diff --git a/settings.yaml b/goosebit.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from settings.yaml
rename to goosebit.yaml
diff --git a/goosebit/settings/__init__.py b/goosebit/settings/__init__.py
index d63285d0..997de9f2 100644
--- a/goosebit/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/goosebit/settings/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from .const import BASE_DIR, PWD_CXT  # noqa: F401
+from .const import PWD_CXT  # noqa: F401
 from .schema import GooseBitSettings
 
 config = GooseBitSettings()
diff --git a/goosebit/settings/const.py b/goosebit/settings/const.py
index e1c8ea55..13c73c5e 100644
--- a/goosebit/settings/const.py
+++ b/goosebit/settings/const.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from argon2 import PasswordHasher
 
-BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
+GOOSEBIT_ROOT_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.parent
+CURRENT_DIR = Path(os.getcwd())
+ETC_SETTINGS_DIR = Path("/etc/goosebit")
 
 PWD_CXT = PasswordHasher()
 
diff --git a/goosebit/settings/schema.py b/goosebit/settings/schema.py
index 6ea04dde..a7076b4a 100644
--- a/goosebit/settings/schema.py
+++ b/goosebit/settings/schema.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import secrets
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Annotated
@@ -11,7 +12,13 @@
     YamlConfigSettingsSource,
 )
 
-from .const import BASE_DIR, LOGGING_DEFAULT, PWD_CXT
+from .const import (
+    CURRENT_DIR,
+    ETC_SETTINGS_DIR,
+    GOOSEBIT_ROOT_DIR,
+    LOGGING_DEFAULT,
+    PWD_CXT,
+)
 
 
 class User(BaseModel):
@@ -36,8 +43,6 @@ class GooseBitSettings(BaseSettings):
 
     port: int = 60053  # GOOSE
 
-    artifacts_dir: Path = BASE_DIR.joinpath("artifacts")
-
     poll_time_default: str = "00:01:00"
     poll_time_updating: str = "00:00:05"
     poll_time_registration: str = "00:00:10"
@@ -46,7 +51,8 @@ class GooseBitSettings(BaseSettings):
 
     users: list[User] = []
 
-    db_uri: str = f"sqlite:///{BASE_DIR.joinpath('db.sqlite3')}"
+    db_uri: str = f"sqlite:///{GOOSEBIT_ROOT_DIR.joinpath('db.sqlite3')}"
+    artifacts_dir: Path = GOOSEBIT_ROOT_DIR.joinpath("artifacts")
 
     metrics: MetricsSettings = MetricsSettings()
 
@@ -61,9 +67,23 @@ def settings_customise_sources(
         dotenv_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
         file_secret_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
     ) -> tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...]:
-        return (
+        settings_sources = [
             init_settings,
-            YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, BASE_DIR.joinpath("settings.yaml")),
-            env_settings,
-            file_secret_settings,
+            YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, GOOSEBIT_ROOT_DIR.joinpath("goosebit.yaml")),
+            YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, CURRENT_DIR.joinpath("goosebit.yaml")),
+        ]
+        if ETC_SETTINGS_DIR.exists():
+            settings_sources.append(
+                YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, ETC_SETTINGS_DIR.joinpath("goosebit.yaml")),
+            )
+        if os.getenv("GOOSEBIT_SETTINGS"):
+            settings_sources.append(
+                YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, os.getenv("GOOSEBIT_SETTINGS")),
+            )
+        settings_sources.extend(
+            [
+                env_settings,
+                file_secret_settings,
+            ]
         )
+        return tuple(settings_sources)