diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2f1f4f14..9257ee09 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,16 +13,14 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY pyproject.toml uv.lock .python-version ./
 COPY src/ src/
-COPY config/ config/
-COPY data/datasets/ data/datasets/
-COPY data/extents.yaml data/extents.yaml
 
 RUN uv sync --frozen --no-dev
 
-RUN mkdir -p /tmp/data /app/data/pygeoapi /app/data/artifacts && \
+RUN mkdir -p /app/data/pygeoapi /app/data/artifacts && \
     printf '[]\n' > /app/data/artifacts/records.json && \
-    chown -R eo:eo /tmp/data /app/data
+    chown -R eo:eo /app/data
 
+ENV CACHE_OVERRIDE=/app/data
 ENV PYGEOAPI_CONFIG=/app/data/pygeoapi/pygeoapi-config.yml
 ENV PYGEOAPI_OPENAPI=/app/data/pygeoapi/pygeoapi-openapi.yml
 ENV PORT=8000
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8baeb05..9797e950 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ else:
 
 ## pygeoapi
 
-The OGC API is served by pygeoapi, mounted at `/ogcapi`. Its configuration is generated dynamically from published artifacts and written to `data/pygeoapi/pygeoapi-config.yml`.
+The OGC API is served by pygeoapi, mounted at `/ogcapi`. Its configuration is generated dynamically from published artifacts and written to the resolved runtime data directory (for Docker: `/app/data/pygeoapi/pygeoapi-config.yml`).
+
+The base configuration is bundled with the package at `src/climate_api/data/pygeoapi/base.yml` and does not need to be copied or managed separately.
 
 To validate the configuration manually:
 
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ To validate the configuration manually:
 PYTHONPATH="$(pwd)/src" uv run pygeoapi config validate -c data/pygeoapi/pygeoapi-config.yml
 ```
 
-Regenerate after changes to `config/pygeoapi/base.yml` or publication logic:
+Regenerate after changes to publication logic:
 
 ```
 make openapi
diff --git a/config/pygeoapi/base.yml b/config/pygeoapi/base.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 987290af..00000000
--- a/config/pygeoapi/base.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-server:
-  bind:
-    host: 0.0.0.0
-    port: 8000
-  url: http://127.0.0.1:8000/ogcapi
-  mimetype: application/json; charset=UTF-8
-  encoding: utf-8
-  languages:
-    - en-US
-  limits:
-    default_items: 20
-    max_items: 50
-  map:
-    url: https://tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
-    attribution: "© OpenStreetMap contributors"
-  admin: false
-
-logging:
-  level: ERROR
-
-metadata:
-  identification:
-    title:
-      en: DHIS2 Climate API
-    description:
-      en: Published EO gridded data collections
-    keywords:
-      en:
-        - EO
-        - coverage
-        - raster
-        - zarr
-        - netcdf
-    terms_of_service: https://dhis2.org
-    url: https://dhis2.org
-  provider:
-    name: DHIS2 Climate API
-    url: https://dhis2.org
-  contact:
-    name: DHIS2 Climate Team
-    email: climate@dhis2.org
-    url: https://dhis2.org
-  license:
-    name: CC-BY 4.0
-    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
-
-resources: {}