="form-group">
+                            <label for="log_dir">Log Directory</label>
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="col-md-6">
+                                    <input type="text" class="form-control directory-settings" id="log_dir" name="log_dir" value="${config['log_dir']}">
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+
                         <p><input type="button" class="btn btn-bright save-button" value="Save" data-success="Changes saved successfully"></p>
                     </div>
                     <div role="tabpanel" class="tab-pane" id="tabs-2">
@@ -1856,10 +1885,11 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     authChanged = false;
     httpChanged = false;
     monitorChanged = false;
+    directoryChanged = false;
 
     // Alert the user that their changes require a restart.
     function postSaveChecks() {
-        if ((serverChanged && $('#monitoring_use_websocket').is(":checked")) || authChanged || httpChanged || monitorChanged) {
+        if ((serverChanged && $('#monitoring_use_websocket').is(":checked")) || authChanged || httpChanged || monitorChanged || directoryChanged) {
           $('#restart-modal').modal('show');
         }
     }
@@ -1972,6 +2002,10 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
         monitorChanged = true;
     });
 
+    $( ".directory-settings" ).change(function() {
+        directoryChanged = true;
+    });
+
     $( ".pms-settings" ).change(function() {
         serverChanged = true;
         $("#pms_identifier").val("");
diff --git a/plexpy/__init__.py b/plexpy/__init__.py
index 2f544920..5cfce3b6 100644
--- a/plexpy/__init__.py
+++ b/plexpy/__init__.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def initialize(config_file):
         if not CONFIG.HTTPS_KEY:
             CONFIG.HTTPS_KEY = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'server.key')
 
-        if not CONFIG.LOG_DIR.startswith(os.path.abspath(DATA_DIR)):
+        if not CONFIG.LOG_DIR:
             CONFIG.LOG_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'logs')
 
         if not os.path.exists(CONFIG.LOG_DIR):
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ def initialize(config_file):
         logger.initLogger(console=not QUIET, log_dir=CONFIG.LOG_DIR,
                           verbose=VERBOSE)
 
-        if not CONFIG.BACKUP_DIR.startswith(os.path.abspath(DATA_DIR)):
-            # Put the backup dir in the data dir for now
+        if not CONFIG.BACKUP_DIR:
             CONFIG.BACKUP_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'backups')
         if not os.path.exists(CONFIG.BACKUP_DIR):
             try:
@@ -129,14 +128,13 @@ def initialize(config_file):
             except OSError as e:
                 logger.error("Could not create backup dir '%s': %s", BACKUP_DIR, e)
 
-        if not CONFIG.CACHE_DIR.startswith(os.path.abspath(DATA_DIR)):
-            # Put the cache dir in the data dir for now
+        if not CONFIG.CACHE_DIR:
             CONFIG.CACHE_DIR = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'cache')
         if not os.path.exists(CONFIG.CACHE_DIR):
             try:
                 os.makedirs(CONFIG.CACHE_DIR)
             except OSError as e:
-                logger.error("Could not create cache dir '%s': %s", DATA_DIR, e)
+                logger.error("Could not create cache dir '%s': %s", CACHE_DIR, e)
 
         # Initialize the database
         logger.info('Checking to see if the database has all tables....')
diff --git a/plexpy/webserve.py b/plexpy/webserve.py
index e2afdcf1..9da17b9d 100644
--- a/plexpy/webserve.py
+++ b/plexpy/webserve.py
@@ -1165,8 +1165,9 @@ class WebInterface(object):
             "api_key": plexpy.CONFIG.API_KEY,
             "update_db_interval": plexpy.CONFIG.UPDATE_DB_INTERVAL,
             "freeze_db": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.FREEZE_DB),
-            "log_dir": plexpy.CONFIG.LOG_DIR,
+            "backup_dir": plexpy.CONFIG.BACKUP_DIR,
             "cache_dir": plexpy.CONFIG.CACHE_DIR,
+            "log_dir": plexpy.CONFIG.LOG_DIR,
             "check_github": checked(plexpy.CONFIG.CHECK_GITHUB),
             "interface_list": interface_list,
             "cache_sizemb": plexpy.CONFIG.CACHE_SIZEMB,