diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index a2863b45..ec060988 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const {join} = require("path");
 const cors = require('cors');
 const logger = require('morgan');
 const createError = require('http-errors');
-const config = require('./config');
+const configuration = require('./config');
 const cronJob = require("node-cron");
 const createSession = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/session-middleware");
 const statusRouter = require("./routers/status-endpoints-router");
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const graphqlRouter = require("./routers/graphql-router");
 const {MongoDBCollection} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/mongodb-collection");
 const {DATABASE_NAME, APPLICATION_COLLECTION, USER_COLLECTION, LOG_COLLECTION, APPROVED_STUDIES_COLLECTION,
     ORGANIZATION_COLLECTION, SUBMISSIONS_COLLECTION, BATCH_COLLECTION, DATA_RECORDS_COLLECTION, VALIDATION_COLLECTION,
-    CONFIGURATION_COLLECTION, DATA_RECORDS_ARCHIVE_COLLECTION
+    DATA_RECORDS_ARCHIVE_COLLECTION, QC_RESULTS_COLLECTION
 } = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/database-constants");
 const {Application} = require("./services/application");
 const {Submission} = require("./services/submission");
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const {DataRecordService} = require("./services/data-record-service");
 const {S3Service} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/services/s3-service");
 const {MongoQueries} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/mongo-queries");
 const {DatabaseConnector} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/database-connector");
-const {getCurrentTime, subtractDaysFromNow} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/utility/time-utility");
+const {getCurrentTime} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/utility/time-utility");
 const {EmailService} = require("./services/email");
 const {NotifyUser} = require("./services/notify-user");
 const {User} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/services/user");
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ const {LOGIN, REACTIVATE_USER} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/consta
 const {BatchService} = require("./services/batch-service");
 const {AWSService} = require("./services/aws-request");
 const {UtilityService} = require("./services/utility");
-const authenticationMiddleware = require("./middleware/authentication-middleware");
-const {ConfigurationService} = require("./services/configurationService");
+const {QcResultService} = require("./services/qc-result-service");
 // print environment variables to log
-console.info(config);
+console.info(configuration);
 
 // create logs folder if it does not already exist
 const LOGS_FOLDER = 'logs';
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ app.use(express.static(join(__dirname, 'public')));
 app.use("/", statusRouter);
 
 // create session
-app.use(createSession(config.session_secret, config.session_timeout, config.mongo_db_connection_string));
+app.use(createSession(configuration.session_secret, configuration.session_timeout, configuration.mongo_db_connection_string));
 
 // // authentication middleware
 // app.use(async (req, res, next) => {
@@ -70,22 +69,18 @@ app.use(createSession(config.session_secret, config.session_timeout, config.mong
 
 // add graphql endpoint
 app.use("/api/graphql", graphqlRouter);
-const INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS = "Inactive_Submission_Notify_Days";
-cronJob.schedule(config.schedule_job, async () => {
-    const dbConnector = new DatabaseConnector(config.mongo_db_connection_string);
-    const dbService = new MongoQueries(config.mongo_db_connection_string, DATABASE_NAME);
-    const emailService = new EmailService(config.email_transport, config.emails_enabled);
-    const notificationsService = new NotifyUser(emailService);
+cronJob.schedule(configuration.schedule_job, async () => {
+    const dbConnector = new DatabaseConnector(configuration.mongo_db_connection_string);
+    const dbService = new MongoQueries(configuration.mongo_db_connection_string, DATABASE_NAME);
     dbConnector.connect().then( async () => {
+        const config = await configuration.updateConfig(dbConnector);
+        const emailService = new EmailService(config.email_transport, config.emails_enabled);
+        const notificationsService = new NotifyUser(emailService, config.committee_emails);
         const applicationCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, APPLICATION_COLLECTION);
         const userCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, USER_COLLECTION);
 
