diff --git a/cmd/server.go b/cmd/server.go
index f2174c9..5ac4b62 100644
--- a/cmd/server.go
+++ b/cmd/server.go
@@ -79,6 +79,21 @@ var serverCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("error writing hosts file: %v", err)
 		}
+
+		rootCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(serverCert)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("error reading %s file: %v", serverCert, err)
+		}
+		err = ioutil.WriteFile(path.Join(configDir, "root-certificate.pem"), rootCert, 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("error writing root-certificate.pem file: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// FIXME: this is going away as part of fixing https://github.com/lf-edge/adam/issues/16
+		err = ioutil.WriteFile(path.Join(configDir, "Force-API-V1"), []byte{}, 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("error writing Force-API-V1 file: %v", err)
+		}
 		log.Printf("EVE-compatible configuration directory output to %s", configDir)
 
 		s := &server.Server{
diff --git a/scripts/eve-embedded.sh b/scripts/eve-embedded.sh
index f463347..b2accf2 100755
--- a/scripts/eve-embedded.sh
+++ b/scripts/eve-embedded.sh
@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ bootstrap() {
 
 # if this is the first run on this /persist -- generate everything
 if [ ! -d $DB ]; then
-   adam generate --db-url $DB --server --hosts 127.0.0.1,localhost --cn localhost.localdomain
-   cp $DB/server.pem /config/root-certificate.pem
-   echo $SERVER > /config/server
+   adam generate --db-url $DB --server --hosts 127.0.0.1,localhost --cn localhost
    bootstrap &
 fi
 
-adam server --port $PORT --db-url $DB --conf-dir $DB/eve-conf --server-cert $DB/server.pem --server-key $DB/server-key.pem
+adam server --port $PORT --db-url $DB --conf-dir /config --server-cert $DB/server.pem --server-key $DB/server-key.pem