diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index e805c97..9bdc024 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,38 @@
-version: '2'
 services:
   erddap:
-    container_name: "erddap_gold_standard"
     image: axiom/docker-erddap:2.23-jdk17-openjdk
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - ./erddap/conf/robots.txt:/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/robots.txt
+      - ./erddap/content:/usr/local/tomcat/content/erddap
+      - ./erddap/data:/erddapData
+      - ./datasets:/datasets
     environment:
+      #note: these can also be set in /usr/local/tomcat/bin/config.sh
       ERDDAP_MIN_MEMORY: 1G
       ERDDAP_MAX_MEMORY: 2G
-    volumes:
-      - "${PWD}/erddap/conf/config.sh:/usr/local/tomcat/bin/config.sh"
-      - "${PWD}/erddap/conf/robots.txt:/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/ROOT/robots.txt"
-      - "${PWD}/erddap/content:/usr/local/tomcat/content/erddap"
-      - "${PWD}/erddap/data:/erddapData"
-      - "${PWD}/datasets:/datasets"
-      - "/tmp/:/usr/local/tomcat/temp/"
+      ERDDAP_bigParentDirectory: /erddapData/
+      ERDDAP_baseUrl: http://localhost:8080
+      ERDDAP_baseHttpsUrl: https://localhost:8080
+      ERDDAP_flagKeyKey: change-this-value!!
+      ERDDAP_emailEverythingT: this+goes+nowhere@doesnotexist.ioos.us
+      ERDDAP_emailDailyReportsTo:
+      ERDDAP_emailFromAddress:
+      ERDDAP_emailUserName:
+      ERDDAP_emailPassword:
+      ERDDAP_emailProperties:
+      ERDDAP_emailSmtpHost:
+      ERDDAP_emailSmtpPort:
+      ERDDAP_adminInstitution: Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)
+      ERDDAP_adminInstitutionUrl: https://ioos.github.io/
+      ERDDAP_adminIndividualName: Micah Wengren
+      ERDDAP_adminPosition: Data Manager
+      ERDDAP_adminPhone: "240-533-9441"
+      ERDDAP_adminAddress: "1315 East-West Highway 2nd Floor"
+      ERDDAP_adminCity: Silver Spring
+      ERDDAP_adminStateOrProvince: MD
+      ERDDAP_adminPostalCode: "20910"
+      ERDDAP_adminCountry: USA
+      ERDDAP_adminEmail: micah.wengren@noaa.gov
diff --git a/erddap/conf/config.sh b/erddap/conf/config.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e958edd..0000000
--- a/erddap/conf/config.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-ERDDAP_bigParentDirectory="/erddapData/"
-ERDDAP_baseUrl="http://localhost:8080"
-ERDDAP_baseHttpsUrl="http://localhost:8080"
-ERDDAP_flagKeyKey="4a0c345f-d494-4edc-b8c7-640c6d99f4b1"
-
-ERDDAP_emailEverythingTo="this+goes+nowhere@doesnotexist.ioos.us"
-ERDDAP_emailDailyReportsTo=""
-ERDDAP_emailFromAddress=""
-ERDDAP_emailUserName=""
-ERDDAP_emailPassword=""
-ERDDAP_emailProperties=""
-ERDDAP_emailSmtpHost=""
-ERDDAP_emailSmtpPort=""
-
-ERDDAP_adminInstitution="Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS)"
-ERDDAP_adminInstitutionUrl="https://ioos.github.io/"
-ERDDAP_adminIndividualName="Micah Wengren"
-ERDDAP_adminPosition="Data Manager"
-ERDDAP_adminPhone="240-533-9441"
-ERDDAP_adminAddress="1315 East-West Highway 2nd Floor"
-ERDDAP_adminCity="Silver Spring"
-ERDDAP_adminStateOrProvince="MD"
-ERDDAP_adminPostalCode="20910"
-ERDDAP_adminCountry="USA"
-ERDDAP_adminEmail="micah.wengren@noaa.gov"