diff --git a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
index d583cef0d5..9fc1715033 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ cp build/distributions/opensearch-security-*.zip $OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_HOME
 cd $OPENSEARCH_SECURITY_HOME
 unzip opensearch-security-*.zip
 rm opensearch-security-*.zip
+mkdir $OPENSEARCH_HOME/config/opensearch-security
+mv config/* $OPENSEARCH_HOME/config/opensearch-security/
+rm -rf config/
 ```
 
 Install the demo certificates and default configuration, answer `y` to the first two questions and `n` to the last one. The log should look like below:
@@ -74,22 +77,22 @@ Cluster mode requires maybe additional setup of:
   - Virtual memory (vm.max_map_count)
 
 Enable cluster mode? [y/N] n
-Basedir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+Basedir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*
 OpenSearch install type: .tar.gz on
-OpenSearch config dir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/config
-OpenSearch config file: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/config/opensearch.yml
-OpenSearch bin dir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/bin
-OpenSearch plugins dir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/plugins
-OpenSearch lib dir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/lib
-Detected OpenSearch Version: x-content-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+OpenSearch config dir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/config
+OpenSearch config file: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/config/opensearch.yml
+OpenSearch bin dir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/bin
+OpenSearch plugins dir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/plugins
+OpenSearch lib dir: /Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/lib
+Detected OpenSearch Version: x-content-*
 Detected OpenSearch Security Version: *
 
 ### Success
 ### Execute this script now on all your nodes and then start all nodes
 ### OpenSearch Security will be automatically initialized.
 ### If you like to change the runtime configuration
-### change the files in ../securityconfig and execute:
-"/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/securityadmin.sh" -cd "/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig" -icl -key "/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/config/kirk-key.pem" -cert "/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/config/kirk.pem" -cacert "/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/config/root-ca.pem" -nhnv
+### change the files in ../config and execute:
+"/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/plugins/opensearch-security/tools/securityadmin.sh" -cd "/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/config/opensearch-security/" -icl -key "/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/config/kirk-key.pem" -cert "/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/config/kirk.pem" -cacert "/Users/XXXXX/Test/opensearch-*/config/root-ca.pem" -nhnv
 ### or run ./securityadmin_demo.sh
 ### To use the Security Plugin ConfigurationGUI
 ### To access your secured cluster open https://<hostname>:<HTTP port> and log in with admin/admin.
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 550fc0f6bc..0a5826b73e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ task bundle(dependsOn: jar, type: Zip) {
     from 'plugin-security.policy'
     from 'plugin-descriptor.properties'
     from('securityconfig') {
-        into 'securityconfig/'
+        into 'config/'
     }
     from('tools') {
         into 'tools/'
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/ConfigurationRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/ConfigurationRepository.java
index ac2ec48758..2f247b7224 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/ConfigurationRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/configuration/ConfigurationRepository.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public void run() {
 
                         try {
                             String lookupDir = System.getProperty("security.default_init.dir");
-                            final String cd = lookupDir != null? (lookupDir+"/") : new Environment(settings, configPath).pluginsFile().toAbsolutePath().toString()+"/opensearch-security/securityconfig/";
+                            final String cd = lookupDir != null? (lookupDir+"/") : new Environment(settings, configPath).configFile().toAbsolutePath().toString()+"/opensearch-security/";
                             File confFile = new File(cd+"config.yml");
                             if(confFile.exists()) {
                                 final ThreadContext threadContext = threadPool.getThreadContext();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/AuditConfigMigrater.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/AuditConfigMigrater.java
index 9aa2bf4486..6e21c1834f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/AuditConfigMigrater.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/security/tools/AuditConfigMigrater.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class AuditConfigMigrater {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         options.addOption(Option.builder("s").argName("source").hasArg().desc("Path to opensearch.yml file to migrate. If not specified, will try to lookup env " + OPENSEARCH_PATH_CONF_ENV + " followed by lookup in current directory.").build());
-        options.addOption(Option.builder("oad").argName("output-audit-dir").hasArg().desc("Output directory to store the generated " + AUDIT_YML + " file. To be uploaded in the index, the file must be present in plugins/opensearch-security/securityconfig/ or use securityadmin tool.").build());
+        options.addOption(Option.builder("oad").argName("output-audit-dir").hasArg().desc("Output directory to store the generated " + AUDIT_YML + " file. To be uploaded in the index, the file must be present in config/opensearch-security/ or use securityadmin tool.").build());
         options.addOption(Option.builder("oed").argName("output-opensearch-dir").hasArg().desc("Output directory to store the generated " + OPENSEARCH_AUDIT_FILTERED_YML + " file.").build());
 
         try {
diff --git a/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh b/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh
index ebc909925a..cb13ef0756 100755
--- a/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh
+++ b/tools/install_demo_configuration.sh
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ echo "### Success"
 echo "### Execute this script now on all your nodes and then start all nodes"
 #Generate securityadmin_demo.sh
 echo "#!/bin/bash" | $SUDO_CMD tee securityadmin_demo.sh > /dev/null 
-echo $SUDO_CMD \""$OPENSEARCH_PLUGINS_DIR/opensearch-security/tools/securityadmin.sh"\" -cd \""$OPENSEARCH_PLUGINS_DIR/opensearch-security/securityconfig"\" -icl -key \""$OPENSEARCH_CONF_DIR/kirk-key.pem"\" -cert \""$OPENSEARCH_CONF_DIR/kirk.pem"\" -cacert \""$OPENSEARCH_CONF_DIR/root-ca.pem"\" -nhnv | $SUDO_CMD tee -a securityadmin_demo.sh > /dev/null
+echo $SUDO_CMD \""$OPENSEARCH_PLUGINS_DIR/opensearch-security/tools/securityadmin.sh"\" -cd \""$OPENSEARCH_CONF_DIR/opensearch-security"\" -icl -key \""$OPENSEARCH_CONF_DIR/kirk-key.pem"\" -cert \""$OPENSEARCH_CONF_DIR/kirk.pem"\" -cacert \""$OPENSEARCH_CONF_DIR/root-ca.pem"\" -nhnv | $SUDO_CMD tee -a securityadmin_demo.sh > /dev/null
 $SUDO_CMD chmod +x securityadmin_demo.sh
 
 if [ "$initsecurity" == 0 ]; then
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ if [ "$initsecurity" == 0 ]; then
 else
     echo "### OpenSearch Security will be automatically initialized."
     echo "### If you like to change the runtime configuration "
-    echo "### change the files in ../securityconfig and execute: "
+    echo "### change the files in ../../../config/opensearch-security and execute: "
 	$SUDO_CMD cat securityadmin_demo.sh | tail -1
 	echo "### or run ./securityadmin_demo.sh"
 	echo "### To use the Security Plugin ConfigurationGUI"