diff --git a/appsettings.Development.json b/appsettings.Development.json
index 72fac3d..e0a901f 100644
--- a/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     "Secret": "",
     "Subject": ""
   },
+  "Paths": {
+    "ContactQueueDirectory": "/home/user/path/"
+  },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "MongoDBURI": "mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.abc.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
   }
diff --git a/appsettings.json b/appsettings.json
index 153bffa..8a3238e 100644
--- a/appsettings.json
+++ b/appsettings.json
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     "Secret": "",
     "Subject": ""
   },
+  "Paths": {
+    "ContactQueueDirectory": "/home/user/path/"
+  },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
     "MongoDBURI": "mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@cluster0.abc.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
   }