diff --git a/doc/user.xml b/doc/user.xml
index fdfbc4419..bb83674db 100644
--- a/doc/user.xml
+++ b/doc/user.xml
@@ -818,6 +818,37 @@ systemctl start mpd.socket</programlisting>
 
       </section>
 
+      <section>
+        <title><varname>fluidsynth</varname></title>
+
+        <para>
+          MIDI decoder based on libfluidsynth.
+        </para>
+
+        <informaltable>
+          <tgroup cols="2">
+            <thead>
+              <row>
+                <entry>Setting</entry>
+                <entry>Description</entry>
+              </row>
+            </thead>
+            <tbody>
+              <row>
+                <entry>
+                  <varname>soundfont</varname>
+                </entry>
+                <entry>
+                  The absolute path of the soundfont file.  Defaults
+                  to
+                  <filename>/usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2</filename>.
+                </entry>
+              </row>
+            </tbody>
+          </tgroup>
+        </informaltable>
+      </section>
+
       <section>
         <title><varname>mikmod</varname></title>
 
diff --git a/src/decoder/fluidsynth_decoder_plugin.c b/src/decoder/fluidsynth_decoder_plugin.c
index 1fef209bc..ed0efdd99 100644
--- a/src/decoder/fluidsynth_decoder_plugin.c
+++ b/src/decoder/fluidsynth_decoder_plugin.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #undef G_LOG_DOMAIN
 #define G_LOG_DOMAIN "fluidsynth"
 
+static const char *soundfont_path;
+
 /**
  * Convert a fluidsynth log level to a GLib log level.
  */
@@ -65,8 +67,12 @@ fluidsynth_mpd_log_function(int level, char *message, G_GNUC_UNUSED void *data)
 }
 
 static bool
-fluidsynth_init(G_GNUC_UNUSED const struct config_param *param)
+fluidsynth_init(const struct config_param *param)
 {
+	soundfont_path =
+		config_get_block_string(param, "soundfont",
+					"/usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2");
+
 	fluid_set_log_function(LAST_LOG_LEVEL,
 			       fluidsynth_mpd_log_function, NULL);
 
@@ -86,17 +92,12 @@ fluidsynth_file_decode(struct decoder *decoder, const char *path_fs)
 	char setting_verbose[] = "synth.verbose";
 	char setting_yes[] = "yes";
 	*/
-	const char *soundfont_path;
 	fluid_settings_t *settings;
 	fluid_synth_t *synth;
 	fluid_player_t *player;
 	int ret;
 	enum decoder_command cmd;
 
-	soundfont_path =
-		config_get_string("soundfont",
-				  "/usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2");
-
 	/* set up fluid settings */
 
 	settings = new_fluid_settings();