diff --git a/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.init b/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.init
index 853cd53..143ee8d 100644
--- a/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.init
+++ b/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.init
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ start() {
     return 0
   fi
   printf "%-50s%s" "Starting $prog: " ''
-  $exec $OTR_TOPICS &
+  $exec $OTR_OPTS $OTR_TOPICS &
 
   # save pid to file if you want
   echo $! > $pidfile
diff --git a/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.sysconfig b/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.sysconfig
index 7bfc263..b5a6ba0 100644
--- a/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.sysconfig
+++ b/etc/rhel/ot-recorder.sysconfig
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ export OTR_PORT="1883"
 # export OTR_CAFILE="/path/to/tls/CA.crt"
 export OTR_STORAGEDIR="/var/spool/owntracks/store"
 export OTR_TOPICS='owntracks/#'
+
+export OTR_OPTS="--http-host 127.0.0.1 --http-port 8083 --doc-root /var/spool/owntracks/docroot"