diff --git a/docs/examples/workflows/global_config.md b/docs/examples/workflows/global_config.md
index 88a43c31d..a48e5fb3f 100644
--- a/docs/examples/workflows/global_config.md
+++ b/docs/examples/workflows/global_config.md
@@ -9,14 +9,22 @@
 
     ```python linenums="1"
     from hera.shared import global_config
-    from hera.workflows import Container, Workflow
+    from hera.workflows import Container, Workflow, script
 
     global_config.api_version = "argoproj.io/v0beta9000"
     global_config.namespace = "argo-namespace"
     global_config.service_account_name = "argo-account"
+    global_config.image = "image-say"
+
+
+    @script()
+    def say():
+        print("hello")
+
 
     with Workflow(generate_name="global-config-", entrypoint="whalesay") as w:
         whalesay = Container(image="docker/whalesay:latest", command=["cowsay"])
+        say()
     ```
 
 === "YAML"
@@ -35,5 +43,14 @@
           command:
           - cowsay
           image: docker/whalesay:latest
+      - name: 'say'
+        script:
+          command: ['python']
+          image: 'image-say'
+          source: |
+            import os
+            import sys
+            sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
+            print("hello")
     ```
 
diff --git a/examples/workflows/global-config.yaml b/examples/workflows/global-config.yaml
index ec67a8dfb..dd7f52e5e 100644
--- a/examples/workflows/global-config.yaml
+++ b/examples/workflows/global-config.yaml
@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@ spec:
       command:
       - cowsay
       image: docker/whalesay:latest
+  - name: 'say'
+    script:
+      command: ['python']
+      image: 'image-say'
+      source: |
+        import os
+        import sys
+        sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
+        print("hello")
diff --git a/examples/workflows/global_config.py b/examples/workflows/global_config.py
index c3b6a80b6..5d60eff61 100644
--- a/examples/workflows/global_config.py
+++ b/examples/workflows/global_config.py
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 from hera.shared import global_config
-from hera.workflows import Container, Workflow
+from hera.workflows import Container, Workflow, script
 
 global_config.api_version = "argoproj.io/v0beta9000"
 global_config.namespace = "argo-namespace"
 global_config.service_account_name = "argo-account"
+global_config.image = "image-say"
+
+
+@script()
+def say():
+    print("hello")
+
 
 with Workflow(generate_name="global-config-", entrypoint="whalesay") as w:
     whalesay = Container(image="docker/whalesay:latest", command=["cowsay"])
+    say()
diff --git a/src/hera/workflows/_mixins.py b/src/hera/workflows/_mixins.py
index 1be533d33..25c9426a7 100644
--- a/src/hera/workflows/_mixins.py
+++ b/src/hera/workflows/_mixins.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import inspect
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, TypeVar, Union, cast
 
-from pydantic import root_validator
+from pydantic import root_validator, validator
 
 from hera.shared import global_config
 from hera.shared._base_model import BaseMixin
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _add_sub(self, node: Any) -> Any:
 
 
 class ContainerMixin(BaseMixin):
-    image: str = global_config.image
+    image: Optional[str] = None
     image_pull_policy: Optional[Union[str, ImagePullPolicy]] = None
 
     liveness_probe: Optional[Probe] = None
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ def _build_image_pull_policy(self) -> Optional[ImagePullPolicy]:
             return self.image_pull_policy
         return ImagePullPolicy[self.image_pull_policy.lower()]
 
+    @validator("image", pre=True, always=True)
+    def _set_image(cls, v):
+        if v is None:
+            return global_config.image
+        return v
+
 
 class IOMixin(BaseMixin):
     inputs: InputsT = None