diff --git a/src/backend/ProjectPath.ts b/src/backend/ProjectPath.ts
index 7bfc56a0..b0837be0 100644
--- a/src/backend/ProjectPath.ts
+++ b/src/backend/ProjectPath.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
-import {Config} from '../common/config/private/Config';
+import {PrivateConfigClass} from '../common/config/private/PrivateConfigClass';
 
 export class ProjectPathClass {
   public Root: string;
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ export class ProjectPathClass {
   public FrontendFolder: string;
   public ExtensionFolder: string;
   public DBFolder: string;
+  private cfg: PrivateConfigClass;
 
-  constructor() {
+  init(cfg: PrivateConfigClass) {
+    this.cfg = cfg;
     this.reset();
   }
 
@@ -31,12 +33,12 @@ export class ProjectPathClass {
   reset(): void {
     this.Root = path.join(__dirname, '/../../');
     this.FrontendFolder = path.join(this.Root, 'dist');
-    this.ImageFolder = this.getAbsolutePath(Config.Media.folder);
-    this.TempFolder = this.getAbsolutePath(Config.Media.tempFolder);
+    this.ImageFolder = this.getAbsolutePath(this.cfg.Media.folder);
+    this.TempFolder = this.getAbsolutePath(this.cfg.Media.tempFolder);
     this.TranscodedFolder = path.join(this.TempFolder, 'tc');
     this.FacesFolder = path.join(this.TempFolder, 'f');
-    this.DBFolder = this.getAbsolutePath(Config.Database.dbFolder);
-    this.ExtensionFolder = this.getAbsolutePath(Config.Extensions.folder);
+    this.DBFolder = this.getAbsolutePath(this.cfg.Database.dbFolder);
+    this.ExtensionFolder = this.getAbsolutePath(this.cfg.Extensions.folder);
 
     // create thumbnail folder if not exist
     if (!fs.existsSync(this.TempFolder)) {
diff --git a/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader.ts b/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader.ts
index 868e7e9a..eab65fd4 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ import {PrivateConfigClass} from '../../../common/config/private/PrivateConfigCl
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import {ServerExtensionsEntryConfig} from '../../../common/config/private/subconfigs/ServerExtensionsConfig';
-import * as child_process from 'child_process';
+import {ProjectPath} from '../../ProjectPath';
 
-const execSync = child_process.execSync;
-
-const LOG_TAG = '[ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader]';
 
 /**
  * This class decouples the extension management and the config.
@@ -16,7 +13,6 @@ const LOG_TAG = '[ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader]';
 export class ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader {
 
   private static instance: ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader;
-  private extensionsFolder: string;
 
   private loaded = false;
   private extensionList: string[] = [];
@@ -31,29 +27,26 @@ export class ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader {
   }
 
 
-  init(extensionsFolder: string) {
-    this.extensionsFolder = extensionsFolder;
-  }
 
   public loadExtensionTemplates(config: PrivateConfigClass) {
-    if (!this.extensionsFolder) {
+    if (!ProjectPath.ExtensionFolder) {
       throw new Error('Unknown extensions folder.');
     }
     // already loaded
     if (!this.loaded) {
 
       this.extensionTemplates = [];
-      if (fs.existsSync(this.extensionsFolder)) {
+      if (fs.existsSync(ProjectPath.ExtensionFolder)) {
         this.extensionList = (fs
-          .readdirSync(this.extensionsFolder))
+          .readdirSync(ProjectPath.ExtensionFolder))
           .filter((f): boolean =>
-            fs.statSync(path.join(this.extensionsFolder, f)).isDirectory()
+            fs.statSync(path.join(ProjectPath.ExtensionFolder, f)).isDirectory()
           );
         this.extensionList.sort();
 
         for (let i = 0; i < this.extensionList.length; ++i) {
           const extFolder = this.extensionList[i];
-          const extPath = path.join(this.extensionsFolder, extFolder);
+          const extPath = path.join(ProjectPath.ExtensionFolder, extFolder);
           const configExtPath = path.join(extPath, 'config.js');
           const serverExtPath = path.join(extPath, 'server.js');
 
diff --git a/src/common/config/private/Config.ts b/src/common/config/private/Config.ts
index 7a14e5c0..d9232fac 100644
--- a/src/common/config/private/Config.ts
+++ b/src/common/config/private/Config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import {ExtensionConfigWrapper} from '../../../backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigWrapper';
 import {PrivateConfigClass} from './PrivateConfigClass';
 import {ConfigClassBuilder} from 'typeconfig/node';
-import {ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader} from '../../../backend/model/extension/ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader';
-import * as path from 'path';
+import {ProjectPath} from '../../../backend/ProjectPath';
 
 // we need to know the location of the extensions to load the full config (including the extensions)
 const pre = ConfigClassBuilder.attachPrivateInterface(new PrivateConfigClass());
@@ -10,6 +9,9 @@ try {
   pre.loadSync({preventSaving: true});
 } catch (e) { /* empty */
 }
-ExtensionConfigTemplateLoader.Instance.init(path.join(__dirname, '/../../../../', pre.Extensions.folder));
+// load extension paths before full config load
+ProjectPath.init(pre);
 
 export const Config = ExtensionConfigWrapper.originalSync(true);
+// set actual config
+ProjectPath.init(Config);