-        const configurationCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, CONFIGURATION_COLLECTION);
-        const configurationService = new ConfigurationService(configurationCollection)
-        const inactiveSubmissionConf = await configurationService.findByType(INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS);
-        const inactiveSubmissionsTimeout = Array.isArray(inactiveSubmissionConf?.timeout) && inactiveSubmissionConf?.timeout?.length > 0 ? inactiveSubmissionConf?.timeout : [7, 30, 60];
         const emailParams = {url: config.emails_url, officialEmail: config.official_email, inactiveDays: config.inactive_application_days, remindDay: config.remind_application_days,
-            submissionSystemPortal: config.submission_system_portal, submissionHelpdesk: config.submission_helpdesk, remindSubmissionDay: inactiveSubmissionsTimeout,
+            submissionSystemPortal: config.submission_system_portal, submissionHelpdesk: config.submission_helpdesk, remindSubmissionDay: config.inactiveSubmissionNotifyDays,
             finalRemindSubmissionDay: config.inactive_submission_days || 120};
         const logCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, LOG_COLLECTION);
         const approvedStudiesCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, APPROVED_STUDIES_COLLECTION);
@@ -94,16 +89,19 @@ cronJob.schedule(config.schedule_job, async () => {
         const organizationCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, ORGANIZATION_COLLECTION);
         const organizationService = new Organization(organizationCollection);
         const submissionCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, SUBMISSIONS_COLLECTION);
-        const userService = new User(userCollection, logCollection, organizationCollection, notificationsService, submissionCollection, applicationCollection, config.official_email, config.tier);
+        const userService = new User(userCollection, logCollection, organizationCollection, notificationsService, submissionCollection, applicationCollection, config.official_email, config.tier, config.inactive_user_days);
 
         const s3Service = new S3Service();
         const batchCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, BATCH_COLLECTION);
-        const awsService = new AWSService(submissionCollection, userService);
+        const awsService = new AWSService(submissionCollection, userService, config.role_arn, config.presign_expiration);
         const batchService = new BatchService(s3Service, batchCollection, config.sqs_loader_queue, awsService);
 
+        const qcResultCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, QC_RESULTS_COLLECTION);
+        const qcResultsService = new QcResultService(qcResultCollection, submissionCollection);
+
         const dataRecordCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, DATA_RECORDS_COLLECTION);
         const dataRecordArchiveCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, DATA_RECORDS_ARCHIVE_COLLECTION);
-        const dataRecordService = new DataRecordService(dataRecordCollection, dataRecordArchiveCollection, config.file_queue, config.metadata_queue, awsService);
+        const dataRecordService = new DataRecordService(dataRecordCollection, dataRecordArchiveCollection, config.file_queue, config.metadata_queue, awsService, s3Service, qcResultsService, config.export_queue);
 
         const utilityService = new UtilityService();
         const dataModelInfo = await utilityService.fetchJsonFromUrl(config.model_url);
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 74a0e77f..87a6cde3 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -1,13 +1,48 @@
 require('dotenv').config();
 const {readFile2Text} = require("./utility/io-util")
+const {ConfigurationService} = require("./services/configurationService");
+const {MongoDBCollection} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/mongodb-collection");
+const {DATABASE_NAME, CONFIGURATION_COLLECTION} = require("./crdc-datahub-database-drivers/database-constants");
+const EMAIL_SMTP_HOST = "EMAIL_SMTP_HOST";
+const EMAIL_SMTP_PORT = "EMAIL_SMTP_PORT";
+const EMAIL_USER = "EMAIL_USER";
+const EMAIL_PASSWORD = "EMAIL_PASSWORD";
+const EMAIL_URL = "EMAIL_URL";
+const OFFICIAL_EMAIL = "OFFICIAL_EMAIL";
+const INACTIVE_APPLICATION_DAYS= "INACTIVE_APPLICATION_DAYS";
+const REMIND_APPLICATION_DAYS = "REMIND_APPLICATION_DAYS";
+const SUBMISSION_SYSTEM_PORTAL = "SUBMISSION_SYSTEM_PORTAL";
+const SUBMISSION_HELPDESK = "SUBMISSION_HELPDESK";
+const TECH_SUPPORT_EMAIL = "TECH_SUPPORT_EMAIL";
+const INACTIVE_USER_DAYS = "INACTIVE_USER_DAYS";
+const SUBMISSION_DOC_URL = "SUBMISSION_DOC_URL";
+const PROD_URL = "PROD_URL";
+const ROLE_TIMEOUT = "ROLE_TIMEOUT";
+const PRESIGN_EXPIRATION = "PRESIGN_EXPIRATION";
+const TIER = "TIER";
+const LOADER_QUEUE = "LOADER_QUEUE";
+const METADATA_QUEUE = "METADATA_QUEUE";
+const FILE_QUEUE = "FILE_QUEUE";
+const EXPORTER_QUEUE = "EXPORTER_QUEUE";
+const REVIEW_COMMITTEE_EMAIL = "REVIEW_COMMITTEE_EMAIL";
+const MODEL_URL = "MODEL_URL";
+const DATA_COMMONS_LIST = "DATA_COMMONS_LIST";
+const HIDDEN_MODELS = "HIDDEN_MODELS";
+const COMPLETED_RETENTION_DAYS = "COMPLETED_RETENTION_DAYS";
+const INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS_DELETE = "INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS_DELETE";
+const DASHBOARD_SESSION_TIMEOUT = "DASHBOARD_SESSION_TIMEOUT";
+const INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_NOTIFY_DAYS = "INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_NOTIFY_DAYS";
 
