diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9237dd586..3e5fc84d0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10730,7 +10730,7 @@
         },
         "packages/app-runtime": {
             "name": "@nmshd/app-runtime",
-            "version": "5.0.0",
+            "version": "5.0.1",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@js-soft/docdb-access-loki": "^1.1.0",
@@ -10744,12 +10744,12 @@
                 "@types/luxon": "^3.4.2"
             },
             "peerDependencies": {
-                "@nmshd/runtime": "^5.0.0"
+                "@nmshd/runtime": "^5.0.1"
             }
         },
         "packages/consumption": {
             "name": "@nmshd/consumption",
-            "version": "5.0.0",
+            "version": "5.0.1",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@js-soft/docdb-querytranslator": "^1.1.4",
@@ -10771,7 +10771,7 @@
         },
         "packages/content": {
             "name": "@nmshd/content",
-            "version": "5.0.0",
+            "version": "5.0.1",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@js-soft/logging-abstractions": "^1.0.1",
@@ -10796,17 +10796,17 @@
         },
         "packages/runtime": {
             "name": "@nmshd/runtime",
-            "version": "5.0.0",
+            "version": "5.0.1",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@js-soft/docdb-querytranslator": "^1.1.4",
                 "@js-soft/logging-abstractions": "^1.0.1",
                 "@js-soft/ts-serval": "2.0.10",
                 "@js-soft/ts-utils": "^2.3.3",
-                "@nmshd/consumption": "5.0.0",
-                "@nmshd/content": "5.0.0",
+                "@nmshd/consumption": "5.0.1",
+                "@nmshd/content": "5.0.1",
                 "@nmshd/crypto": "2.0.6",
-                "@nmshd/transport": "5.0.0",
+                "@nmshd/transport": "5.0.1",
                 "ajv": "^8.17.1",
                 "ajv-errors": "^3.0.0",
                 "ajv-formats": "^3.0.1",
@@ -10838,7 +10838,7 @@
         },
         "packages/transport": {
             "name": "@nmshd/transport",
-            "version": "5.0.0",
+            "version": "5.0.1",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@js-soft/docdb-access-abstractions": "1.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/app-runtime/package.json b/packages/app-runtime/package.json
index 7b41a8075..c555a8dca 100644
--- a/packages/app-runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-runtime/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@nmshd/app-runtime",
-    "version": "5.0.0",
+    "version": "5.0.1",
     "description": "The App Runtime",
     "homepage": "https://enmeshed.eu",
     "repository": {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         "@types/luxon": "^3.4.2"
     },
     "peerDependencies": {
-        "@nmshd/runtime": "^5.0.0"
+        "@nmshd/runtime": "^5.0.1"
     },
     "publishConfig": {
         "access": "public",
diff --git a/packages/app-runtime/src/AppConfig.ts b/packages/app-runtime/src/AppConfig.ts
index 4a9c3862a..a7ba34502 100644
--- a/packages/app-runtime/src/AppConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/app-runtime/src/AppConfig.ts
@@ -3,24 +3,26 @@ import { IConfigOverwrite } from "@nmshd/transport";
 import { defaultsDeep } from "lodash";
 
 export interface AppConfig extends RuntimeConfig {
-    logging: any;
     accountsDbName: string;
     applicationId: string;
     applePushEnvironment?: "Development" | "Production";
     allowMultipleAccountsWithSameAddress: boolean;
+    dataFolder: string;
 }
 
 export interface AppConfigOverwrite {
     transportLibrary?: Omit<IConfigOverwrite, "supportedIdentityVersion">;
-    logging?: any;
     accountsDbName?: string;
     applicationId: string;
     applePushEnvironment?: "Development" | "Production";
     allowMultipleAccountsWithSameAddress?: boolean;
+    dataFolder?: string;
 }
 
