diff --git a/rqd/Dockerfile b/rqd/Dockerfile
index 15f5ac21c..93b222aa7 100644
--- a/rqd/Dockerfile
+++ b/rqd/Dockerfile
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ RUN versioned_name="rqd-$(cat ./VERSION)-all" \
   && tar -cvzf $versioned_name.tar.gz $versioned_name/* \
   && ln -s $versioned_name rqd
 
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/opencue
+RUN echo "[Override]" > /etc/opencue/rqd.conf
+RUN echo "USE_NIMBY_PYNPUT=false" >> /etc/opencue/rqd.conf
+
 # RQD gRPC server
 EXPOSE 8444
 
diff --git a/rqd/rqd/rqconstants.py b/rqd/rqd/rqconstants.py
index fe793970e..1daf2f993 100644
--- a/rqd/rqd/rqconstants.py
+++ b/rqd/rqd/rqconstants.py
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@
             CUEBOT_HOSTNAME = config.get(__section, "OVERRIDE_CUEBOT")
         if config.has_option(__section, "OVERRIDE_NIMBY"):
             OVERRIDE_NIMBY = config.getboolean(__section, "OVERRIDE_NIMBY")
+        if config.has_option(__section, "USE_NIMBY_PYNPUT"):
+            USE_NIMBY_PYNPUT = config.getboolean(__section, "USE_NIMBY_PYNPUT")
         if config.has_option(__section, "OVERRIDE_HOSTNAME"):
             OVERRIDE_HOSTNAME = config.get(__section, "OVERRIDE_HOSTNAME")
         if config.has_option(__section, "GPU"):