+const EMAIL_SMTP = "EMAIL_SMTP";
+const SCHEDULED_JOBS = "SCHEDULED_JOBS";
+const LIST_OF_EMAIL_ADDRESS = "LIST_OF_EMAIL_ADDRESS";
+const LIST_OF_URLS = "LIST_OF_URLS";
+const AWS_SQS_QUEUE = "AWS_SQS_QUEUE";
+const TIMEOUT = "TIMEOUT";
 let config = {
     //info variables
     version: process.env.VERSION || 'Version not set',
     date: process.env.DATE || new Date(),
-    inactive_user_days : process.env.INACTIVE_USER_DAYS || 60,
-    remind_application_days: process.env.REMIND_APPLICATION_DAYS || 30,
-    inactive_application_days : process.env.INACTIVE_APPLICATION_DAYS || 45,
     //Mongo DB
     mongo_db_user: process.env.MONGO_DB_USER,
     mongo_db_password: process.env.MONGO_DB_PASSWORD,
@@ -19,41 +54,94 @@ let config = {
     session_timeout: parseInt(process.env.SESSION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS) * 1000 || 30 * 60 * 1000,
     token_secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET,
     token_timeout: parseInt(process.env.TOKEN_TIMEOUT) * 1000 || 30 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
-    // Email settings
-    email_transport: getTransportConfig(),
-    emails_enabled: process.env.EMAILS_ENABLED ? process.env.EMAILS_ENABLED.toLowerCase() === 'true' : true,
-    emails_url: process.env.EMAIL_URL ? process.env.EMAIL_URL : 'http://localhost:4010',
-    official_email: process.env.OFFICIAL_EMAIL || 'CRDCHelpDesk@nih.gov',
-    // Scheduled cronjob once a day (1am) eastern time at default
     schedule_job: process.env.SCHEDULE_JOB || "1 0 1 * * *",
-    // temp url for email
-    submission_doc_url: process.env.SUBMISSION_DOC_URL || "",
-    submission_helpdesk: "CRDCSubmissions@nih.gov",
-    techSupportEmail: process.env.TECH_SUPPORT_EMAIL || "NCICRDCTechSupport@mail.nih.gov",
-    submission_system_portal: "https://datacommons.cancer.gov/",
-    prod_url: process.env.PROD_URL || "https://hub.datacommons.cancer.gov/",
-    submission_bucket: process.env.SUBMISSION_BUCKET, 
     //aws sts assume role
     role_arn: process.env.ROLE_ARN,
-    role_timeout: parseInt(process.env.ROLE_TIMEOUT) || 12*3600,
-    presign_expiration: parseInt(process.env.PRESIGN_EXPIRATION) || 3600,
-    tier: getTier(),
-    // aws SQS names
-    sqs_loader_queue: process.env.LOADER_QUEUE || "crdcdh-queue",
-    metadata_queue: process.env.METADATA_QUEUE,
-    file_queue: process.env.FILE_QUEUE,
-    export_queue: process.env.EXPORTER_QUEUE,
-    //CRDC Review Committee Emails, separated by ","
-    committee_emails: process.env.REVIEW_COMMITTEE_EMAIL ? process.env.REVIEW_COMMITTEE_EMAIL.split(',') : ["CRDCSubmisison@nih.gov"],
-    model_url: getModelUrl(),
-    //uploader configuration file template
-    uploaderCLIConfigs: readUploaderCLIConfigTemplate(),
-    dataCommonsList: process.env.DATA_COMMONS_LIST ? JSON.parse(process.env.DATA_COMMONS_LIST) : ["CDS", "ICDC", "CTDC", "CCDI", "Test MDF", "Hidden Model"],
-    hiddenModels: process.env.HIDDEN_MODELS ? parseHiddenModels(process.env.HIDDEN_MODELS) : [],
-    inactive_submission_days: process.env.INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS_DELETE || 120,
-    completed_submission_days: process.env.COMPLETED_RETENTION_DAYS || 30,
-    dashboardSessionTimeout: process.env.DASHBOARD_SESSION_TIMEOUT || 3600, // 60 minutes by default
-};
+    updateConfig: async (dbConnector)=> {
+        const configurationCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, CONFIGURATION_COLLECTION);
+        const configurationService = new ConfigurationService(configurationCollection);
+        // SCHEDULED_JOBS
+        const scheduledJobsConf = await configurationService.findByType(SCHEDULED_JOBS);
+        const inactiveUserDaysConf = scheduledJobsConf?.[INACTIVE_USER_DAYS];
+        const inactiveApplicationDaysConf = scheduledJobsConf?.[INACTIVE_APPLICATION_DAYS];
+        const remindApplicationDaysConf = scheduledJobsConf?.[REMIND_APPLICATION_DAYS];
+        const inactiveSubmissionDaysConf = scheduledJobsConf?.[INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS_DELETE];
+        const completedSubmissionDaysConf = scheduledJobsConf?.[COMPLETED_RETENTION_DAYS];
+        const inactiveSubmissionNotifyDaysConf = scheduledJobsConf?.[INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_NOTIFY_DAYS];
+        // EMAIL_SMTP
+        const emailSmtpConf = await configurationService.findByType(EMAIL_SMTP);
+        const emailSmtpHostConf = emailSmtpConf?.[EMAIL_SMTP_HOST];
+        const emailSmtpPortConf = emailSmtpConf?.[EMAIL_SMTP_PORT];
+        const emailSmtpUserConf = emailSmtpConf?.[EMAIL_USER];
+        const emailSmtpPasswordConf = emailSmtpConf?.[EMAIL_PASSWORD];
+        // LIST_OF_EMAIL_ADDRESS
+        const listEmailsConf = await configurationService.findByType(LIST_OF_EMAIL_ADDRESS);
+        const officialEmailConf = listEmailsConf?.[OFFICIAL_EMAIL];
+        const reviewCommitteeEmailConf = listEmailsConf?.[REVIEW_COMMITTEE_EMAIL];
+        const techSupportEmailConf = listEmailsConf?.[TECH_SUPPORT_EMAIL];
