diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aaf701a..4eaa5cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ An example configuration file, [config.yaml](config/config.yaml) is in the repo.
 file has a corresponding environment variable, listed below.  The environment variables are useful for deployment in 
 docker or kubernetes.  By default, the config is stored in `/etc/xrootd-monitoring-shoveler`.
 
+When running as a daemon, environment variables can still be used for configuration. The service will be looking for
+them under `/etc/sysconfig/xrootd-monitoring-shoveler`.
+
 Environment variables:
 
 * SHOVELER_MQ
diff --git a/config/xrootd-monitoring-shoveler.service b/config/xrootd-monitoring-shoveler.service
index cd6fd05..c4d2aca 100644
--- a/config/xrootd-monitoring-shoveler.service
+++ b/config/xrootd-monitoring-shoveler.service
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Description=XRootD Monitoring Shoveler for sending UDP Monitoring packets to a m
 
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/xrootd-monitoring-shoveler
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/xrootd-monitoring-shoveler
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
\ No newline at end of file
+WantedBy=multi-user.target