diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
index 73586fb..ef5acd5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/Dockerfile.build
@@ -14,17 +14,14 @@
 FROM analogj/libgit2-xgo
 MAINTAINER Jason Kulatunga <jason@thesparktree.com>
 
-ARG go_version=1.13.4
-ARG engine_type="golang"
-
-
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/analogj/capsulecd
 
 ENV PATH="/go/src/github.com/analogj/capsulecd:/go/bin:${PATH}" \
 	SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 
 # Install build tooling.
-RUN echo "go version: $go_version" \
+RUN echo "go version: \
+    && go version \
     && apt-get update \
 	&& apt-get install -y gcc git build-essential binutils curl apt-transport-https ca-certificates pkg-config --no-install-recommends \
 	&& rm -rf /usr/share/doc && rm -rf /usr/share/man \
@@ -36,13 +33,12 @@ ENV PATH="/go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:${PATH}" \
 	GOPATH="/go:${GOPATH}" \
 	SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
 
-# install go and dep
-RUN which go  || (curl -fsSL "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${go_version}.linux-amd64.tar.gz" | tar -xzC /usr/local) \
+# ensure go is configured correctly
+RUN which go \
     && mkdir -p /go/bin \
     && mkdir -p /go/src \
     && go get -u gopkg.in/alecthomas/gometalinter.v2 \
-    && gometalinter.v2 --install \
-    && curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golang/dep/master/install.sh | sh
+    && gometalinter.v2 --install
 
 COPY ./ci/capsulecd.sh /scripts/capsulecd.sh
 COPY ./ci/development.sh /scripts/development.sh
diff --git a/cmd/capsulecd/capsulecd.go b/cmd/capsulecd/capsulecd.go
index 4dd6a24..dd7f0fe 100644
--- a/cmd/capsulecd/capsulecd.go
+++ b/cmd/capsulecd/capsulecd.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func main() {
 					configuration.Set("package_type", c.String("package_type"))
 					//config.Set("dry_run", c.String("dry_run"))
 
-					//load configuration file.
+					//override system configuration file (default: ~/capsule.yaml)
 					if c.String("config_file") != "" {
 						absConfigPath, err := filepath.Abs(c.String("config_file"))
 						if err != nil {
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func main() {
 
 					&cli.StringFlag{
 						Name:    "config_file",
-						Usage:   "Specifies the location of the config file",
+						Usage:   "Specifies the location of the system config file",
 					},
 				},
 			},
diff --git a/example.capsule.yml b/example.capsule.yml
index 8be396f..8158247 100644
--- a/example.capsule.yml
+++ b/example.capsule.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ scm_disable_cleanup: false
 engine_git_author_email: 'capsulecd@users.noreply.github.com'
 engine_git_author_name: 'CapsuleCD'
 
+# Specifies the path to the repo config file, relative to the project root
+engine_repo_config_path: 'capsule.yml'
+
 ###############################################################################
 #
 # Engine Custom Configuration
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 0c9ebeb..4f9129f 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -40,10 +40,11 @@ func (c *configuration) Init() error {
 	c.SetDefault("scm_notify_source", "CapsuleCD")
 	c.SetDefault("scm_notify_target_url", "https://github.com/AnalogJ/capsulecd")
 
-
 	c.SetDefault("engine_git_author_name", "CapsuleCD")
 	c.SetDefault("engine_git_author_email", "CapsuleCD@users.noreply.github.com")
 
+	c.SetDefault("engine_repo_config_path",  "capsule.yml")
+
 	//set the default system config file search path.
 	//if you want to load a non-standard location system config file (~/capsule.yml), use ReadConfig
 	//if you want to load a repo specific config file, use ReadConfig
diff --git a/pkg/pipeline.go b/pkg/pipeline.go
index f1ca4b2..5b9aaea 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (p *Pipeline) ScmCheckoutPushPayloadStep(payload *scm.Payload) error {
 func (p *Pipeline) ParseRepoConfig() error {
 	log.Println("parse_repo_config")
 	// update the config with repo config file options
-	repoConfig := path.Join(p.Data.GitLocalPath, "capsule.yml")
+	repoConfig := path.Join(p.Data.GitLocalPath, p.Config.GetString("engine_repo_config_path"))
 	if utils.FileExists(repoConfig) {
 		if err := p.Config.ReadConfig(repoConfig); err != nil {
 			return errors.New("An error occured while parsing repository capsule.yml file")