diff --git a/src/main/resources/adopters.json b/config/adopters.json
similarity index 100%
rename from src/main/resources/adopters.json
rename to config/adopters.json
diff --git a/src/main/k8s/production.yml b/src/main/k8s/production.yml
index 61b3231ad82a787388731991186691841dffda56..b6a0406ee089f4a30cd18083035277e77fee2846 100644
--- a/src/main/k8s/production.yml
+++ b/src/main/k8s/production.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ spec:
           requests:
             cpu: 200m
             memory: 128Mi
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: adopters
+          mountPath: "/config"
+          readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+        - name: adopters
+          configMap:
+            name: eclipsefdn-project-adopters-map
+            items:
+              - key: "adopters_json_compressed"
+                path: "adopters.json"
 ---
 apiVersion: "v1"
 kind: "Service"
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index e9bcfcc8e2ccfda338270285e48b166e86a8406c..85a9786836ea7c11a37fb14bc684ebf6d7a7883f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@ org.eclipsefoundation.adopters.api.ProjectsAPI/mp-rest/url=https://projects.ecli
 
 ## OAUTH CONFIG
 quarkus.http.port=8080
-quarkus.http.root-path=/adopters
\ No newline at end of file
+quarkus.http.root-path=/adopters
+
+## Adopters raw location
+eclipse.adopters.path.json=/config/adopters.json
\ No newline at end of file