--- etc/default/hostapd.orig	2017-11-13 12:12:16.060855052 -0600
+++ etc/default/hostapd	2017-11-13 12:12:43.106038459 -0600
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # file and hostapd will be started during system boot. An example configuration
 # file can be found at /usr/share/doc/hostapd/examples/hostapd.conf.gz
 #
-#DAEMON_CONF=""
+DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"
 
 # Additional daemon options to be appended to hostapd command:-
 # 	-d   show more debug messages (-dd for even more)