diff --git a/application/config/scattport.php b/application/config/scattport.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c38acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/config/scattport.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php defined('BASEPATH') || exit('No direct script access allowed');
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Directory into which the results are uploaded
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| When a client made a calculation, he uploads the results to a directory
+| on this server.
+|
+| This has to be the base directory, i.e. the ftp-user's home directory.
+*/
+$config['ftp_base'] = '/var/scattportd';
+
+/* End of file scattport.php */
+/* Location: ./application/config/scattport.php */
diff --git a/application/controllers/xmlrpc.php b/application/controllers/xmlrpc.php
index 0fe7940..9efce65 100644
--- a/application/controllers/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/application/controllers/xmlrpc.php
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class Xmlrpc extends MY_Controller {
 		$this->load->library('xmlrpc');
 		$this->load->library('xmlrpcs');
 
+		$this->load->config('scattport');
+
 		$this->load->model('server');
 
 		$this->session->sess_destroy();
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ class Xmlrpc extends MY_Controller {
 		$project = $this->project->getById($experiment['project_id']);
 
 		if($files_uploaded) {
-			foreach (glob("/tmp/sp_incoming/" . $job_id . "/*") as $filename) {
+			foreach (glob($this->config->item('ftp_base') ."/incoming/" . $job_id . "/*") as $filename) {
 				$job_dir = FCPATH . 'uploads/' . $experiment['project_id'] . '/' . $experiment['id'];
 				$directories = explode("/", $job_dir);
 				$dir_tmp = '/';