diff --git a/pkg/services/live/live.go b/pkg/services/live/live.go
index e3f618e8dda..58a0fd0d7a0 100644
--- a/pkg/services/live/live.go
+++ b/pkg/services/live/live.go
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@ func ProvideService(plugCtxProvider *plugincontext.Provider, cfg *setting.Cfg, r
 				FrameStorage:  pipeline.NewFrameStorage(),
 			}
 		} else {
-			storage := &pipeline.FileStorage{}
+			storage := &pipeline.FileStorage{
+				DataPath: cfg.DataPath,
+			}
 			g.channelRuleStorage = storage
 			builder = &pipeline.StorageRuleBuilder{
 				Node:          node,
diff --git a/pkg/services/live/pipeline/storage_file.go b/pkg/services/live/pipeline/storage_file.go
index 2ab33a6efae..384f298921d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/live/pipeline/storage_file.go
+++ b/pkg/services/live/pipeline/storage_file.go
@@ -3,19 +3,25 @@ package pipeline
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 // FileStorage can load channel rules from a file on disk.
-type FileStorage struct{}
+type FileStorage struct {
+	DataPath string
+}
 
 func (f *FileStorage) ListRemoteWriteBackends(_ context.Context, orgID int64) ([]RemoteWriteBackend, error) {
-	backendBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(os.Getenv("GF_LIVE_REMOTE_WRITE_BACKENDS_FILE"))
-	var remoteWriteBackends RemoteWriteBackends
-	err := json.Unmarshal(backendBytes, &remoteWriteBackends)
+	backendBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(f.DataPath, "pipeline", "remote-write-backends.json"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't read ./pipeline/remote-write-backends.json file: %w", err)
+	}
+	var remoteWriteBackends RemoteWriteBackends
+	err = json.Unmarshal(backendBytes, &remoteWriteBackends)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't unmarshal remote-write-backends.json data: %w", err)
 	}
 	var backends []RemoteWriteBackend
 	for _, b := range remoteWriteBackends.Backends {
@@ -27,11 +33,14 @@ func (f *FileStorage) ListRemoteWriteBackends(_ context.Context, orgID int64) ([
 }
 
 func (f *FileStorage) ListChannelRules(_ context.Context, orgID int64) ([]ChannelRule, error) {
-	ruleBytes, _ := ioutil.ReadFile(os.Getenv("GF_LIVE_CHANNEL_RULES_FILE"))
-	var channelRules ChannelRules
-	err := json.Unmarshal(ruleBytes, &channelRules)
+	ruleBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(f.DataPath, "pipeline", "live-channel-rules.json"))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't read ./data/live-channel-rules.json file: %w", err)
+	}
+	var channelRules ChannelRules
+	err = json.Unmarshal(ruleBytes, &channelRules)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't unmarshal live-channel-rules.json data: %w", err)
 	}
 	var rules []ChannelRule
 	for _, r := range channelRules.Rules {
diff --git a/public/app/features/live/pages/CloudAdminPage.tsx b/public/app/features/live/pages/CloudAdminPage.tsx
index ed23dbed4d5..70699cd3229 100644
--- a/public/app/features/live/pages/CloudAdminPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/live/pages/CloudAdminPage.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { GrafanaCloudBackend } from './types';
 export default function CloudAdminPage() {
   const navModel = useNavModel('live-cloud');
   const [cloud, setCloud] = useState<GrafanaCloudBackend[]>([]);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string>();
   const styles = useStyles(getStyles);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -18,12 +19,17 @@ export default function CloudAdminPage() {
       .then((data) => {
         setCloud(data.remoteWriteBackends);
       })
-      .catch((e) => console.error(e));
+      .catch((e) => {
+        if (e.data) {
+          setError(JSON.stringify(e.data, null, 2));
+        }
+      });
   }, []);
 
   return (
     <Page navModel={navModel}>
       <Page.Contents>
+        {error && <pre>{error}</pre>}
         {!cloud && <>Loading cloud definitions</>}
         {cloud &&
           cloud.map((v) => {
diff --git a/public/app/features/live/pages/PipelineAdminPage.tsx b/public/app/features/live/pages/PipelineAdminPage.tsx
index 0d18f6da25b..b7d03506046 100644
--- a/public/app/features/live/pages/PipelineAdminPage.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/live/pages/PipelineAdminPage.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export default function PipelineAdminPage() {
   const [selectedRule, setSelectedRule] = useState<Rule>();
   const [defaultRules, setDefaultRules] = useState<any[]>([]);
   const navModel = useNavModel('live-pipeline');
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string>();
   const styles = useStyles(getStyles);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -33,7 +34,11 @@ export default function PipelineAdminPage() {
         setRules(data.rules);
         setDefaultRules(data.rules);
       })
-      .catch((e) => console.error(e));
+      .catch((e) => {
+        if (e.data) {
+          setError(JSON.stringify(e.data, null, 2));
+        }
+      });
   }, []);
 
   const onRowClick = (event: any) => {
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ export default function PipelineAdminPage() {
   return (
     <Page navModel={navModel}>
       <Page.Contents>
+        {error && <pre>{error}</pre>}
         <div className="page-action-bar">
           <div className="gf-form gf-form--grow">
             <Input placeholder="Search pattern..." onChange={onSearchQueryChange} />