diff --git a/src/cfg.c b/src/cfg.c
index f4361ec..42da3a5 100644
--- a/src/cfg.c
+++ b/src/cfg.c
@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ int parse_json_config(const char *filename, struct og_server_cfg *cfg)
 
 	if ((flags & OG_SERVER_CFG_REST) &&
 	    (flags & OG_SERVER_CFG_DB) &&
-	    (flags & OG_SERVER_CFG_WOL) &&
-	    (flags & OG_SERVER_CFG_REPO)) {
+	    (flags & OG_SERVER_CFG_WOL)) {
 		ret = 0;
 	} else {
 		syslog(LOG_ERR, "Missing attributes in json file");
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 38494a7..9fe13ad 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ static struct option og_server_opts[] = {
 };
 
 #define OG_SERVER_CFG_JSON	"/opt/opengnsys/cfg/ogserver.json"
+#define OG_SERVER_REPO_PATH	"/opt/opengnsys/images"
 
-struct og_server_cfg cfg;
+struct og_server_cfg cfg = {
+	.repo	= {
+		.dir	= OG_SERVER_REPO_PATH,
+	},
+};
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {