diff --git a/src/apptask.js b/src/apptask.js
index fa68efa6b..4eb4d674e 100644
--- a/src/apptask.js
+++ b/src/apptask.js
@@ -580,6 +580,9 @@ function install(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
 
         startApp.bind(null, app),
 
+        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 80, message: 'Configuring file manager' }),
+        sftp.rebuild.bind(null, {}),
+
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 85, message: 'Waiting for DNS propagation' }),
         exports._waitForDnsPropagation.bind(null, app),
 
@@ -781,6 +784,9 @@ function configure(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
 
         startApp.bind(null, app),
 
+        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 80, message: 'Configuring file manager' }),
+        sftp.rebuild.bind(null, {}),
+
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 90, message: 'Configuring reverse proxy' }),
         configureReverseProxy.bind(null, app),
 
@@ -791,7 +797,8 @@ function configure(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
             debugApp(app, 'error reconfiguring : %s', error);
             return updateApp(app, { installationState: apps.ISTATE_ERROR, error: makeTaskError(error, app) }, callback.bind(null, error));
         }
-        callback(null);
+
+        callback();
     });
 }
 
@@ -874,14 +881,17 @@ function update(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 45, message: 'Downloading icon' }),
         downloadIcon.bind(null, app),
 
-        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 70, message: 'Updating addons' }),
+        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 60, message: 'Updating addons' }),
         addons.setupAddons.bind(null, app, updateConfig.manifest.addons),
 
-        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 80, message: 'Creating container' }),
+        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 70, message: 'Creating container' }),
         createContainer.bind(null, app),
 
         startApp.bind(null, app),
 
+        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 80, message: 'Configuring file manager' }),
+        sftp.rebuild.bind(null, {}),
+
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 100, message: 'Done' }),
         updateApp.bind(null, app, { installationState: apps.ISTATE_INSTALLED, error: null, health: null, updateTime: new Date() })
     ], function seriesDone(error) {
@@ -984,10 +994,10 @@ function uninstall(app, args, progressCallback, callback) {
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 30, message: 'Teardown addons' }),
         addons.teardownAddons.bind(null, app, app.manifest.addons),
 
-        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 40, message: 'Remove sftp addon binding' }),
+        progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 40, message: 'Cleanup file manager' }),
         function (callback) {
             if (!app.dataDir) return callback();
-            sftp.rebuild({ ignoredDataDirs: [ app.dataDir ] }, callback);
+            sftp.rebuild({ ignoredApps: [ app.id ] }, callback);
         },
 
         progressCallback.bind(null, { percent: 50, message: 'Deleting app data directory' }),
diff --git a/src/sftp.js b/src/sftp.js
index 3f536abf6..0295a2ce3 100644
--- a/src/sftp.js
+++ b/src/sftp.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ var apps = require('./apps.js'),
     async = require('async'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:sftp'),
     infra = require('./infra_version.js'),
+    path = require('path'),
     paths = require('./paths.js'),
     shell = require('./shell.js');
 
@@ -22,12 +23,12 @@ function startSftp(existingInfra, callback) {
     rebuild({}, callback);
 }
 
-// options only supports ignoredDataDirs = [ pathString ]
+// options only supports ignoredApps = [ appId ]
 function rebuild(options, callback) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof options, 'object');
     assert.strictEqual(typeof callback, 'function');
 
-    if (options.ignoredDataDirs) assert(Array.isArray(options.ignoredDataDirs), 'Expecting ignoredDataDirs to be an array');
+    if (options.ignoredApps) assert(Array.isArray(options.ignoredApps), 'Expecting ignoredApps to be an array');
 
     debug('rebuilding container');
 
@@ -41,13 +42,13 @@ function rebuild(options, callback) {
         result.forEach(function (app) {
             if (!app.dataDir) return;
 
-            if (options.ignoredDataDirs && options.ignoredDataDirs.indexOf(app.dataDir) !== -1) {
-                debug(`Ignoring dataDir ${app.dataDir}`);
+            if (options.ignoredApps && options.ignoredApps.indexOf(app.id) !== -1) {
+                debug(`Ignoring volume for ${app.id}`);
                 return;
             }
 
             dataDirs.push({
-                hostDir: app.dataDir,
+                hostDir: app.dataDir || path.join(paths.APPS_DATA_DIR, app.id, 'data'),
                 // /data is required since this is where the localstorage data would be in APPS_DATA_DIR
                 mountDir: `/app/data/${app.id}/data`
             });
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ function rebuild(options, callback) {
         ], function (error) {
             if (error) debug('Failed to stop sftp container. Possibly not running.');
 
-            const extraAppDataVolumes = dataDirs.map(function (v) { return `-v "${v.hostDir}:${v.mountDir}"`; }).join(' ');
+            const appDataVolumes = dataDirs.map(function (v) { return `-v "${v.hostDir}:${v.mountDir}"`; }).join(' ');
 
             const cmd = `docker run --restart=always -d --name="sftp" \
                         --hostname sftp \
@@ -77,8 +78,7 @@ function rebuild(options, callback) {
                         --dns 172.18.0.1 \
                         --dns-search=. \
                         -p 222:22 \
-                        -v "${paths.APPS_DATA_DIR}:/app/data" \
-                        ${extraAppDataVolumes} \
+                        ${appDataVolumes} \
                         -v "/etc/ssh:/etc/ssh:ro" \
                         --label isCloudronManaged=true \
                         --read-only -v /tmp -v /run "${tag}"`;