diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3eed432..acf8a13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ ocm_token.txt
 
 # Evaluation output folder
 eval_output*/
+.template-params.override.env
diff --git a/lightspeed-stack.template.yaml b/lightspeed-stack.template.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index da7c35c..0000000
--- a/lightspeed-stack.template.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-name: assisted-chat
-service:
-  host: 0.0.0.0
-  port: 8090
-  auth_enabled: false
-  workers: 1
-  color_log: true
-  access_log: true
-llama_stack:
-  use_as_library_client: true
-  library_client_config_path: "llama_stack_client_config.yaml"
-mcp_servers:
-  - name: mcp::assisted
-    url: "http://assisted-service-mcp:8000/mcp"
-user_data_collection:
-  feedback_disabled: false
-  feedback_storage: "/tmp/data/feedback"
-  transcripts_disabled: false
-  transcripts_storage: "/tmp/data/transcripts"
-authentication:
-  module: jwk-token
-  jwk_config:
-    url: https://sso.redhat.com/auth/realms/redhat-external/protocol/openid-connect/certs
-    jwt_configuration:
-      user_id_claim: sub
-      username_claim: preferred_username
-customization:
-  system_prompt_path: "/tmp/systemprompt.txt"
-  disable_query_system_prompt: false
-inference:
-  default_model: gemini/gemini-2.0-flash
-  default_provider: gemini
diff --git a/scripts/generate.sh b/scripts/generate.sh
index 433a7ea..7191939 100755
--- a/scripts/generate.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 PROJECT_ROOT=$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")
 
+OVERRIDE_FILE=$PROJECT_ROOT/.template-params.override.env
+
 if [[ ! -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/.env" ]]; then
     echo "Missing the .env file that should contain your configuration."
     echo "Would you like help creating the .env file interactively? (y/n)"
@@ -22,7 +24,17 @@ fi
 source "$PROJECT_ROOT/.env"
 
 mkdir -p "$PROJECT_ROOT/config"
-cp "$PROJECT_ROOT/lightspeed-stack.template.yaml" "$PROJECT_ROOT/config/lightspeed-stack.yaml"
+
+if [[ -f $OVERRIDE_FILE ]]; then
+  OVERRIDE_PARAMS="--param-file=$OVERRIDE_FILE"
+fi
+
+oc process  --local \
+  -f $PROJECT_ROOT/template.yaml \
+  ${OVERRIDE_PARAMS-} \
+  --param-file=$PROJECT_ROOT/template-params.dev.env | \
+  yq '.items[] | select(.kind == "ConfigMap" and .metadata.name == "lightspeed-stack-config").data."lightspeed-stack.yaml"' -r \
+  > $PROJECT_ROOT/config/lightspeed-stack.yaml
 
 yq -r '.objects[] | select(.metadata.name == "lightspeed-stack-config") | .data.system_prompt' "$PROJECT_ROOT/template.yaml" > "$PROJECT_ROOT/config/systemprompt.txt"
 
diff --git a/template-params.dev.env b/template-params.dev.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c6ae9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template-params.dev.env
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+IMAGE_TAG=latest
+SYSTEM_PROMPT_PATH=/tmp/systemprompt.txt
+LLAMA_CLIENT_CONFIG_PATH=llama_stack_client_config.yaml
+LIGHTSPEED_TRANSCRIPTS_DISABLED=false
+LIGHTSPEED_FEEDBACK_DISABLED=false
+DISABLE_QUERY_SYSTEM_PROMPT=false
diff --git a/template.yaml b/template.yaml
index 360659b..b89deac 100644
--- a/template.yaml
+++ b/template.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 ---
+apiVersion: template.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Template
+metadata:
+  name: assisted-chat
+  annotations:
+    description: "OpenShift template for assisted-chat service with lightspeed-stack"
+
 parameters:
 - name: IMAGE
   value: "quay.io/lightspeed-core/lightspeed-stack"
@@ -93,13 +100,15 @@ parameters:
 - name: SSO_BASE_URL
   value: "https://sso.redhat.com/auth/realms/redhat-external"
   description: "SSO Base URL"
-
-apiVersion: template.openshift.io/v1
-kind: Template
-metadata:
-  name: assisted-chat
-  annotations:
-    description: "OpenShift template for assisted-chat service with lightspeed-stack"
+- name: SYSTEM_PROMPT_PATH
+  value: "/app-root/system_prompt"
+  description: "Path for a file containing the system prompt to use"
+- name: LLAMA_CLIENT_CONFIG_PATH
+  value: "/app-root/llama_stack_client_config.yaml"
+  description: "Path for a file with llama stack client config"
+- name: DISABLE_QUERY_SYSTEM_PROMPT
+  value: "true"
+  description: "Corresponds to the lightspeed config customization.disable_query_system_prompt"
 
 objects:
 - apiVersion: v1
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@ objects:
         access_log: ${LIGHTSPEED_SERVICE_ACCESS_LOG}
       llama_stack:
         use_as_library_client: true
-        library_client_config_path: "/app-root/llama_stack_client_config.yaml"
+        library_client_config_path: "${LLAMA_CLIENT_CONFIG_PATH}"
       authentication:
         module: jwk-token
         jwk_config:
@@ -140,8 +149,8 @@ objects:
         transcripts_disabled: ${LIGHTSPEED_TRANSCRIPTS_DISABLED}
         transcripts_storage: "${STORAGE_MOUNT_PATH}/transcripts"
       customization:
-        system_prompt_path: "/app-root/system_prompt"
-        disable_query_system_prompt: true
+        system_prompt_path: "${SYSTEM_PROMPT_PATH}"
+        disable_query_system_prompt: ${DISABLE_QUERY_SYSTEM_PROMPT}
       inference:
         default_model: ${LLAMA_STACK_2_0_FLASH_MODEL}
         default_provider: ${LLAMA_STACK_INFERENCE_PROVIDER}