diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
index 13e7fe2bcc8..6d8786e8564 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -99,6 +99,27 @@ public boolean runningInDocker() {
         return Files.exists(Paths.get("/.dockerenv"));
     }
 
+    @Bean(name = "configDirMounted")
+    public boolean isRunningInDockerWithConfig() {
+        Path dockerEnv = Paths.get("/.dockerenv");
+        // default to true if not docker
+        if (!Files.exists(dockerEnv)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        Path mountInfo = Paths.get("/proc/1/mountinfo");
+        // this should always exist, if not some unknown usecase
+        if (!Files.exists(mountInfo)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            return Files.lines(mountInfo).anyMatch(line -> line.contains(" /configs "));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Bean(name = "bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled")
     public boolean bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled() {
         String installOps = System.getProperty("INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS");
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/service/PostHogService.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/service/PostHogService.java
index a2d3d485f5d..3127e2af541 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/service/PostHogService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/service/PostHogService.java
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ public class PostHogService {
     private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
     private final UserServiceInterface userService;
     private final Environment env;
+    private boolean configDirMounted;
 
     @Autowired
     public PostHogService(
             PostHog postHog,
             @Qualifier("UUID") String uuid,
+            @Qualifier("configDirMounted") boolean configDirMounted,
             @Qualifier("appVersion") String appVersion,
             ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
             @Autowired(required = false) UserServiceInterface userService,
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ public PostHogService(
         this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
         this.userService = userService;
         this.env = env;
+        this.configDirMounted = configDirMounted;
         captureSystemInfo();
     }
 
@@ -80,6 +83,7 @@ public Map<String, Object> captureServerMetrics() {
                 deploymentType = "DOCKER";
             }
             metrics.put("deployment_type", deploymentType);
+            metrics.put("mounted_config_dir", configDirMounted);
 
             // System info
             metrics.put("os_name", System.getProperty("os.name"));