diff --git a/config.dev b/config.dev
index d5cb32e8e..aaa8f104f 100644
--- a/config.dev
+++ b/config.dev
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export ALGOD_URL="https://github.com/algorand/go-algorand"
 export ALGOD_BRANCH="master"
 export ALGOD_SHA=""
 export NETWORK=""
-export NETWORK_TEMPLATE="/tmp/images/algod/DevModeNetwork.json"
+export NETWORK_TEMPLATE="images/algod/DevModeNetwork.json"
 export NETWORK_BOOTSTRAP_URL=""
 export NETWORK_GENESIS_FILE=""
 export INDEXER_URL="https://github.com/algorand/indexer"
diff --git a/config.nightly b/config.nightly
index 32e09e58b..8889aadad 100644
--- a/config.nightly
+++ b/config.nightly
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export ALGOD_URL=""
 export ALGOD_BRANCH=""
 export ALGOD_SHA=""
 export NETWORK=""
-export NETWORK_TEMPLATE="/tmp/images/algod/future_template.json"
+export NETWORK_TEMPLATE="images/algod/future_template.json"
 export NETWORK_BOOTSTRAP_URL=""
 export NETWORK_GENESIS_FILE=""
 export INDEXER_URL="https://github.com/algorand/indexer"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 350da87cd..ffdd66090 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ services:
         SHA: "${ALGOD_SHA}"
         BOOTSTRAP_URL: "${NETWORK_BOOTSTRAP_URL}"
         GENESIS_FILE: "${NETWORK_GENESIS_FILE}"
-        TEMPLATE: "${NETWORK_TEMPLATE:-/tmp/images/algod/template.json}"
+        TEMPLATE: "${NETWORK_TEMPLATE:-images/algod/template.json}"
         TOKEN: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
         ALGOD_PORT: "4001"
         KMD_PORT: "4002"
diff --git a/images/algod/Dockerfile b/images/algod/Dockerfile
index d3ae8de89..88bf10c30 100644
--- a/images/algod/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/algod/Dockerfile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN /tmp/images/algod/setup.py \
  --data-dir "/opt/data" \
  --start-script "/opt/start_algod.sh" \
  --network-dir "/opt/testnetwork" \
- --network-template "${TEMPLATE}" \
+ --network-template "//tmp/${TEMPLATE}" \
  --network-token "${TOKEN}" \
  --algod-port "${ALGOD_PORT}" \
  --kmd-port "${KMD_PORT}" \