diff --git a/srcpkgs/gerbera/files/gerbera/log/run b/srcpkgs/gerbera/files/gerbera/log/run
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..3a5b4a58605
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gerbera/files/gerbera/log/run
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/bin/vlogger
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gerbera/files/gerbera/run b/srcpkgs/gerbera/files/gerbera/run
index 925a4d7fde2..cab802769fe 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/gerbera/files/gerbera/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/gerbera/files/gerbera/run
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-chpst -u gerbera:gerbera gerbera --home /var/lib/gerbera
+
+if [ ! -d /var/lib/gerbera/.config ]; then
+	mkdir -p /var/lib/gerbera/.config/gerbera
+	chown -R gerbera:gerbera /var/lib/gerbera
+	chpst -u gerbera sh -c 'HOME=/var/lib/gerbera gerbera --create-config > /var/lib/gerbera/.config/gerbera/config.xml'
+fi
+
+exec chpst -u gerbera:gerbera gerbera --home /var/lib/gerbera
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gerbera/template b/srcpkgs/gerbera/template
index 7b4f1a5f1f3..35136708b3e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gerbera/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gerbera/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'gerbera'
 pkgname=gerbera
 version=1.11.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DWITH_SYSTEMD=0 -DWITH_AVCODEC=1"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"