diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 165d3c99..01abec22 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -68,12 +68,12 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	gocloud.dev v0.37.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.25.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.26.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.21.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0
-	google.golang.org/api v0.182.0
+	google.golang.org/api v0.183.0
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.2.1
 )
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.54.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/segmentio/asm v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/shoenig/go-m1cpu v0.1.6 // indirect
@@ -167,15 +167,15 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.27.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.27.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240531132922-fd00a4e0eefc // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240604190554-fc45aab8b7f8 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.64.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a70a5b49..f4eca43b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.5.1 h1:0QNO7VThG54LUzKiQxv8C6x1YX7lUrzlAa1nVLF8CIw=
 cloud.google.com/go/auth v0.5.1/go.mod h1:vbZT8GjzDf3AVqCcQmqeeM32U9HBFc32vVVAbwDsa6s=
 cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.2 h1:+TTV8aXpjeChS9M+aTtN/TjdQnzJvmzKFt//oWu7HX4=
 cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt v0.2.2/go.mod h1:wcYjgpZI9+Yu7LyYBg4pqSiaRkfEK3GQcpb7C/uyF1Q=
-cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.27.0 h1:EGawh2RUnfHT5g8f/FX3Ds6KZuIBC77hZoDrBvEZw94=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.3.0 h1:Tz+eQXMEqDIKRsmY3cHTL6FVaynIjX2QxYC4trgAKZc=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.3.0/go.mod h1:zFmK7XCadkQkj6TtorcaGlCW1hT1fIilQDwofLpJ20k=
 cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.8 h1:r7umDwhj+BQyz0ScZMp4QrGXjSTI3ZINnpgU2nlB/K0=
@@ -236,7 +235,6 @@ github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20231201235250-de7065d80cb9 h1:L0QtFUgDarD
 github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20231201235250-de7065d80cb9/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0 h1:SWJzexBzPL5jb0GEsrPMLIsi/3jOo7RHlzTjcAeDrPY=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:DNZ/vlrUnhWCoFGxHAG8U2ljioxukquj7utPDgtQdTw=
-github.com/jackc/puddle v1.3.0 h1:eHK/5clGOatcjX3oWGBO/MpxpbHzSwud5EWTSCI+MX0=
 github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 h1:RhxXJtFG022u4ibrCSMSiu5aOq1i77R3OHKNJj77OAk=
 github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
 github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.15.1 h1:HUMERORf3I3ZdX05WaQ6MIpd/NJ434hTp5YiKgfCL6c=
@@ -340,8 +338,8 @@ github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0 h1:1cU2KZkvPxNyfgEmhHAz/1A9Bz+llsdYzklWFzgp0r8=
 github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0/go.mod h1:/7mN4D5sKwJLZQ2b/znpjC3/GQWY/xaDXUM0kKWRHss=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
-github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.5.0 h1:zXz2JnQDgE5gDg0R9ThkNT0orQzm47i8IuO6hk6XSYY=
-github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.5.0/go.mod h1:77OmuIc6VTraTXKXIs/uvUxKGUXjE1GbemJYHqdNjX0=
+github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.6.0 h1:ON7AQg37yzcRPU69mt7gwhFEBwxI6P9T4Qu3N51bwOk=
+github.com/sagikazarmark/locafero v0.6.0/go.mod h1:77OmuIc6VTraTXKXIs/uvUxKGUXjE1GbemJYHqdNjX0=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 h1:diDBnUNK9N/354PgrxMywXnAwEr1QZcOr6gto+ugjYE=
