diff --git a/lib/components/services/localfilestorage/index.js b/lib/components/services/localfilestorage/index.js
index 68a203b..e2ade36 100644
--- a/lib/components/services/localfilestorage/index.js
+++ b/lib/components/services/localfilestorage/index.js
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ const dottie = require('dottie')
 
 class LocalFilestorage {
   boot (options) {
+    this.rootPath_ = configuredRootPath(options)
+
     const cloudstorage = cloudstorageService(options)
     cloudstorage.registerProvider(this)
-  }
+  } // boot
+
+  get rootPath() { return this.rootPath_ }
 } // class LocalFilestorage
 
 function cloudstorageService (options) {
@@ -16,8 +20,18 @@ function cloudstorageService (options) {
   return options.bootedServices.cloudstorage
 } // cloudstorageService
 
+function configuredRootPath (options) {
+  const configKey = 'config.localstorage.rootPath'
+  const fromConfig = dottie.get(options, configKey)
+  const fromEnv = process.env.TYMLY_LOCALSTORAGE_ROOTPATH
+
+  const rootPath = fromConfig || fromEnv
+  if (!rootPath) bootOops(`Could not configure root path from ${configKey} or TYMLY_LOCALSTORAGE_ROOTPATH.`)
+  return rootPath
+} // configuredRootPath
+
 function bootOops (msg) {
-  throw new Error(`Can not register localfilestorage. ${msg}`)
+  throw new Error(`Can not boot localfilestorage. ${msg}`)
 } // bootOops
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/test/boot-service-test.js b/test/boot-service-test.js
index f507b03..4e1e429 100644
--- a/test/boot-service-test.js
+++ b/test/boot-service-test.js
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ const LocalStorageService = require('../lib/components/services/localfilestorage
 describe('Boot localstorage service', () => {
   let localstorage
   let options
-  const onBoot = () => { localstorage.boot(options) }
+  const onBoot = () => {
+    localstorage.boot(options)
+  }
 
   beforeEach (() => {
-    console.log('yes')
-
     localstorage = new LocalStorageService()
 
     options = {
@@ -21,46 +21,79 @@ describe('Boot localstorage service', () => {
         cloudstorage: {
           registerProvider: () => { }
         }
+      },
+      config: {
+        localstorage: {
+          rootPath: '/from/config'
+        }
       }
     }
+  }) // beforeEach
+
+  afterEach (() => {
+    delete process.env.TYMLY_LOCALSTORAGE_ROOTPATH
   })
 
   describe('good boots', () => {
+    it('picks up filesystem root directory from config', () => {
+      localstorage.boot(options)
+      expect(localstorage.rootPath).to.be.a('string')
+    })
+
+    it('picks up filesystem root directory from environment', () => {
+      delete options.config.localstorage
+      process.env.TYMLY_LOCALSTORAGE_ROOTPATH='/from/env'
+
+      localstorage.boot(options)
+      expect(localstorage.rootPath).to.eql('/from/env')
+    })
+
+    it('prefer config to environment variable', () => {
+      process.env.TYMLY_LOCALSTORAGE_ROOTPATH='/from/env'
+
+      localstorage.boot(options)
+      expect(localstorage.rootPath).to.eql('/from/config')
+    })
+
     it('localstorage registers with cloudstorage on boot', () => {
       let registered = false
       options.bootedServices.cloudstorage.registerProvider =
         provider => { registered = (provider === localstorage) }
 
       localstorage.boot(options)
+
       expect(registered).to.be.true()
     })
+  })
 
-    it('picks up filesystem root directory from config', () => {
-      localstorage.boot(options)
-      expect(localstorage.rootPath).to.be.a('string')
+  describe('bad boots', () => {
+    it ('loudly fail if path config is missing', () => {
+      delete options.config.localstorage
+
+      expect(onBoot).to.throw(/could not configure/i)
     })
 
-    it('picks up filesystem root directory from environment', () => {
-      localstorage.boot(options)
-      expect(localstorage.rootPath).to.be.a('string')
+    it ("don't register if config is missing", () => {
+      delete options.config.localstorage
+
+      let registered = false
+      options.bootedServices.cloudstorage.registerProvider =
+        provider => { registered = (provider === localstorage) }
+
+      expect(onBoot).to.throw(/could not configure/i)
+      expect(registered).to.be.false()
     })
-  })
 
-  describe('bad boots', () => {
     it('loudly fail if cloudstorage is not available', () => {
       delete options.bootedServices.cloudstorage
 
-      expect(onBoot).to.throw(/can not register/i)
+      expect(onBoot).to.throw(/can't find cloudstorage/i)
     })
 
     it ("loudly fail if cloudstorage isn't right", () => {
       delete options.bootedServices.cloudstorage.registerProvider
 
-      expect(onBoot).to.throw(/can not register/i)
-    })
-
-    it ('loudly fail if path config is missing', () => {
-      expect(onBoot).to.throw(/missing config/i)
+      expect(onBoot).to.throw(/doesn't have registerProvider/i)
     })
   })
 })