+        const submissionHelpdeskConf = listEmailsConf?.[SUBMISSION_HELPDESK];
+        // LIST_OF_URLS
+        const listURLsConf = await configurationService.findByType(LIST_OF_URLS);
+        const emailURLConf = listURLsConf?.[EMAIL_URL];
+        const submissionDocUrlConf = listURLsConf?.[SUBMISSION_DOC_URL];
+        const submissionSystemPortalConf = listURLsConf?.[SUBMISSION_SYSTEM_PORTAL];
+        const prodUrlConf = listURLsConf?.[PROD_URL];
+        const modelURLConf = listURLsConf?.[MODEL_URL];
+        // TIMEOUT
+        const timeoutConf = await configurationService.findByType(TIMEOUT);
+        const roleTimeoutConf = timeoutConf?.[ROLE_TIMEOUT];
+        const preSignExpirationConf = timeoutConf?.[PRESIGN_EXPIRATION];
+        const dashboardSessionTimeoutConf =  timeoutConf?.[DASHBOARD_SESSION_TIMEOUT];
+        // TIER
+        const tierConf = await configurationService.findByType(TIER);
+        // AWS_SQS_QUEUE
+        const awsQueuesConf = await configurationService.findByType(AWS_SQS_QUEUE);
+        const loaderQueueConf = awsQueuesConf?.[LOADER_QUEUE];
+        const metadataQueueConf = awsQueuesConf?.[METADATA_QUEUE];
+        const fileQueueConf = awsQueuesConf?.[FILE_QUEUE];
+        const exporterQueueConf = awsQueuesConf?.[EXPORTER_QUEUE];
+        // SUBMISSION
+        const dataCommonsListConf = await configurationService.findByType(DATA_COMMONS_LIST);
+        const hiddenModelsConf = await configurationService.findByType(HIDDEN_MODELS);
+        return {
+            ...config,
+            inactive_user_days : inactiveUserDaysConf || (process.env.INACTIVE_USER_DAYS || 60),
+            remind_application_days: remindApplicationDaysConf || (process.env.REMIND_APPLICATION_DAYS || 30),
+            inactive_application_days : inactiveApplicationDaysConf || (process.env.INACTIVE_APPLICATION_DAYS || 45),
+            // Email settings
+            email_transport: getTransportConfig(emailSmtpHostConf, emailSmtpPortConf, emailSmtpUserConf, emailSmtpPasswordConf),
+            emails_enabled: process.env.EMAILS_ENABLED ? process.env.EMAILS_ENABLED.toLowerCase() === 'true' : true,
+            emails_url: emailURLConf || (process.env.EMAIL_URL ? process.env.EMAIL_URL : 'http://localhost:4010'),
+            official_email: officialEmailConf || (process.env.OFFICIAL_EMAIL || 'CRDCHelpDesk@nih.gov'),
+            // temp url for email
+            submission_doc_url: submissionDocUrlConf || (process.env.SUBMISSION_DOC_URL || ""),
+            submission_helpdesk: submissionHelpdeskConf || "CRDCSubmissions@nih.gov",
+            techSupportEmail: techSupportEmailConf || (process.env.TECH_SUPPORT_EMAIL || "NCICRDCTechSupport@mail.nih.gov"),
+            submission_system_portal: submissionSystemPortalConf || "https://datacommons.cancer.gov/",
+            prod_url: prodUrlConf || (process.env.PROD_URL || "https://hub.datacommons.cancer.gov/"),
+            submission_bucket: process.env.SUBMISSION_BUCKET,
+            role_timeout: roleTimeoutConf || (parseInt(process.env.ROLE_TIMEOUT) || 12*3600),
+            presign_expiration: preSignExpirationConf || (parseInt(process.env.PRESIGN_EXPIRATION) || 3600),
+            tier: getTier(tierConf?.key),
+            // aws SQS names
+            sqs_loader_queue: loaderQueueConf || (process.env.LOADER_QUEUE || "crdcdh-queue"),
+            metadata_queue: metadataQueueConf || process.env.METADATA_QUEUE,
+            file_queue: fileQueueConf || process.env.FILE_QUEUE,
+            export_queue: exporterQueueConf || process.env.EXPORTER_QUEUE,
+            //CRDC Review Committee Emails, separated by ","
+            committee_emails: reviewCommitteeEmailConf || (process.env.REVIEW_COMMITTEE_EMAIL ? (reviewCommitteeEmailConf || process.env.REVIEW_COMMITTEE_EMAIL)?.split(',') : ["CRDCSubmisison@nih.gov"]),
+            model_url: modelURLConf || getModelUrl(tierConf?.key),
+            //uploader configuration file template
+            uploaderCLIConfigs: readUploaderCLIConfigTemplate(),
+            dataCommonsList: dataCommonsListConf?.key || (process.env.DATA_COMMONS_LIST ? JSON.parse(process.env.DATA_COMMONS_LIST) : ["CDS", "ICDC", "CTDC", "CCDI", "Test MDF", "Hidden Model"]),
+            hiddenModels: hiddenModelsConf?.key || (process.env.HIDDEN_MODELS ? parseHiddenModels(process.env.HIDDEN_MODELS) : []),
+            inactive_submission_days: inactiveSubmissionDaysConf || (process.env.INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS_DELETE || 120),
+            completed_submission_days: completedSubmissionDaysConf || (process.env.COMPLETED_RETENTION_DAYS || 30),
+            dashboardSessionTimeout: dashboardSessionTimeoutConf || (process.env.DASHBOARD_SESSION_TIMEOUT || 3600), // 60 minutes by default
+            inactiveSubmissionNotifyDays: inactiveSubmissionNotifyDaysConf || [7, 30, 60] // 7, 30, 60 days by default
+        };
+    }
+}
 config.mongo_db_connection_string = `mongodb://${config.mongo_db_user}:${config.mongo_db_password}@${config.mongo_db_host}:${process.env.MONGO_DB_PORT}`;
 
