diff --git a/cache/.htaccess b/cache/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b584d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cache/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Allow from none
+Deny from all
diff --git a/data/.htaccess b/data/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b584d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Allow from none
+Deny from all
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 5dd0353..3136193 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ $GLOBALS['config']['CACHEDIR'] = 'cache'; // Cache directory for thumbnails for
 $GLOBALS['config']['PAGECACHE'] = 'pagecache'; // Page cache directory.
 $GLOBALS['config']['ENABLE_LOCALCACHE'] = true; // Enable Shaarli to store thumbnail in a local cache. Disable to reduce webspace usage.
 $GLOBALS['config']['PUBSUBHUB_URL'] = ''; // PubSubHubbub support. Put an empty string to disable, or put your hub url here to enable.
+$GLOBALS['config']['RAINTPL_TMP'] = 'tmp' ; // Raintpl cache directory
+$GLOBALS['config']['RAINTPL_TPL'] = 'tpl/' ; // Raintpl template directory (keep the trailling slash!)
 $GLOBALS['config']['UPDATECHECK_FILENAME'] = $GLOBALS['config']['DATADIR'].'/lastupdatecheck.txt'; // For updates check of Shaarli.
 $GLOBALS['config']['UPDATECHECK_INTERVAL'] = 86400 ; // Updates check frequency for Shaarli. 86400 seconds=24 hours
                                           // Note: You must have publisher.php in the same directory as Shaarli index.php
@@ -63,9 +65,8 @@ error_reporting(E_ALL^E_WARNING);  // See all error except warnings.
 //error_reporting(-1); // See all errors (for debugging only)
 
 include "inc/rain.tpl.class.php"; //include Rain TPL
-raintpl::$tpl_dir = "tpl/"; // template directory
-if (!is_dir('tmp')) { mkdir('tmp',0705); chmod('tmp',0705); }
-raintpl::$cache_dir = "tmp/"; // cache directory
+raintpl::$tpl_dir = $GLOBALS['config']['RAINTPL_TPL']; // template directory
+raintpl::$cache_dir = $GLOBALS['config']['RAINTPL_TMP']; // cache directory
 
 ob_start();  // Output buffering for the page cache.
 
@@ -87,16 +88,6 @@ header("Pragma: no-cache");
 
 // Directories creations (Note that your web host may require differents rights than 705.)
 if (!is_writable(realpath(dirname(__FILE__)))) die('<pre>ERROR: Shaarli does not have the right to write in its own directory ('.realpath(dirname(__FILE__)).').</pre>');
-if (!is_dir($GLOBALS['config']['DATADIR'])) { mkdir($GLOBALS['config']['DATADIR'],0705); chmod($GLOBALS['config']['DATADIR'],0705); }
-if (!is_dir('tmp')) { mkdir('tmp',0705); chmod('tmp',0705); } // For RainTPL temporary files.
-if (!is_file($GLOBALS['config']['DATADIR'].'/.htaccess')) { file_put_contents($GLOBALS['config']['DATADIR'].'/.htaccess',"Allow from none\nDeny from all\n"); } // Protect data files.
-// Second check to see if Shaarli can write in its directory, because on some hosts is_writable() is not reliable.
-if (!is_file($GLOBALS['config']['DATADIR'].'/.htaccess')) die('<pre>ERROR: Shaarli does not have the right to write in its data directory ('.realpath($GLOBALS['config']['DATADIR']).').</pre>');
-if ($GLOBALS['config']['ENABLE_LOCALCACHE'])
-{
-    if (!is_dir($GLOBALS['config']['CACHEDIR'])) { mkdir($GLOBALS['config']['CACHEDIR'],0705); chmod($GLOBALS['config']['CACHEDIR'],0705); }
-    if (!is_file($GLOBALS['config']['CACHEDIR'].'/.htaccess')) { file_put_contents($GLOBALS['config']['CACHEDIR'].'/.htaccess',"Allow from none\nDeny from all\n"); } // Protect data files.
-}
 
 // Handling of old config file which do not have the new parameters.
 if (empty($GLOBALS['title'])) $GLOBALS['title']='Shared links on '.htmlspecialchars(indexUrl());
@@ -187,7 +178,6 @@ class pageCache
     public function cache($page)
     {
         if (!$this->shouldBeCached) return;
-        if (!is_dir($GLOBALS['config']['PAGECACHE'])) { mkdir($GLOBALS['config']['PAGECACHE'],0705); chmod($GLOBALS['config']['PAGECACHE'],0705); }
         file_put_contents($this->filename,$page);
     }
 
diff --git a/pagecache/.htaccess b/pagecache/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b584d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pagecache/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Allow from none
+Deny from all
diff --git a/tmp/.htaccess b/tmp/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b584d98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmp/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Allow from none
+Deny from all