diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7962f41ee..993735729 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ RUN apt-get update \
 
 ADD openvpn/ /etc/openvpn/
 ADD transmission/ /etc/transmission/
-ADD transmission/transmission-rss.conf /etc/transmission-rss.conf
 
 ENV OPENVPN_USERNAME=**None** \
     OPENVPN_PASSWORD=**None** \
diff --git a/transmission/start.sh b/transmission/start.sh
index a32be491a..573a06f0b 100755
--- a/transmission/start.sh
+++ b/transmission/start.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ if [ "kettu" = "$TRANSMISSION_WEB_UI" ]; then
   export TRANSMISSION_WEB_HOME=/opt/transmission-ui/kettu
 fi
 
+if [ ! -z "${RSS_URL}" ] && [ "${RSS_URL}" != "**None**" ] ; then
+  dockerize -template /etc/transmission/transmission-rss.tmpl:/etc/transmission-rss.conf
+fi
+
 echo "Generating transmission settings.json from env variables"
 # Ensure TRANSMISSION_HOME is created
 mkdir -p ${TRANSMISSION_HOME}
@@ -46,7 +50,6 @@ if [ -z "${RSS_URL}" ] || [ "${RSS_URL}" = "**None**" ] ; then
  echo "NO RSS URL CONFIGURED, IGNORING"
 else
   echo "STARTING RSS PLUGIN"
-  sed -i "s#RSS_URL#$RSS_URL#" /etc/transmission-rss.conf
   transmission-rss
 fi
 
diff --git a/transmission/transmission-rss.conf b/transmission/transmission-rss.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cb5265a4..000000000
--- a/transmission/transmission-rss.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-feeds:
-  - url: RSS_URL
-    download_path: /var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads
-server:
-  host: 127.0.0.1
-  port: 9091
-  rpc_path: /transmission/rpc
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diff --git a/transmission/transmission-rss.tmpl b/transmission/transmission-rss.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..499e88e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transmission/transmission-rss.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+feeds:
+  - url: {{ .Env.RSS_URL }}
+    download_path: {{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR }}
+server:
+  host: 127.0.0.1
+  port: 9091
+  rpc_path: /transmission/rpc
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