 export function createAppConfig(...configs: AppConfigOverwrite[]): AppConfig {
-    const appConfig = {
+    const appConfig: Omit<AppConfig, "transportLibrary" | "applicationId"> & {
+        transportLibrary: Omit<IConfigOverwrite, "supportedIdentityVersion" | "platformClientId" | "platformClientSecret" | "baseUrl">;
+    } = {
         accountsDbName: "accounts",
         transportLibrary: {
             datawalletEnabled: true
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ export function createAppConfig(...configs: AppConfigOverwrite[]): AppConfig {
                 location: "@nmshd/runtime:NotificationModule"
             }
         },
-        allowMultipleAccountsWithSameAddress: false
+        allowMultipleAccountsWithSameAddress: false,
+        dataFolder: "./data"
     };
 
     const mergedConfig = defaultsDeep({}, ...configs, appConfig);
diff --git a/packages/app-runtime/src/AppRuntime.ts b/packages/app-runtime/src/AppRuntime.ts
index 6698427c1..13330a36f 100644
--- a/packages/app-runtime/src/AppRuntime.ts
+++ b/packages/app-runtime/src/AppRuntime.ts
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export class AppRuntime extends Runtime<AppConfig> {
 
     protected createDatabaseConnection(): Promise<IDatabaseConnection> {
         this.logger.trace("Creating DatabaseConnection to LokiJS");
-        this.lokiConnection = new LokiJsConnection("./data", this.nativeEnvironment.databaseFactory);
+        this.lokiConnection = new LokiJsConnection(this.config.dataFolder, this.nativeEnvironment.databaseFactory);
         this.logger.trace("Finished initialization of LokiJS connection.");
 
         return Promise.resolve(this.lokiConnection);
diff --git a/packages/app-runtime/test/lib/TestUtil.ts b/packages/app-runtime/test/lib/TestUtil.ts
index c28ba00b0..14161b4f1 100644
--- a/packages/app-runtime/test/lib/TestUtil.ts
+++ b/packages/app-runtime/test/lib/TestUtil.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export class TestUtil {
 
         return runtime_createAppConfig({
             transportLibrary: transportOverride,
-            logging: {},
             applicationId: "eu.enmeshed.test",
             ...configOverride
         });
diff --git a/packages/consumption/package.json b/packages/consumption/package.json
index 58eb0ccb6..0161a7020 100644
--- a/packages/consumption/package.json
+++ b/packages/consumption/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@nmshd/consumption",
-    "version": "5.0.0",
+    "version": "5.0.1",
     "description": "The consumption library extends the transport library.",
     "homepage": "https://enmeshed.eu",
     "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/content/package.json b/packages/content/package.json
index a0735523d..f905a88f6 100644
--- a/packages/content/package.json
+++ b/packages/content/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@nmshd/content",
-    "version": "5.0.0",
+    "version": "5.0.1",
     "description": "The content library defines data structures that can be transmitted using the transport library.",
     "homepage": "https://enmeshed.eu",
     "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/runtime/package.json b/packages/runtime/package.json
index bfdb7dfac..3dee324a6 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/runtime/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@nmshd/runtime",
-    "version": "5.0.0",
+    "version": "5.0.1",
     "description": "The enmeshed client runtime.",
     "homepage": "https://enmeshed.eu",
     "repository": {
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
         "@js-soft/logging-abstractions": "^1.0.1",
         "@js-soft/ts-serval": "2.0.10",
         "@js-soft/ts-utils": "^2.3.3",
-        "@nmshd/consumption": "5.0.0",
-        "@nmshd/content": "5.0.0",
+        "@nmshd/consumption": "5.0.1",
+        "@nmshd/content": "5.0.1",
         "@nmshd/crypto": "2.0.6",
-        "@nmshd/transport": "5.0.0",
+        "@nmshd/transport": "5.0.1",
         "ajv": "^8.17.1",
         "ajv-errors": "^3.0.0",
         "ajv-formats": "^3.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/transport/package.json b/packages/transport/package.json
index 7e037adc2..4d05bc34b 100644
--- a/packages/transport/package.json
+++ b/packages/transport/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@nmshd/transport",
-    "version": "5.0.0",
+    "version": "5.0.1",
     "description": "The transport library handles backbone communication and content encryption.",
     "homepage": "https://enmeshed.eu",
     "repository": {