 function parseHiddenModels(hiddenModels) {
@@ -62,17 +150,17 @@ function parseHiddenModels(hiddenModels) {
         .map(item => item?.trim());
 }
 
-function getTransportConfig() {
+function getTransportConfig(host, port, emailUser, emailPassword) {
     return {
-        host: process.env.EMAIL_SMTP_HOST,
-        port: process.env.EMAIL_SMTP_PORT,
+        host: host || process.env.EMAIL_SMTP_HOST,
+        port: port || process.env.EMAIL_SMTP_PORT,
         secure: false,
         // Optional AWS Email Identity
-        ...(process.env.EMAIL_USER && {
+        ...(emailUser || process.env.EMAIL_USER && {
                 secure: false, // true for 465, false for other ports
                 auth: {
-                    user: process.env.EMAIL_USER, // generated ethereal user
-                    pass: process.env.EMAIL_PASSWORD, // generated ethereal password
+                    user: emailUser || process.env.EMAIL_USER, // generated ethereal user
+                    pass: emailPassword || process.env.EMAIL_PASSWORD, // generated ethereal password
                 }
             }
         )
@@ -87,12 +175,12 @@ function readUploaderCLIConfigTemplate(){
     }
     return configString;
 }
-function getModelUrl() {
+function getModelUrl(dbTier) {
     // if MODEL_URL exists, it overrides
     if (process.env.MODEL_URL) {
         return process.env.MODEL_URL;
     }
-    const tier = extractTierName();
+    const tier = extractTierName(dbTier);
     // By default url
     const modelUrl = ['https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CBIIT/crdc-datahub-models/', tier || 'master', '/cache/content.json']
     if (tier?.length > 0) {
@@ -101,12 +189,13 @@ function getModelUrl() {
     return modelUrl.join("");
 }
 
