diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
index 8c2388d8..c346da57 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ PIHOLE_RAW_BLOCKLIST_FILES="${PIHOLE_DIRECTORY}/list.*"
 PIHOLE_LOCAL_HOSTS_FILE="${PIHOLE_DIRECTORY}/local.list"
 PIHOLE_LOGROTATE_FILE="${PIHOLE_DIRECTORY}/logrotate"
 PIHOLE_FTL_CONF_FILE="${PIHOLE_DIRECTORY}/pihole.toml"
-PIHOLE_CUSTOM_HOSTS_FILE="${PIHOLE_DIRECTORY}/custom.list"
+PIHOLE_CUSTOM_HOSTS_FILE="${PIHOLE_DIRECTORY}/hosts/custom.list"
 PIHOLE_VERSIONS_FILE="${PIHOLE_DIRECTORY}/versions"
 
 # Read the value of an FTL config key. The value is printed to stdout.
diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index ef5add0e..9b619cbf 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -1122,9 +1122,9 @@ installConfigs() {
     chown pihole:pihole "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/dns-servers.conf"
 
     # Install empty custom.list file if it does not exist
-    if [[ ! -r "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/custom.list" ]]; then
-        if ! install -o pihole -g pihole -m 660 /dev/null "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/custom.list" &>/dev/null; then
-            printf "  %b Error: Unable to initialize configuration file %s/custom.list\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}"
+    if [[ ! -r "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/hosts/custom.list" ]]; then
+        if ! install -D -T -o pihole -g pihole -m 660 /dev/null "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/hosts/custom.list" &>/dev/null; then
+            printf "  %b Error: Unable to initialize configuration file %s/custom.list\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${PI_HOLE_CONFIG_DIR}/hosts"
             return 1
         fi
     fi