 github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0/go.mod h1:SrcSrq8aKtyuqEI1uvTDTK1arOWRIczQRv+GVI1AkeQ=
 github.com/secsy/goftp v0.0.0-20200609142545-aa2de14babf4 h1:PT+ElG/UUFMfqy5HrxJxNzj3QBOf7dZwupeVC+mG1Lo=
@@ -424,8 +422,8 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN8
 gocloud.dev v0.37.0 h1:XF1rN6R0qZI/9DYjN16Uy0durAmSlf58DHOcb28GPro=
 gocloud.dev v0.37.0/go.mod h1:7/O4kqdInCNsc6LqgmuFnS0GRew4XNNYWpA44yQnwco=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240531132922-fd00a4e0eefc h1:O9NuF4s+E/PvMIy+9IUZB9znFwUIXEWSstNjek6VpVg=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240531132922-fd00a4e0eefc/go.mod h1:XtvwrStGgqGPLc4cjQfWqZHG1YFdYs6swckp8vpsjnc=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240604190554-fc45aab8b7f8 h1:LoYXNGAShUG3m/ehNk4iFctuhGX/+R1ZpfJ4/ia80JM=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240604190554-fc45aab8b7f8/go.mod h1:jj3sYF3dwk5D+ghuXyeI3r5MFf+NT2An6/9dOA95KSI=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20181026193005-c67002cb31c3/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190227174305-5b3e6a55c961/go.mod h1:wehouNa3lNwaWXcvxsM5YxQ5yQlVC4a0KAMCusXpPoU=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190313153728-d0100b6bd8b3/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
@@ -433,7 +431,6 @@ golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.12.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.15.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 h1:zY54UmvipHiNd+pm+m0x9KhZ9hl1/7QNMyxXbc6ICqA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0 h1:5+9lSbEzPSdWkH32vYPBwEpX8KwDbM52Ud9xBUvNlb0=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.18.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
@@ -447,11 +444,10 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug
 golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
-golang.org/x/net v0.25.0 h1:d/OCCoBEUq33pjydKrGQhw7IlUPI2Oylr+8qLx49kac=
 golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
+golang.org/x/net v0.26.0 h1:soB7SVo0PWrY4vPW/+ay0jKDNScG2X9wFeYlXIvJsOQ=
+golang.org/x/net v0.26.0/go.mod h1:5YKkiSynbBIh3p6iOc/vibscux0x38BZDkn8sCUPxHE=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.20.0 h1:4mQdhULixXKP1rwYBW0vAijoXnkTG0BLCDRzfe1idMo=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.20.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 h1:tsimM75w1tF/uws5rbeHzIWxEqElMehnc+iW793zsZs=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0/go.mod h1:XYTD2NtWslqkgxebSiOHnXEap4TF09sJSc7H1sXbhtI=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -514,25 +510,26 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20191119224855-298f0cb1881e/go.mod h1:b+2E5dAYhXwXZwtn
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0/go.mod h1:HvlwmtVNQAhOuCjW7xxvovg8wbNq7LwfXh/k7wXUl58=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d h1:vU5i/LfpvrRCpgM/VPfJLg5KjxD3E+hfT1SH+d9zLwg=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.21.1-0.20240508182429-e35e4ccd0d2d/go.mod h1:aiJjzUbINMkxbQROHiO6hDPo2LHcIPhhQsa9DLh0yGk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 h1:gqSGLZqv+AI9lIQzniJ0nZDRG5GBPsSi+DRNHWNz6yA=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0/go.mod h1:aCwcsjqvq7Yqt6TNyX7QMU2enbQ/Gt0bo6krSeEri+c=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 h1:+cNy6SZtPcJQH3LJVLOSmiC7MMxXNOb3PU/VUEz+EhU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028/go.mod h1:NDW/Ps6MPRej6fsCIbMTohpP40sJ/P/vI1MoTEGwX90=
-google.golang.org/api v0.182.0 h1:if5fPvudRQ78GeRx3RayIoiuV7modtErPIZC/T2bIvE=
-google.golang.org/api v0.182.0/go.mod h1:cGhjy4caqA5yXRzEhkHI8Y9mfyC2VLTlER2l08xaqtM=
