diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index bd8da00..dd485ac 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import torch
 
 from submodules.model.business_objects import general
-from util import request_util, config_handler
+from util import request_util
 from submodules.model import session
 
 app = FastAPI()
@@ -185,12 +185,6 @@ def calc_tensor(
     )
 
 
-@app.put("/config_changed")
-def config_changed() -> responses.PlainTextResponse:
-    config_handler.refresh_config()
-    return responses.PlainTextResponse(status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK)
-
-
 @app.get("/healthcheck")
 def healthcheck() -> responses.PlainTextResponse:
     text = ""
@@ -204,4 +198,5 @@ def healthcheck() -> responses.PlainTextResponse:
         text = "OK"
     return responses.PlainTextResponse(text, status_code=status_code)
 
-session.start_session_cleanup_thread()
\ No newline at end of file
+
+session.start_session_cleanup_thread()
diff --git a/check_config_service b/check_config_service
deleted file mode 100644
index 00bd9d4..0000000
--- a/check_config_service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-CONFIG_EXISTS=0
-if [ -n "$(docker ps -q -f name=dev-setup_refinery-config_1)" ]
-then
-    if [ "$( docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Status}}' dev-setup_refinery-config_1 )" == "running" ]; 
-    then
-        CONFIG_EXISTS=1
-    fi
-elif [ -n "$(docker ps -q -f name=dev-setup-refinery-config-1)" ]
-then
-    if [ "$( docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Status}}' dev-setup-refinery-config-1 )" == "running" ]; 
-    then
-        CONFIG_EXISTS=1
-    fi
-else
-    if [ -n "$(docker ps -q -f name=refinery-config)" ];
-    then
-        if [ "$( docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Status}}' refinery-config )" == "running" ];
-        then
-            CONFIG_EXISTS=1
-        fi
-    fi
-fi
-if [ $CONFIG_EXISTS -eq 0 ]
-then 
-    echo "refinery-config couldn't be found - exit"
-    exit 1
-else
-    echo "refinery-config found -> proceeding"
-fi
-
diff --git a/controller.py b/controller.py
index 32936a5..37d4dc6 100644
--- a/controller.py
+++ b/controller.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional
 
 from util import daemon, request_util
-from util.config_handler import get_config_value
 from util.decorator import param_throttle
 from util.embedders import get_embedder
 from util.notification import send_project_update, embedding_warning_templates
@@ -208,9 +207,7 @@ def run_encoding(
     iso2_code = project.get_blank_tokenizer_from_project(project_id)
     try:
         if platform == "huggingface":
-            if not __is_embedders_internal_model(model) and get_config_value(
-                "is_managed"
-            ):
+            if not __is_embedders_internal_model(model):
                 config_string = request_util.get_model_path(model)
                 if isinstance(config_string, dict):
                     config_string = model
diff --git a/start b/start
index ef5d653..7a0b110 100755
--- a/start
+++ b/start
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 trap "echo -ne '\nstopping container...' && docker stop refinery-embedder > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo -ne '\t\t [done]\n'" EXIT
 
-source check_config_service
-
 HOST_IP=$(docker network inspect bridge --format='{{json .IPAM.Config}}' | grep -o '[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}\.[0-9]\{1,3\}' | tail -1)
 
 echo -ne 'stopping old container...'
diff --git a/submodules/model b/submodules/model
index 3af110d..2019057 160000
--- a/submodules/model
+++ b/submodules/model
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3af110d28d90152c62b40d6676bec40ae50fc132
+Subproject commit 201905750781aefb9dcca53a5389144e73edd775
diff --git a/submodules/s3 b/submodules/s3
index 1ad3ff5..3299fb4 160000
--- a/submodules/s3
+++ b/submodules/s3
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1ad3ff584860090f4e215986f334b5e63759a55d
+Subproject commit 3299fb46876e3b4cc29c0a5cef004005a87f0f19
diff --git a/util/config_handler.py b/util/config_handler.py
index b3dd737..a7dfb04 100644
--- a/util/config_handler.py
+++ b/util/config_handler.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, Union
 import requests
-import json
 import time
 from util import daemon
 
 __config = None
 
 # meant as a const value since env variables will be removed at some point
-REQUEST_URL = "http://refinery-config:80/full_config"
+REQUEST_URL = "http://refinery-gateway:80/full_config"
 
 
 def __get_config() -> Dict[str, Any]: