diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 4f15bac..9bce7ae 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -107,6 +107,18 @@ volumes:
   - /example/users.conf:/etc/samba/users.conf
 ```
 
+Each line inside that file contains a `:` separated list of attributes describing the user to be created.
+
+`username:UID:groupname:GID:password:homedir`  
+
+where:
+- `username` The textual name of the user.
+- `UID` The numerical id of the user.
+- `groupname` The textual name of the primary user group.
+- `GID` The numerical id of the primary user group.
+- `password` The clear text password of the user. The password can not contain `:`,`\n` or `\r`.
+- `homedir` Optional field for setting the home directory of the user. 
+
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diff --git a/samba.sh b/samba.sh
index 81f8f02..49b219f 100644
--- a/samba.sh
+++ b/samba.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ add_user() {
     local groupname="$4"
     local gid="$5"
     local password="$6"
+    local homedir="$7"
 
     # Check if the smb group exists, if not, create it
     if ! getent group "$groupname" &>/dev/null; then
@@ -31,7 +32,12 @@ add_user() {
     # Check if the user already exists, if not, create it
     if ! id "$username" &>/dev/null; then
         [[ "$username" != "$USER" ]] && echo "User $username does not exist, creating user..."
-        adduser -S -D -H -h /tmp -s /sbin/nologin -G "$groupname" -u "$uid" -g "Samba User" "$username" || { echo "Failed to create user $username"; return 1; }
+        extra_args=()
+        # Check if home directory already exists, if so do not create home during user creation
+        if [ -d "$homedir" ]; then
+          extra_args=("${extra_args[@]}" -H)
+        fi
+        adduser "${extra_args[@]}" -S -D -h "$homedir" -s /sbin/nologin -G "$groupname" -u "$uid" -g "Samba User" "$username" || { echo "Failed to create user $username"; return 1; }
     else
         # Check if the uid right,if not, change it
         local current_uid
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ if [ -f "$users" ] && [ -s "$users" ]; then
         [[ "$line" =~ ^#.*$ || -z "$line" ]] && continue
 
         # Split each line by colon and assign to variables
-        IFS=':' read -r username uid groupname gid password <<< "$line"
+        IFS=':' read -r username uid groupname gid password homedir <<< "$line"
 
         # Check if all required fields are present
         if [[ -z "$username" || -z "$uid" || -z "$groupname" || -z "$gid" || -z "$password" ]]; then
@@ -124,14 +130,17 @@ if [ -f "$users" ] && [ -s "$users" ]; then
             continue
         fi
 
+        # Default homedir if not explicitly set for user
+        [[ -z "$homedir" ]] && homedir="$share"
+
         # Call the function with extracted values
-        add_user "$config" "$username" "$uid" "$groupname" "$gid" "$password" || { echo "Failed to add user $username"; exit 1; }
+        add_user "$config" "$username" "$uid" "$groupname" "$gid" "$password" "$homedir" || { echo "Failed to add user $username"; exit 1; }
 
     done < <(tr -d '\r' < "$users")
 
 else
 
-    add_user "$config" "$USER" "$UID" "$group" "$GID" "$PASS" || { echo "Failed to add user $USER"; exit 1; }
+    add_user "$config" "$USER" "$UID" "$group" "$GID" "$PASS" "$share" || { echo "Failed to add user $USER"; exit 1; }
 
     if [[ "$RW" != [Ff0]* ]]; then
         # Set permissions for share directory if new (empty), leave untouched if otherwise
diff --git a/users.conf b/users.conf
index 73d6574..ba8898b 100644
--- a/users.conf
+++ b/users.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#username:UID:groupname:GID:password
+#username:UID:groupname:GID:password:homedir
 samba:1000:smb:1000:secret