+google.golang.org/api v0.183.0 h1:PNMeRDwo1pJdgNcFQ9GstuLe/noWKIc89pRWRLMvLwE=
+google.golang.org/api v0.183.0/go.mod h1:q43adC5/pHoSZTx5h2mSmdF7NcyfW9JuDyIOJAgS9ZQ=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoALGmiZfu7CAH4rXhgtRTLTxftemlI0sWmxmc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55/go.mod h1:DMBHOl98Agz4BDEuKkezgsaosCRResVns1a3J2ZsMNc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200526211855-cb27e3aa2013/go.mod h1:NbSheEEYHJ7i3ixzK3sjbqSGDJWnxyFXZblF3eUsNvo=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 h1:u7WMYrIrVvs0TF5yaKwKNbcJyySYf+HAIFXxWltJOXE=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157/go.mod h1:ubQlAQnzejB8uZzszhrTCU2Fyp6Vi7ZE5nn0c3W8+qQ=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 h1:7whR9kGa5LUwFtpLm2ArCEejtnxlGeLbAyjFY8sGNFw=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157/go.mod h1:99sLkeliLXfdj2J75X3Ho+rrVCaJze0uwN7zDDkjPVU=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157 h1:Zy9XzmMEflZ/MAaA7vNcoebnRAld7FsPW1EeBB7V0m8=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240528184218-531527333157/go.mod h1:EfXuqaE1J41VCDicxHzUDm+8rk+7ZdXzHV0IhO/I6s0=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117 h1:HCZ6DlkKtCDAtD8ForECsY3tKuaR+p4R3grlK80uCCc=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117/go.mod h1:lesfX/+9iA+3OdqeCpoDddJaNxVB1AB6tD7EfqMmprc=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117 h1:+rdxYoE3E5htTEWIe15GlN6IfvbURM//Jt0mmkmm6ZU=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117/go.mod h1:OimBR/bc1wPO9iV4NC2bpyjy3VnAwZh5EBPQdtaE5oo=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117 h1:1GBuWVLM/KMVUv1t1En5Gs+gFZCNd360GGb4sSxtrhU=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240604185151-ef581f913117/go.mod h1:EfXuqaE1J41VCDicxHzUDm+8rk+7ZdXzHV0IhO/I6s0=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.0/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyacEbxg=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQciAY=
diff --git a/internal/cmd/start_windows.go b/internal/cmd/start_windows.go
index be34dec2..5e4dde64 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/start_windows.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/start_windows.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
@@ -31,21 +30,23 @@ var (
 		Short: "Start the SFTPGo Windows Service",
 		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 			configDir = util.CleanDirInput(configDir)
-			if !filepath.IsAbs(logFilePath) && util.IsFileInputValid(logFilePath) {
-				logFilePath = filepath.Join(configDir, logFilePath)
-			}
+			checkServeParamsFromEnvFiles(configDir)
 			service.SetGraceTime(graceTime)
 			s := service.Service{
-				ConfigDir:     configDir,
-				ConfigFile:    configFile,
-				LogFilePath:   logFilePath,
-				LogMaxSize:    logMaxSize,
-				LogMaxBackups: logMaxBackups,
-				LogMaxAge:     logMaxAge,
-				LogCompress:   logCompress,
-				LogLevel:      logLevel,
-				LogUTCTime:    logUTCTime,
-				Shutdown:      make(chan bool),
+				ConfigDir:         configDir,
+				ConfigFile:        configFile,
+				LogFilePath:       logFilePath,
+				LogMaxSize:        logMaxSize,
+				LogMaxBackups:     logMaxBackups,
+				LogMaxAge:         logMaxAge,
+				LogCompress:       logCompress,
+				LogLevel:          logLevel,
+				LogUTCTime:        logUTCTime,
+				LoadDataFrom:      loadDataFrom,
+				LoadDataMode:      loadDataMode,
+				LoadDataQuotaScan: loadDataQuotaScan,
+				LoadDataClean:     loadDataClean,
+				Shutdown:          make(chan bool),
 			}
 			winService := service.WindowsService{
 				Service: s,