diff --git a/src/init.sh b/src/init.sh
index 0ffab31..594554e 100755
--- a/src/init.sh
+++ b/src/init.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# if RCLONE_CONFIG_CONTENT is empty and no config file was found
-if [ -z "$RCLONE_CONFIG_CONTENT" ] && [ ! -e "${RCLONE_CONFIG:=/config/rclone.conf}" ]; then
+if [ -n "$RCLONE_CONFIG_CONTENT" ]; then 
+    echo "$RCLONE_CONFIG_CONTENT" > "${RCLONE_CONFIG:=/config/rclone.conf}"
+elif [ ! -e "${RCLONE_CONFIG:=/config/rclone.conf}" ]; then
     echo "No rclone config found"
     rclone --config "${RCLONE_CONFIG:=/config/rclone.conf}" config
 fi