diff --git a/src/ck-crowdnode-server.c b/src/ck-crowdnode-server.c
index a3a5fe4..9520774 100644
--- a/src/ck-crowdnode-server.c
+++ b/src/ck-crowdnode-server.c
@@ -1059,7 +1059,9 @@ void processShell(int sock, cJSON* commandJSON, char *baseDir) {
 void processState(int sock, const char *baseDir) {
     cJSON *resultJSON = cJSON_CreateObject();
     cJSON_AddItemToObject(resultJSON, "return", cJSON_CreateString("0"));
-    cJSON_AddItemToObject(resultJSON, JSON_CONFIG_PARAM_PATH_TO_FILES, cJSON_CreateString(strdup(baseDir)));
+    cJSON *cfgJSON = cJSON_CreateObject();
+    cJSON_AddItemToObject(cfgJSON, JSON_CONFIG_PARAM_PATH_TO_FILES, cJSON_CreateString(strdup(baseDir)));
+    cJSON_AddItemToObject(resultJSON, "cfg", cfgJSON);
     sendJson(sock, resultJSON);
     cJSON_Delete(resultJSON);
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_state.py b/tests/test_state.py
index f960368..befef71 100644
--- a/tests/test_state.py
+++ b/tests/test_state.py
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ class TestPushPull(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_state(self):
         r = access_test_repo({'action': 'state'})
-        self.assertIn('path_to_files', r)
-        self.assertEqual(files_dir, r['path_to_files'])
+        cfg_ = r['cfg']
+        self.assertIn('path_to_files', cfg_)
+        self.assertEqual(files_dir, cfg_['path_to_files'])
         self.assertIn('return', r)
         self.assertEqual(0, r['return'])