diff --git a/linux_initramfs/pack.sh b/linux_initramfs/pack.sh
index e042bb5..f04c0a1 100644
--- a/linux_initramfs/pack.sh
+++ b/linux_initramfs/pack.sh
@@ -40,15 +40,17 @@ mkdir rootTemplate/lib/i386-linux-gnu/
 mkdir rootTemplate/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 
 cp -L /lib/ld-linux.so.2 rootTemplate/lib/ld-linux.so.2
-cp -L /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 rootTemplate/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
 cp -L /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 rootTemplate/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
 cp -L /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 rootTemplate//lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
+cp -L /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 rootTemplate/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
+cp -L /lib64/libdl.so.2 rootTemplate/lib64/libdl.so.2
+cp -L /lib64/libc.so.6 rootTemplate/lib64/libc.so.6
 cp -L /lib32/libc.so.6  rootTemplate//lib32/libc.so.6
-cp -L /lib/ld-linux.so.2 rootTemplate/lib/ld-linux.so.2
 cp -L /lib32/libdl.so.2 rootTemplate/lib32/libdl.so.2
 
 # fix nasty nss bugs (getpwnam_r, ...)
 cp /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_compat.so.2 rootTemplate//lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
+cp /lib64/libnss_compat.so.2 rootTemplate/lib64/
 
 cp -r "rootTemplate" "init"
 sed '/START/c\./loader' init/init_template > init/init
diff --git a/linux_initramfs/rootTemplate/init_template b/linux_initramfs/rootTemplate/init_template
index 0d29602..f555082 100755
--- a/linux_initramfs/rootTemplate/init_template
+++ b/linux_initramfs/rootTemplate/init_template
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ adduser --gecos "ubuntu" --disabled-password --ingroup ubuntu ubuntu
 echo "ubuntu:ubuntu" | chpasswd
 
 # multiarch support
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib32
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib64:/lib32
 
 START
 #./loader
diff --git a/packer/common/config.py b/packer/common/config.py
index 74f2b2e..e0fcf3a 100644
--- a/packer/common/config.py
+++ b/packer/common/config.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ default_config = {
                   "QEMU-PT_PATH": "../../QEMU-Nyx/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64",
                   "KERNEL": "../linux_initramfs/bzImage-linux-4.15-rc7",
                   "INIT_RAMFS": "../linux_initramfs/init.cpio.gz",
-                  "DEFAULT_FUZZER_CONFIG_FOLDER": "./fuzzer_configs/",
+                  "DEFAULT_FUZZER_CONFIG_FOLDER": os.path.expanduser("~/.nyx/fuzzer_configs/"),
                   "DEFAULT_VM_HDA": "",
                   "DEFAULT_VM_PRESNAPSHOT": "",
                   }
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ class ConfigReader(object):
     def __init_config(self, config_file):    
         if not os.path.exists(config_file):
             print("Configuration \"%s\" not found -> Creating..."%(os.path.realpath(config_file)))
+            config_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(config_file))
+            os.makedirs(config_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            os.makedirs(config_dir+"/fuzzer_configs/", exist_ok=True)
             f = open(config_file, "w")
             config = configparser.ConfigParser()
             config["Packer"] = {}
@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ class PackerConfiguration:
             self.load_old_state = False
 
     def __load_config(self):
-        self.config_values = ConfigReader(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))+"/../nyx.ini", self.__config_section, self.__config_default).get_values()
+        self.config_values = ConfigReader(os.path.expanduser("~/.nyx/nyx.ini"), self.__config_section, self.__config_default).get_values()
 
     def __load_arguments(self):
         modes = ["afl", "spec"]
@@ -344,7 +347,7 @@ class ConfigGeneratorConfiguration:
             self.load_old_state = False
 
     def __load_config(self):
-        self.config_values = ConfigReader(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) +"/../nyx.ini", self.__config_section, self.__config_default).get_values()
+        self.config_values = ConfigReader(os.path.expanduser("~/.nyx/nyx.ini"), self.__config_section, self.__config_default).get_values()
 
     def __load_arguments(self):
 
diff --git a/packer/common/self_check.py b/packer/common/self_check.py
index 10f2405..e16ac37 100644
--- a/packer/common/self_check.py
+++ b/packer/common/self_check.py
@@ -170,12 +170,14 @@ def check_apple_ignore_msrs(config):
 
 
 def check_nyx_ini():
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])+"/nyx.ini") and not os.path.exists("nyx.ini"):
-        from common.config import FuzzerConfiguration
-        FuzzerConfiguration(skip_args=True).create_initial_config()
-        print(WARNING + WARNING_PREFIX + "nyx.ini file does not exist. Creating..." + ENDC)
-        return False
-    return True
+    # comment this code out because FuzzerConfiguration does not exist
+    # see https://github.com/nyx-fuzz/packer/issues/35
+    # if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])+"/nyx.ini") and not os.path.exists("nyx.ini"):
+    #     from common.config import FuzzerConfiguration
+    #     FuzzerConfiguration(skip_args=True).create_initial_config()
+    #     print(WARNING + WARNING_PREFIX + "nyx.ini file does not exist. Creating..." + ENDC)
+    #     return False
+    return os.path.exists(os.path.expanduser("~/.nyx/nyx.ini"))
 
 
 def check_qemu_version(config):