diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bc75674a4d..a6dcb02de6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@ tags
 /ckb-miner.toml
 /data
 /specs
+/ckb-dev
+/ckb-testnet
+/ckb-mainnet
diff --git a/docker/hub/Dockerfile b/docker/hub/Dockerfile
index 412d8b2f56..f77a526b76 100644
--- a/docker/hub/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/hub/Dockerfile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ COPY --from=ckb-builder \
      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcrypto.so.* \
      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 COPY --from=ckb-builder /ckb/target/release/ckb /bin/ckb
+RUN /bin/ckb init --force
 
 USER ckb
 
diff --git a/docs/configure.md b/docs/configure.md
index 5634ec5978..e7ad88f535 100644
--- a/docs/configure.md
+++ b/docs/configure.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CKB looks for configuration files in `<config-dir>`, which is the current workin
 
 Command line argument `-C <path>` sets the value of `<config-dir>` to `<path>`.
 
-If CKB could not find the config file, it will use the default bundled ones.
+Command `ckb init` initializes a directory by exporting the config files.
 
 Some config file may refer to other files, for example, `chain.spec` in
 `ckb.toml` and `system_cells` in chain spec file. The file is referred via
diff --git a/docs/quick-start.md b/docs/quick-start.md
index 7616797828..ddff40c918 100644
--- a/docs/quick-start.md
+++ b/docs/quick-start.md
@@ -3,8 +3,16 @@
 Following steps will assume that the shell can find the executable `ckb`, see
 how to [get CKB](get-ckb.md).
 
-CKB uses current directory to store data. It is recommended to setup the
-directory with default config files:
+First creates a directory to run CKB
+
+```shell
+mkdir ckb-dev
+cd ckb-dev
+```
+
+All the following commands will run in this same directory.
+
+Then init the directory with the default config files.
 
 ```shell
 ckb init
@@ -14,6 +22,8 @@ See how to [configure CKB](configure.md) if you like to tweak the options.
 
 ## Start Node
 
+Start the node from the directory
+
 ```shell
 ckb run
 ```
diff --git a/resource/src/lib.rs b/resource/src/lib.rs
index 36ddd8b91d..600a1cb8cd 100644
--- a/resource/src/lib.rs
+++ b/resource/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ pub enum Resource {
 }
 
 impl Resource {
+    pub fn is_bundled(&self) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            Resource::Bundled(_) => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Gets resource content
     pub fn get(&self) -> Result<Cow<'static, [u8]>> {
         match self {
diff --git a/src/setup/app_config.rs b/src/setup/app_config.rs
index 231b32ede4..3688e04f26 100644
--- a/src/setup/app_config.rs
+++ b/src/setup/app_config.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ pub struct ChainConfig {
 }
 
 impl AppConfig {
+    pub fn is_bundled(&self) -> bool {
+        self.resource.is_bundled()
+    }
+
     pub fn load_for_subcommand(
         locator: &ResourceLocator,
         subcommand_name: &str,
diff --git a/src/setup/mod.rs b/src/setup/mod.rs
index ea5c4a17ea..088936ea0d 100644
--- a/src/setup/mod.rs
+++ b/src/setup/mod.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ impl Setup {
 
         let resource_locator = locator_from_matches(matches)?;
         let config = AppConfig::load_for_subcommand(&resource_locator, subcommand_name)?;
+        if config.is_bundled() {
+            eprintln!("Not a CKB directory, initialize one with `ckb init`.");
+            return Err(ExitCode::Config);
+        }
 
         Ok(Setup {
             subcommand_name: subcommand_name.to_string(),