diff --git a/resources/switch.php b/resources/switch.php
index faab9b8620..b1b97c17d6 100644
--- a/resources/switch.php
+++ b/resources/switch.php
@@ -942,7 +942,8 @@ if (!function_exists('xml_cdr_conf_xml')) {
 			unset ($v_pass);
 
 		//write the XML config file
-			$fout = fopen($_SESSION['switch']['conf']['dir']."/autoload_configs/xml_cdr.conf.xml","w");
+			$switch_configuration_dir = !empty($_SESSION['switch']['conf']['dir']) ? $_SESSION['switch']['conf']['dir'] : '/etc/freeswitch';
+			$fout = fopen($switch_configuration_dir . "/autoload_configs/xml_cdr.conf.xml","w");
 			fwrite($fout, $file_contents);
 			fclose($fout);