diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a46e5236..0c7d060a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - added general test framework which creates temporary directories on the fly
 - only write IPMI if write is true
 - Don't show an error if image files for containers can't be found. #933
+- Make configured paths available in overlays as `.Path` #960
 
 ## [4.4.0] 2023-01-18
 
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/node/console/power.go b/internal/app/wwctl/node/console/power.go
index 1f984934..c92fea96 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/node/console/power.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/node/console/power.go
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 
 		ipmiCmd := power.IPMI{
-			NodeName:  node.Id.Get(),
-			HostName:  node.Ipmi.Ipaddr.Get(),
-			Port:      node.Ipmi.Port.Get(),
-			User:      node.Ipmi.UserName.Get(),
-			Password:  node.Ipmi.Password.Get(),
-			AuthType:  "MD5",
-			Interface: node.Ipmi.Interface.Get(),
+			NodeName:   node.Id.Get(),
+			HostName:   node.Ipmi.Ipaddr.Get(),
+			Port:       node.Ipmi.Port.Get(),
+			User:       node.Ipmi.UserName.Get(),
+			Password:   node.Ipmi.Password.Get(),
+			AuthType:   "MD5",
+			Interface:  node.Ipmi.Interface.Get(),
 			EscapeChar: node.Ipmi.EscapeChar.Get(),
 		}
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/api/node/list.go b/internal/pkg/api/node/list.go
index d27eb412..9e863852 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/api/node/list.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/api/node/list.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func NodeList(nodeGet *wwapiv1.GetNodeList) (nodeList wwapiv1.NodeList, err erro
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s:=:%s:=:%s:=:%s:=:%s", "NODE NAME", "IPMI IPADDR", "IPMI PORT", "IPMI USERNAME", "IPMI INTERFACE"))
 		for _, n := range node.FilterByName(nodes, nodeGet.Nodes) {
 			nodeList.Output = append(nodeList.Output,
-			fmt.Sprintf("%s:=:%s:=:%s:=:%s:=:%s:=:%s", n.Id.Print(),
+				fmt.Sprintf("%s:=:%s:=:%s:=:%s:=:%s:=:%s", n.Id.Print(),
 					n.Ipmi.Ipaddr.Print(),
 					n.Ipmi.Port.Print(),
 					n.Ipmi.UserName.Print(),
diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/datastructure.go b/internal/pkg/node/datastructure.go
index 183e77a1..989c007a 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/datastructure.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/datastructure.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ type IpmiConf struct {
 	Port       string            `yaml:"port,omitempty" lopt:"ipmiport" comment:"Set the IPMI port"`
 	Gateway    string            `yaml:"gateway,omitempty" lopt:"ipmigateway" comment:"Set the IPMI gateway" type:"IP"`
 	Interface  string            `yaml:"interface,omitempty" lopt:"ipmiinterface" comment:"Set the node's IPMI interface (defaults: 'lan')"`
-	EscapeChar string           `yaml:"escapechar,omitempty" lopt:"ipmiescapechar" comment:"Set the IPMI escape character (defaults: '~')"`
+	EscapeChar string            `yaml:"escapechar,omitempty" lopt:"ipmiescapechar" comment:"Set the IPMI escape character (defaults: '~')"`
 	Write      string            `yaml:"write,omitempty" lopt:"ipmiwrite" comment:"Enable the write of impi configuration (true/false)" type:"bool"`
 	Tags       map[string]string `yaml:"tags,omitempty" lopt:"ipmitagadd" comment:"add ipmitags"`
 	TagsDel    []string          `yaml:"tagsdel,omitempty" lopt:"ipmitagdel" comment:"remove ipmitags"` // should not go to disk only to wire
diff --git a/internal/pkg/overlay/datastructure.go b/internal/pkg/overlay/datastructure.go
index f9806802..15c9d3d5 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/overlay/datastructure.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/overlay/datastructure.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func InitStruct(nodeInfo *node.NodeInfo) TemplateStruct {
 	tstruct.Nfs = *controller.NFS
 	tstruct.Dhcp = *controller.DHCP
 	tstruct.Tftp = *controller.TFTP
+	tstruct.Paths = *controller.Paths
 	tstruct.Warewulf = *controller.Warewulf
 	tstruct.Ipaddr = controller.Ipaddr
 	tstruct.Ipaddr6 = controller.Ipaddr6
diff --git a/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient b/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient
deleted file mode 100644
index d0945766..00000000
--- a/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. /warewulf/config
-# Only start if the systemd is no available
-test -e /usr/lib/systemd/systemd && exit 0
-echo "Starting wwclient"
-nohup /warewulf/bin/wwclient >/var/log/wwclient.log 2>&1 </dev/null &
diff --git a/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient.ww b/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient.ww
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29130b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/wwinit/warewulf/init.d/80-wwclient.ww
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This file is autogenerated by warewulf
+# Host:   {{.BuildHost}}
+# Time:   {{.BuildTime}}
+# Source: {{.BuildSource}}
+
+. /warewulf/config
+# Only start if the systemd is not available
+test -e /usr/lib/systemd/systemd && exit 0
+echo "Starting wwclient"
+nohup {{ .Paths.WWClientdir }}/wwclient >/var/log/wwclient.log 2>&1 </dev/null &