diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index e40ea7c..6245b2b 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FROM ghcr.io/ublue-os/silverblue-main:${FEDORA_MAJOR_VERSION}
 COPY etc /etc
 # COPY usr /usr
 
-COPY recipe.yml /etc/ublue-recipe.yml
+COPY recipe.yml /tmp/ublue-recipe.yml
 
 # yq used in build.sh and the setup-flatpaks recipe to read the recipe.yml
 # copied from the official container image as it's not avaible as an rpm
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 590ab7a..231260c 100644
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 rpm-ostree override remove firefox firefox-langpacks
 
 echo "-- Installing RPMs defined in recipe.yml --"
-rpm_packages=$(yq '.rpms[]' < /etc/ublue-recipe.yml)
+rpm_packages=$(yq '.rpms[]' < /tmp/ublue-recipe.yml)
 for pkg in $(echo -e "$rpm_packages"); do \
     echo "Installing: ${pkg}" && \
     rpm-ostree install $pkg; \
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pip install --prefix=/usr yafti
 # add a package group for yafti using the packages defined in recipe.yml
 yq -i '.screens.applications.values.groups.Custom.description = "Flatpaks defined by the image maintainer"' /etc/yafti.yml
 yq -i '.screens.applications.values.groups.Custom.default = true' /etc/yafti.yml
-flatpaks=$(yq '.flatpaks[]' < /etc/ublue-recipe.yml)
+flatpaks=$(yq '.flatpaks[]' < /tmp/ublue-recipe.yml)
 for pkg in $(echo -e "$flatpaks"); do \
     yq -i ".screens.applications.values.groups.Custom.packages += [{\"$pkg\": \"$pkg\"}]" /etc/yafti.yml
 done