diff --git a/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/configuration/http/HttpConfigurationCallback.java b/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/configuration/http/HttpConfigurationCallback.java
index e4e4d93..322eb2c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/configuration/http/HttpConfigurationCallback.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/configuration/http/HttpConfigurationCallback.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package rocks.inspectit.gepard.agent.configuration.http;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.async.methods.SimpleHttpResponse;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.concurrent.FutureCallback;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -8,8 +9,6 @@
 import rocks.inspectit.gepard.agent.internal.configuration.model.InspectitConfiguration;
 import rocks.inspectit.gepard.agent.internal.configuration.util.ConfigurationMapper;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 /** Callback for configuration requests to the configuration server. */
 public class HttpConfigurationCallback implements FutureCallback<SimpleHttpResponse> {
   private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HttpConfigurationCallback.class);
@@ -30,10 +29,11 @@ public void completed(SimpleHttpResponse result) {
     if (result.getCode() == 200) {
       String body = result.getBodyText();
       try {
+        // ToDo Only process, if changes were made
         InspectitConfiguration configuration = ConfigurationMapper.toObject(body);
         persistence.processConfiguration(configuration);
       } catch (IOException e) {
-          log.error("Could not process new configuration", e);
+        log.error("Could not process new configuration", e);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/configuration/file/ConfigurationFileAccessor.java b/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/configuration/file/ConfigurationFileAccessor.java
index b0b58c4..70b30d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/configuration/file/ConfigurationFileAccessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/configuration/file/ConfigurationFileAccessor.java
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class ConfigurationFileAccessor {
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConfigurationFileAccessor.class);
 
   private static ConfigurationFileAccessor instance;
 
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ public static ConfigurationFileAccessor getInstance() {
   public byte[] readFile(Path path) throws IOException {
     readLock.lock();
     try {
-      if (!Files.exists(path))
+      if (Files.notExists(path))
         throw new FileNotFoundException("Configuration file not found: " + path);
 
       if (!Files.isReadable(path))
@@ -49,8 +52,11 @@ public byte[] readFile(Path path) throws IOException {
   public void writeFile(Path path, String content) throws IOException {
     writeLock.lock();
     try {
-      if (!Files.exists(path))
-        throw new FileNotFoundException("Configuration file not found: " + path);
+      if (Files.notExists(path)) {
+        log.info("Creating local configuration file at {}", path);
+        Files.createDirectories(path.getParent());
+        Files.createFile(path);
+      }
 
       if (!Files.isWritable(path))
         throw new AccessDeniedException("Configuration file is not writable: " + path);
diff --git a/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/properties/PropertiesResolver.java b/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/properties/PropertiesResolver.java
index c126181..b5fbca7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/properties/PropertiesResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/properties/PropertiesResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package rocks.inspectit.gepard.agent.internal.properties;
 
+import io.opentelemetry.javaagent.bootstrap.JavaagentFileHolder;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
@@ -63,9 +64,10 @@ public static String getPersistenceFile() {
    *
    * @return the default persistence file name
    */
+  @SuppressWarnings("ConstantConditions")
   private static String getDefaultPersistenceFile() {
-    // TODO optimize location
-    return "inspectit-gepard/last-http-config.json";
+    String suffix = "/inspectit-gepard/last-http-config.json";
+    return JavaagentFileHolder.getJavaagentFile().getParent() + suffix;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/configuration/util/ConfigurationMapperTest.java b/src/test/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/configuration/util/ConfigurationMapperTest.java
index 935730a..30dbd79 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/configuration/util/ConfigurationMapperTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rocks/inspectit/gepard/agent/internal/configuration/util/ConfigurationMapperTest.java
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import rocks.inspectit.gepard.agent.internal.configuration.exception.CouldNotDeserializeConfigurationException;
 import rocks.inspectit.gepard.agent.internal.configuration.model.InspectitConfiguration;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 class ConfigurationMapperTest {
 
   @Test