diff --git a/src/core/item.rs b/src/core/item.rs
index 7dd46f3..51975e3 100644
--- a/src/core/item.rs
+++ b/src/core/item.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ impl Default for ItemData {
 
 pub fn data_from_string(data_string: String) -> MizeResult<ItemData> {
 
-    let mut config = ItemData::new();
+    let mut data = ItemData::new();
 
     // in case it's just a string
     if !data_string.contains("=") {
@@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ pub fn data_from_string(data_string: String) -> MizeResult<ItemData> {
             .ok_or(MizeError::new().msg(format!("Failed to parse Option: option '{}' has an empty path (thing beforee =)", option)))?;
         let value = option.split("=").nth(1)
             .ok_or(MizeError::new().msg(format!("Failed to parse Option: option '{}' has an empty value (thing after =)", option)))?;
-        let mut path_vec = vec!["config"];
+        let mut path_vec = Vec::new();
         path_vec.extend(path.split("."));
 
-        config.set_path(path_vec, ItemData::parse(value))?;
+        data.set_path(path_vec, ItemData::parse(value))?;
     }
 
-    return Ok(config);
+    return Ok(data);
 }
 
 pub fn item_data_get_path(data: &CborValue, path: Vec<String>) -> MizeResult<&CborValue> {
diff --git a/src/platform/os/mod.rs b/src/platform/os/mod.rs
index 31e113a..81e235d 100644
--- a/src/platform/os/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/os/mod.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ pub fn os_instance_init(instance: &mut Instance) -> MizeResult<()> {
         Ok(config_string) => {
             let config = data_from_string(config_string)?;
             debug!("env var MIZE_CONFIG present");
-            instance.set_blocking("0", config)?;
+            instance.set_blocking("0/config", config)?;
             trace!("config after MIZE_CONFIG env var: {}", instance.get("0/config")?);
         }
         Err(var_err) => match var_err {