diff --git a/client/pdo/client/builder/installer.py b/client/pdo/client/builder/installer.py
index 0165dd04..776cbbce 100644
--- a/client/pdo/client/builder/installer.py
+++ b/client/pdo/client/builder/installer.py
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ def _copy_to_destination_(source_path, destination_path) :
         return
 
     dp = pathlib.Path(destination_path)
-    dp.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    dp.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
     for f in source_path.iterdir() :
         logger.info('copy plugin resource {} to {}'.format(f.name, destination_path))
         dp.joinpath(f.name).write_bytes(f.read_bytes())
+        dp.joinpath(f.name).chmod(f.stat().st_mode)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ def install_plugin_resources() :
     created through the standard configuration modules. destinations can be overridden
     with the '--bind' arguments.
     """
+
     (state, bindings, args) = pshell.parse_shell_command_line(sys.argv[1:])
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
diff --git a/eservice/pdo/eservice/scripts/EServiceCLI.py b/eservice/pdo/eservice/scripts/EServiceCLI.py
index 04538d55..e26d72e4 100644
--- a/eservice/pdo/eservice/scripts/EServiceCLI.py
+++ b/eservice/pdo/eservice/scripts/EServiceCLI.py
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ def Main() :
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--bind', help='Define variables for configuration and script use', nargs=2, action='append')
+
     parser.add_argument('--config', help='configuration file', nargs = '+')
     parser.add_argument('--config-dir', help='directory to search for configuration files', nargs = '+')
 
@@ -280,6 +282,11 @@ def Main() :
 
     config_map['identity'] = options.identity
 
+    # set up the configuration mapping from the parameters
+    if options.bind :
+        for (k, v) in options.bind : config_map[k] = v
+
+    # parse the configuration files
     try :
         config = pconfig.parse_configuration_files(conffiles, confpaths, config_map)
     except pconfig.ConfigurationException as e :
@@ -323,7 +330,7 @@ def Main() :
         config['EnclaveData'] = {
             'FileName' : 'enclave.data',
             'SavePath' : './data',
-            'SearchPath' : [ '.', './data' ]
+            'SearchPath' : [ '.', './data', config_map['data'] ]
         }
     if options.enclave_data :
         config['EnclaveData']['FileName'] = options.enclave_data
@@ -335,7 +342,7 @@ def Main() :
     # set up the enclave service configuration
     if config.get('StorageService') is None :
         config['StorageService'] = {
-            'BlockStore' : os.path.join(ContractData, options.identity + '.mdb'),
+            'BlockStore' : os.path.join(config_map['data'], options.identity + '.mdb'),
             'URL' : 'http://localhost:7201'
         }
     if options.block_store :
diff --git a/pservice/pdo/pservice/scripts/PServiceCLI.py b/pservice/pdo/pservice/scripts/PServiceCLI.py
index 779b1961..0a1340ba 100644
--- a/pservice/pdo/pservice/scripts/PServiceCLI.py
+++ b/pservice/pdo/pservice/scripts/PServiceCLI.py
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ def Main() :
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--bind', help='Define variables for configuration and script use', nargs=2, action='append')
+
     parser.add_argument('--config', help='configuration file', nargs = '+')
     parser.add_argument('--config-dir', help='directory to search for configuration files', nargs = '+')
 
@@ -455,6 +457,11 @@ def Main() :
 
     config_map['identity'] = options.identity
 
+    # set up the configuration mapping from the parameters
+    if options.bind :
+        for (k, v) in options.bind : config_map[k] = v
+
+    # parse the configuration files
     try :
         config = pconfig.parse_configuration_files(conffiles, confpaths, config_map)
     except pconfig.ConfigurationException as e :
@@ -505,7 +512,7 @@ def Main() :
         config['ProvisioningData'] = {
             'FileName' : 'provisioning.data',
             'SavePath' : './data',
-            'SearchPath' : [ '.', './data' ]
+            'SearchPath' : [ '.', './data', config_map['data'] ]
         }
     if options.provisioning_data :
         config['ProvisioningData']['FileName'] = options.provisioning_data
diff --git a/sservice/pdo/sservice/scripts/SServiceCLI.py b/sservice/pdo/sservice/scripts/SServiceCLI.py
index d8e95ea6..5cd5decc 100644
--- a/sservice/pdo/sservice/scripts/SServiceCLI.py
+++ b/sservice/pdo/sservice/scripts/SServiceCLI.py
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ def Main() :
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--bind', help='Define variables for configuration and script use', nargs=2, action='append')
+
     parser.add_argument('--config', help='configuration file', nargs = '+')
     parser.add_argument('--config-dir', help='directory to search for configuration files', nargs = '+')
 
@@ -244,6 +246,11 @@ def Main() :
     if options.data_dir :
         config_map['data'] = options.data_dir
 
+    # set up the configuration mapping from the parameters
+    if options.bind :
+        for (k, v) in options.bind : config_map[k] = v
+
+    # parse the configuration files
     try :
         config = pconfig.parse_configuration_files(conffiles, confpaths, config_map)
     except pconfig.ConfigurationException as e :
@@ -271,7 +278,7 @@ def Main() :
     # set up the key search paths
     if config.get('Key') is None :
         config['Key'] = {
-            'SearchPath' : ['.', './keys', ContractKeys],
+            'SearchPath' : [ '.', './keys', config_map['keys'] ],
             'FileName' : options.identity + ".pem"
         }
     if options.key_dir :
@@ -283,7 +290,7 @@ def Main() :
             'HttpPort' : 7201,
             'Host' : 'localhost',
             'Identity' : options.identity,
-            'BlockStore' : os.path.join(ContractData, options.identity + '.mdb'),
+            'BlockStore' : os.path.join(config_map['data'], options.identity + '.mdb'),
             'GarbageCollectionInterval' : 10
         }
     if options.http :