diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f6f0b7f..622231f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ Initially I did not write in any retry mechanism because it just felt sloppy but
 
 * Mountpoint directories are automatically created with default permissions.
 
+### Using multiple instances 
+
+You can define environment variable CIFSCLOAK_HOME and use different instances. Example:
+
+`export CIFSCLOAK_HOME=/root/.cifstab.office`
+
 ## Help
 ### cifscloak -h
 usage: cifscloak [-h] {addmount,mount,removemounts,listmounts} ...  
diff --git a/cifscloak/cifscloak.py b/cifscloak/cifscloak.py
index fab619d..a26dea2 100755
--- a/cifscloak/cifscloak.py
+++ b/cifscloak/cifscloak.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from string import Template
 from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
 
-version = '1.0.24'
+version = '1.0.25'
 
 class Cifscloak():
 
@@ -223,7 +223,13 @@ def main():
     systemdgroup.add_argument("-n","--names", nargs="+", help="Add named shares to the systemd unit file")
     systemdgroup.add_argument("-a","--all", action='store_true', help="Add all cifstab shares to the systemd unit file")
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    cifscloak = Cifscloak(retries=getattr(args,'retries',defaultRetries),waitsecs=getattr(args,'waitsecs',defaultWaitSecs))
+    cifscloak_home=os.environ['CIFSCLOAK_HOME']
+    cifscloak_home = '/root/.cifstab' if len(cifscloak_home)==0 else cifscloak_home
+    cifscloak = Cifscloak(cifstabdir=cifscloak_home, 
+                          keyfile='.keyfile', 
+                          cifstab='.cifstab.db', 
+                          retries=getattr(args,'retries',defaultRetries),
+                          waitsecs=getattr(args,'waitsecs',defaultWaitSecs))
     getattr(cifscloak, args.subcommand)(args)
     cifscloak.checkstatus()
     parser.exit(status=cifscloak.status['error'])