diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/configmap.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/configmap.yml
index 830901e2ce..0cd8c85dfc 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/configmap.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/configmap.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: fedora-packages-static
 data:
-  conf/solrconfig.xml: |-
-    {{ load_file('packages/conf/solrconfig.xml') | indent }}
+  solrconfig.xml: |-
+    {{ load_file('packages/solrconfig.xml') | indent }}
   schema.xml: |-
     {{ load_file('packages/schema.xml') | indent }}
 ---
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/packages/conf/solrconfig.xml b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/packages/solrconfig.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/packages/conf/solrconfig.xml
rename to roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/packages/solrconfig.xml
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/solr-start.sh b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/solr-start.sh
index d5428c13f7..45a272560b 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/solr-start.sh
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/fedora-packages-static/templates/solr-start.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ fi
 
 . /opt/docker-solr/scripts/run-initdb
 
-/opt/docker-solr/scripts/precreate-core "packages" /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/packages
+# Manually arrange config files into directory structure solr needs because openshift just won't let this be simple
+mkdir -p /var/solr/openshift/packages
+cp /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/packages/schema.xml /var/solr/openshift/packages
+
+mkdir -p /var/solr/openshift/packages/conf
+cp /opt/solr/server/solr/configsets/packages/solrconfig.xml /var/solr/openshift/packages/conf
+
+# Create the core
+/opt/docker-solr/scripts/precreate-core "packages" /var/solr/openshift/packages
 
 #!/bin/bash
 #