diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6f50a612..7c44be1a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 *NEW* New with_labels() function (and helpers) added to allow easy preservation of labels.
 
+*NEW* option to pass global settings when running as docker or launching from R. Support for INCLUDE_GLOBALENV, DATA_LIMIT_DEFAULT, DATA_LIMIT_UPPER and DATA_LIMIT_LOWER. Docs will follow.
+
 # FreesearchR 26.3.1
 
 *FIX* ~~Include font files for static loading without dependency on Google.~~ Kept webfonts from google as local fonts are not working for now.
diff --git a/R/launch_FreesearchR.R b/R/launch_FreesearchR.R
index 504de474..469c443b 100644
--- a/R/launch_FreesearchR.R
+++ b/R/launch_FreesearchR.R
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ launch_FreesearchR <- function(inlcude_globalenv = TRUE,
                                data_limit_upper = 100000,
                                data_limit_lower = 1,
                                ...) {
-  global_freesearchR <- list(
-    include_globalenv = include_globalenv,
-    data_limit_default = data_limit_default,
-    data_limit_upper = data_limit_upper,
-    data_limit_lower = data_limit_lower
+  Sys.setenv(
+    INCLUDE_GLOBALENV = include_globalenv,
+    DATA_LIMIT_DEFAULT = data_limit_default,
+    DATA_LIMIT_UPPER = data_limit_upper,
+    DATA_LIMIT_LOWER = data_limit_lower
   )
 
   appDir <- system.file("apps", "FreesearchR", package = "FreesearchR")
@@ -39,3 +39,21 @@ launch_FreesearchR <- function(inlcude_globalenv = TRUE,
   a <- shiny::runApp(appDir = paste0(appDir, "/app.R"), ...)
   return(invisible(a))
 }
+
+
+## Helper to set env variables
+get_config <- function(var_name, default = NULL) {
+  # First check environment variables (set by Docker)
+  val <- Sys.getenv(var_name, unset = NA)
+
+  if (!is.na(val) && nzchar(val)) {
+    return(val)
+  }
+
+  # Fall back to default (can be overridden when launching from R)
+  if (!is.null(default)) {
+    return(default)
+  }
+
+  stop(paste("Required config variable not set:", var_name))
+}
diff --git a/R/sysdata.rda b/R/sysdata.rda
index e7ce4106..f20ba255 100644
Binary files a/R/sysdata.rda and b/R/sysdata.rda differ
diff --git a/R/ui_elements.R b/R/ui_elements.R
index 0aea99e8..cac844a0 100644
--- a/R/ui_elements.R
+++ b/R/ui_elements.R
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ ui_elements <- function(selection) {
               layout_params = "dropdown",
               # title = "Choose a datafile to upload",
               file_extensions = c(".csv", ".tsv", ".txt", ".xls", ".xlsx", ".rds", ".ods", ".dta"),
-              limit_default = global_freesearchR$data_limit_default,
-              limit_lower = global_freesearchR$data_limit_lower,
-              limit_upper = global_freesearchR$data_limit_upper
+              limit_default = DATA_LIMIT_DEFAULT,
+              limit_lower = DATA_LIMIT_LOWER,
+              limit_upper = DATA_LIMIT_UPPER
 
             )
           ),
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ ui_elements <- function(selection) {
               id = "env",
               title = NULL,
               packages = c("NHANES", "stRoke", "datasets", "MASS"),
-              globalenv = global_freesearchR$include_globalenv
+              globalenv = isTruthy(INCLUDE_GLOBALENV)
             )
           ),
           # shiny::conditionalPanel(
diff --git a/SESSION.md b/SESSION.md
index 608dbe98..1193d865 100644
--- a/SESSION.md
+++ b/SESSION.md
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
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@@ -46,7 +44,6 @@
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@@ -56,8 +53,6 @@
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@@ -66,7 +61,6 @@
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@@ -93,15 +87,12 @@
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@@ -115,24 +106,20 @@
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@@ -148,7 +135,6 @@
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@@ -172,7 +158,6 @@
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@@ -205,7 +190,6 @@
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@@ -214,7 +198,6 @@
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@@ -229,7 +212,6 @@
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