diff --git a/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py b/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
index bd94e86e..dc04c1d6 100644
--- a/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/compute/docker/docker_vm.py
@@ -488,8 +488,8 @@ class DockerVM(BaseNode):
             params["Env"].append(f"DISPLAY=:{self._display}")
             params["HostConfig"]["Mounts"].append({
                 "Type": "bind",
-                "Source": "/tmp/.X11-unix/",
-                "Target": "/tmp/.X11-unix/"
+                "Source": f"/tmp/.X11-unix/X{self._display}",
+                "Target": f"/tmp/.X11-unix/X{self._display}"
             })
 
         if self._extra_hosts:
diff --git a/gns3server/controller/__init__.py b/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
index 7568b569..2d06ca8d 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
@@ -270,9 +270,12 @@ class Controller:
                 log.error(f"Cannot read IOU license file '{iourc_path}': {e}")
         self._iou_license_settings["license_check"] = iou_config.license_check
 
-        current_version = __version__.split("+")[0]
-        previous_version = controller_vars.get("version", "").split("+")[0]
-        if not previous_version or parse_version(current_version) > parse_version(previous_version):
+        previous_version = controller_settings.get("version")
+        log.info("Comparing controller version {} with config version {}".format(__version__, previous_version))
+        if not previous_version or \
+                parse_version(__version__.split("+")[0]) > parse_version(previous_version.split("+")[0]):
+            self._appliance_manager.install_builtin_appliances()
+        elif not os.listdir(self._appliance_manager.builtin_appliances_path()):
             self._appliance_manager.install_builtin_appliances()
 
         self._appliance_manager.appliances_etag = controller_vars.get("appliances_etag")
diff --git a/gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py b/gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py
index ac8bd7fd..99a3377b 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/appliance_manager.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import json
 import asyncio
 import aiofiles
 import shutil
+import platformdirs
 
 
 from typing import Tuple, List
@@ -94,13 +95,13 @@ class ApplianceManager:
         os.makedirs(appliances_path, exist_ok=True)
         return appliances_path
 
-    def _builtin_appliances_path(self, delete_first=False):
+    def builtin_appliances_path(self, delete_first=False):
         """
         Get the built-in appliance storage directory
         """
 
-        config = Config.instance()
-        appliances_dir = os.path.join(config.config_dir, "appliances")
+        appname = vendor = "GNS3"
+        appliances_dir = os.path.join(platformdirs.user_data_dir(appname, vendor, roaming=True), "appliances")
         if delete_first:
             shutil.rmtree(appliances_dir, ignore_errors=True)
         os.makedirs(appliances_dir, exist_ok=True)
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ class ApplianceManager:
         At startup we copy the built-in appliances files.
         """
 
-        dst_path = self._builtin_appliances_path(delete_first=True)
+        dst_path = self.builtin_appliances_path(delete_first=True)
         log.info(f"Installing built-in appliances in '{dst_path}'")
         from . import Controller
         try:
@@ -316,7 +317,7 @@ class ApplianceManager:
         self._appliances = {}
         for directory, builtin in (
             (
-                self._builtin_appliances_path(),
+                self.builtin_appliances_path(),
                 True,
             ),
             (
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ class ApplianceManager:
 
                     Controller.instance().save()
                 json_data = await response.json()
-            appliances_dir = self._builtin_appliances_path()
+            appliances_dir = self.builtin_appliances_path()
             downloaded_appliance_files = []
             for appliance in json_data:
                 if appliance["type"] == "file":
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1c5b44b2..2f8880f1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ python-jose==3.3.0
 email-validator==2.0.0.post2
 watchfiles==0.20.0
 zstandard==0.21.0
+platformdirs==2.4.0
 importlib_resources>=1.3
diff --git a/tests/compute/docker/test_docker_vm.py b/tests/compute/docker/test_docker_vm.py
index 273b119b..58ce7e0e 100644
--- a/tests/compute/docker/test_docker_vm.py
+++ b/tests/compute/docker/test_docker_vm.py
@@ -222,8 +222,9 @@ async def test_create_vnc(compute_project, manager):
                             },
                             {
                                 "Type": "bind",
-                                "Source": "/tmp/.X11-unix/",
-                                "Target": "/tmp/.X11-unix/"
+                                "Source": f"/tmp/.X11-unix/X{vm._display}",
+                                "Target": f"/tmp/.X11-unix/X{vm._display}",
+                                "ReadOnly": True
                             }
                         ],
                         "Privileged": True,