diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 73504a46644a1c9a4c9e1ea8a1427f4bdf8a9c39..0c1fac676362dcd7214a403cde748aae87a82404 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ RUN pip install \
     --target /app \
     geant-service-orchestrator==${ARTIFACT_VERSION}
 
-# Create the directory for the configuration and copy the example config into it
-# NOTE: a real config must be mounted at /etc/gso/config.json when running the container
-RUN mkdir -p /etc/gso && \
-    chown -R appuser:appgroup /etc/gso
+# Copy an example config into the container
+# NOTE: a real config must be mounted at /app/config.json when running the container
 COPY --chown=appuser:appgroup gso/oss-params-example.json /app/config.json
 
 # The app reads the configuration from this location.