diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
index ae91b69488..b683b2d47a 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2.1.3
 - update to transmission-2.51
+- added option to specify download directory
 
 2.1.2
 - update to addon version 2.1
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
index fed7a28623..295d5173fc 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@ cat "$ADDON_SETTINGS" | awk -F\" '{print $2"=\""$4"\""}' | sed '/^=/d' > /var/co
 . /var/config/transmission.conf.default
 . /var/config/transmission.conf
 
-mkdir -p /storage/downloads
-mkdir -p /storage/downloads/incoming
-mkdir -p /storage/downloads/watch
+mkdir -p "$TRANSMISSION_DL_DIR"
+mkdir -p "$TRANSMISSION_DL_DIR/incoming"
+mkdir -p "$TRANSMISSION_DL_DIR/watch"
 
 if [ -z "$TRANSMISSION_IP" ]; then
   TRANSMISSION_IP="*.*.*.*"
 fi
 
-TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -w /storage/downloads"
-TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG --incomplete-dir /storage/downloads/incoming"
-TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG --watch-dir /storage/downloads/watch"
+TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -w \"$TRANSMISSION_DL_DIR\""
+TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG --incomplete-dir \"$TRANSMISSION_DL_DIR/incoming\""
+TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG --watch-dir \"$TRANSMISSION_DL_DIR/watch\""
 TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -e /var/log/transmission.log"
 TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -g /storage/.cache/transmission"
 
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
index 03ea679927..8f0dd87c49 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/resources/language/English/strings.xml
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@
 	<string id="3021">Overall peer limit.</string>
 	<string id="3022">Peer limit per torrent</string>
 
+	<string id="3110">Other</string>
+	<string id="3121">Download Directory</string>
+
 </strings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/resources/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/resources/settings.xml
index 54940b0307..4149778c6f 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/resources/settings.xml
@@ -17,5 +17,9 @@
 		<setting type="sep" />
 		<setting id="TRANSMISSION_LIMIT_GLOBAL" type="number" label="3021" value="" default="" />
 		<setting id="TRANSMISSION_LIMIT_TORRENT" type="number" label="3022" value="" default="" />
+
+		<setting type="sep" />
+		<setting label="3110" type="lsep"/>
+		<setting id="TRANSMISSION_DL_DIR" type="folder" label="3121" value="" default="/storage/downloads" />
     </category>
 </settings>
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/settings-default.xml b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/settings-default.xml
index 1dd12e1785..ab23f3521f 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/settings-default.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/settings-default.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
     <setting id="TRANSMISSION_USER" value="openelec" />
     <setting id="TRANSMISSION_LIMIT_GLOBAL" value="" />
     <setting id="TRANSMISSION_LIMIT_TORRENT" value="" />
+    <setting id="TRANSMISSION_DL_DIR" value="/storage/downloads" />
 </settings>
diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
index 7ae551b4cd..b18b6fed64 100755
--- a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/busybox-initramfs/scripts/init
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ NBD_DEVS="0"
     for module in $(cat /etc/modules); do
       progress "Loading kernel module $module"
       /bin/busybox insmod "$MODULE_DIR/$module.ko" || \
-        error "load_modules" "Failed to load kernel module $module"
+        progress "... Failed to load kernel module $module, skipping"
     done
   }