diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8287263..34cb34d
--- a/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py
@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@
 import sys
 from xosconfig import Config
 
-config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/kubernetes_config.yaml')
-Config.init(config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml')
+base_config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/config.yaml')
+mounted_config_file = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/mounted_config.yaml')
+
+if os.path.isfile(mounted_config_file):
+    Config.init(base_config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml', mounted_config_file)
+else:
+    Config.init(base_config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml')
 
 # prevent logging noise from k8s API calls
 logging.getLogger("kubernetes.client.rest").setLevel(logging.WARNING)