diff --git a/build_setup.sh b/build_setup.sh
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--- a/build_setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Setup steps to preform before the actual build
-
-git submodule init
-git submodule update
-
-cp -r mastodont-c treebird/
-cp treebird/{config.def.h,config.h}
-ln -s treebird/config.h .
-
-echo "Please edit config.h (symlinked for convenience) as needed, then run ./build_container.sh"
diff --git a/configure_build.sh b/configure_build.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Setup steps to preform before the actual build
+INSTANCE_HOST=${1:-pl.example.com}
+TREEBIRD_HOST=${2:-treebird.example.com}
+TREEBIRD_PORT=${3:-4008}
+
+CONFIG_DIR=./configs # user specific config items
+mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR
+
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+
+cp -r mastodont-c treebird/
+cp treebird/{config.def.h,config.h}
+
+ln -s ../treebird/config.h ${CONFIG_DIR}
+
+sed -i "/config_instance_url/ s/= .*;/= \"https:\\/\\/${INSTANCE_HOST}\\/\\\"/;\
+        /config_experimental_lookup/ s/= .*;/= FALSE;/" \
+    treebird/config.h
+
+# Patch nginx config sample
+sed "s/unix:.*;/127.0.0.1:${TREEBIRD_PORT};/g;s/treebird.example.com/${TREEBIRD_HOST}/g" \
+    treebird/docs/sample/treebird.nginx.conf > ${CONFIG_DIR}/treebird.nginx.conf
+
+echo "Please edit config.h (symlinked for convenience) as needed, then run ./build_container.sh"