diff --git a/DockerfileConnector b/DockerfileConnector
index 0abfdf1..e45c4e6 100644
--- a/DockerfileConnector
+++ b/DockerfileConnector
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
-FROM quay.ocp.banorte.com/golden/python-312:latest AS builder
+FROM quay.ocp.banorte.com/golden/python-312:latest
 
 COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /uvx /usr/local/bin/
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock ./
-RUN uv sync --no-dev --frozen --no-install-project
+RUN uv sync --no-dev --frozen
 
 COPY main.py .
 
-FROM quay.ocp.banorte.com/golden/python-312:latest
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-COPY --from=builder /app /app
-
 ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
 
-CMD python main.py --transport sse --port 8000
+CMD ["uv", "run", "python", "main.py", "--transport", "sse", "--port", "8000"]
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index d445db8..dfb5d96 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import argparse
 import asyncio
 import io
 import logging
+import os
 from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Sequence
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ from gcloud.aio.storage import Storage
 from google import genai
 from google.genai import types as genai_types
 from mcp.server.fastmcp import Context, FastMCP
-from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings, PydanticBaseSettingsSource, YamlConfigSettingsSource
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -282,10 +283,29 @@ class GoogleCloudVectorSearch:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-class Settings(BaseSettings):
-    """Server configuration populated from environment variables."""
+def _parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--transport",
+        choices=["stdio", "sse"],
+        default="stdio",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--host", default="0.0.0.0")
+    parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=8080)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--config",
+        default=os.environ.get("CONFIG_FILE", "config.yaml"),
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
 
-    model_config = {"env_file": ".env"}
+
+_args = _parse_args()
+
+
+class Settings(BaseSettings):
+    """Server configuration populated from env vars and a YAML config file."""
+
+    model_config = {"env_file": ".env", "yaml_file": _args.config}
 
     project_id: str
     location: str
@@ -297,6 +317,23 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     embedding_model: str = "gemini-embedding-001"
     search_limit: int = 10
 
+    @classmethod
+    def settings_customise_sources(
+        cls,
+        settings_cls: type[BaseSettings],
+        init_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        env_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        dotenv_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        file_secret_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+    ) -> tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...]:
+        return (
+            init_settings,
+            env_settings,
+            dotenv_settings,
+            YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls),
+            file_secret_settings,
+        )
+
 
 @dataclass
 class AppContext:
@@ -334,19 +371,6 @@ async def lifespan(_server: FastMCP) -> AsyncIterator[AppContext]:
     )
 
 
-def _parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--transport",
-        choices=["stdio", "sse"],
-        default="stdio",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument("--host", default="0.0.0.0")
-    parser.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=8080)
-    return parser.parse_args()
-
-
-_args = _parse_args()
 cfg = Settings.model_validate({})
 
 mcp = FastMCP(
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fe0946b..6e3683b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "google-genai>=1.64.0",
     "mcp[cli]>=1.26.0",
     "pydantic-settings>=2.9.1",
+    "pyyaml>=6.0",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 9fa5699..f114202 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1356,6 +1356,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "google-genai" },
     { name = "mcp", extra = ["cli"] },
     { name = "pydantic-settings" },
+    { name = "pyyaml" },
 ]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
@@ -1374,6 +1375,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "google-genai", specifier = ">=1.64.0" },
     { name = "mcp", extras = ["cli"], specifier = ">=1.26.0" },
     { name = "pydantic-settings", specifier = ">=2.9.1" },
+    { name = "pyyaml", specifier = ">=6.0" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]