diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ae55cc3..0c02099 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ test-startup-meet-demo: ## Test if the Meet demo setup starts up
 
 .PHONY: test-startup-individual
 test-startup-individual:
-	docker run -it --rm -e DEBUG=true -v /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id -v /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id kopano/kopano_konnect
+	docker run -it --rm -e DEBUG=true -v /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id -v /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id kopano/kopano_konnect
 
 # TODO this needs goss added to travis and dcgoss pulled from my own git repo
 .PHONY: test-goss
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 460fe18..de9fd99 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
     command: wrapper.sh
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - web:/.kweb
     networks:
       web-net:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ services:
     command: serve --log-level debug
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id\
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id\
       - kopanolicenses:/etc/kopano/licenses
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ services:
       - web-net
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanodata/:/kopano/data
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
       - kopanowebapp/:/var/lib/kopano-webapp/
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
       - zpushstates/:/var/lib/z-push/
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanograpi/:/var/lib/kopano-grapi
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
     environment:
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_grapi
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanodata/:/kopano/data
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kdavstates/:/var/lib/kopano/kdav
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     environment:
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     environment:
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     environment:
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     environment:
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     environment:
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_server
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanodata/:/kopano/data
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ services:
       # to be useful Konnect also needs a running kopano_server, but this dependency cannot be added here since this would be a circular dependency
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     environment:
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_kwmserver.env
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     networks:
       - web-net
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ services:
       - web
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
     networks:
       - web-net
     tmpfs:
diff --git a/examples/kopano-multiserver/kopano-multiserver.yml b/examples/kopano-multiserver/kopano-multiserver.yml
index 2dbf9fe..d0d5b13 100644
--- a/examples/kopano-multiserver/kopano-multiserver.yml
+++ b/examples/kopano-multiserver/kopano-multiserver.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ services:
       - web-net
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanodata2/:/kopano/data
       - kopanosocket2/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
diff --git a/examples/meet/docker-compose.yml b/examples/meet/docker-compose.yml
index e238cf8..33b1b83 100644
--- a/examples/meet/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/meet/docker-compose.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services:
       - SETUID
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - web:/.kweb
     networks:
       web-net:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ services:
     command: serve
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id\
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id\
       - kopanolicenses:/etc/kopano/licenses
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ services:
     container_name: ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_grapi
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
     environment:
       - GRAPI_BACKEND=ldap
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ services:
       - kopano_grapi
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanodata/:/kopano/data
       - kopanosocket/:/run/kopano
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ services:
       - web
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     environment:
       - allow_client_guests=yes
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ services:
       - turn_service_credentials_user=${TURN_USER}
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
       - kopanossl/:/kopano/ssl
     networks:
       - web-net
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ services:
       - web
     volumes:
       - /etc/machine-id:/etc/machine-id
-      - /var/lib/dbus/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
+      - /etc/machine-id:/var/lib/dbus/machine-id
     networks:
       - web-net
 
diff --git a/examples/meet/setup.sh b/examples/meet/setup.sh
index 0d4d253..ed5541d 100755
--- a/examples/meet/setup.sh
+++ b/examples/meet/setup.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ random_string() {
 	hexdump -n 16 -v -e '/1 "%02X"' /dev/urandom
 }
 
+if [ ! -e /etc/machine-id ]; then
+	echo "This compose file uses /etc/machine-id to identify the system its running on. The file does not seem to exist on your system, please create it."
+	exit 1 
+fi
+
 if [ ! -e ./.env ]; then
 	PRINT_SETUP_SUCCESS=""
 
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 9dcb1ab..726de3b 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ docker_tag_search() {
 	echo "$results" | xargs -n1 | sort --version-sort -ru | xargs
 }
 
+if [ ! -e /etc/machine-id ]; then
+	echo "This compose file uses /etc/machine-id to identify the system its running on. The file does not seem to exist on your system, please create it."
+	exit 1 
+fi
+
 echo "Creating individual env files for containers (if they do not exist already)"
 for dockerenv in ldap password-self-service mail db kopano_ssl kopano_server kopano_webapp kopano_zpush kopano_grapi kopano_kapi kopano_dagent kopano_spooler kopano_gateway kopano_ical kopano_monitor kopano_scheduler kopano_search kopano_konnect kopano_kwmserver kopano_meet; do
 	touch ./"$dockerenv".env