diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 80488465..f39f6632 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ nfpms:
       - src: examples/up.yaml.example
         dst: /etc/unpoller/up.yaml.example
         type: config
+      # copy example by default to real locations, people can override, cnfg uses this.
+      - src: examples/up.conf.example
+        dst: /etc/unpoller/up.conf
+        type: config|noreplace
+      
+      # common useful info
       - src: "README.html"
         dst: /etc/unpoller/readme.html
         type: config
@@ -315,7 +321,7 @@ nfpms:
         dst: /usr/local/lib/unpoller/web/static/index.html
         type: config
       - src: init/webserver/static/css/*
-        dst: /usr/local/lib/unpoller/web/static//css
+        dst: /usr/local/lib/unpoller/web/static/css
         type: config
       - src: init/webserver/static/images/*
         dst: /usr/local/lib/unpoller/web/static/images
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fac42da8..74705022 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+FROM busybox:latest as builder
+# we have to do this hop because distroless is bare without common shell commands
+
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/unpoller
+# copy over example config for cnfg environment-based default config
+COPY examples/up.conf.example /etc/unpoller/up.conf
+COPY unpoller_manual.html /etc/unpoller/manual.html
+COPY README.html /etc/unpoller/readme.html
+
 FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian11
 
 COPY unpoller /usr/bin/unpoller
+COPY --from=builder /etc/unpoller /etc/unpoller
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/usr/bin/unpoller" ]
diff --git a/pkg/poller/config.go b/pkg/poller/config.go
index 47797505..2eb3242f 100644
--- a/pkg/poller/config.go
+++ b/pkg/poller/config.go
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ func DefaultConfFile() string {
 	case "netbsd":
 		fallthrough
 	case "openbsd":
-		return "/etc/unifi-poller/up.conf,/usr/local/etc/unifi-poller/up.conf"
+		return "/etc/unpoller/up.conf,/etc/unifi-poller/up.conf,/usr/local/etc/unifi-poller/up.conf"
 	default:
 		// linux and everything else
-		return "/config/unifi-poller.conf,/etc/unifi-poller/up.conf"
+		return "/etc/unpoller/up.conf,/config/unifi-poller.conf,/etc/unifi-poller/up.conf"
 	}
 }