-function extractTierName() {
-    return process.env.TIER?.replace(/prod(uction)?/gi, '')?.replace(/[^a-zA-Z\d]/g, '')?.trim();
+function extractTierName(dbTier) {
+    const tier = dbTier || process.env.TIER;
+    return tier?.replace(/prod(uction)?/gi, '')?.replace(/[^a-zA-Z\d]/g, '')?.trim();
 }
 
-function getTier() {
-    const tier = extractTierName();
+function getTier(dbTier) {
+    const tier = extractTierName(dbTier);
     return tier?.length > 0 ? `[${tier.toUpperCase()}]` : '';
 }
 
diff --git a/crdc-datahub-database-drivers b/crdc-datahub-database-drivers
index d972634c..4cb267e9 160000
--- a/crdc-datahub-database-drivers
+++ b/crdc-datahub-database-drivers
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d972634c1f3fd07d748ab4f7b861f95dc581516f
+Subproject commit 4cb267e9c3dd69407cfe37e3448ab7536d0960f1
diff --git a/routers/graphql-router.js b/routers/graphql-router.js
index b1a9b831..6c846e14 100644
--- a/routers/graphql-router.js
+++ b/routers/graphql-router.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const {buildSchema} = require('graphql');
 const {createHandler} = require("graphql-http/lib/use/express");
-const config = require("../config");
+const configuration = require("../config");
+
 const {Application} = require("../services/application");
 const {Submission} = require("../services/submission");
 const {AWSService} = require("../services/aws-request");
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ const {DashboardService} = require("../services/dashboardService");
 const UserInitializationService = require("../services/user-initialization-service");
 const {ConfigurationService} = require("../services/configurationService");
 const schema = buildSchema(require("fs").readFileSync("resources/graphql/crdc-datahub.graphql", "utf8"));
-const dbService = new MongoQueries(config.mongo_db_connection_string, DATABASE_NAME);
-const dbConnector = new DatabaseConnector(config.mongo_db_connection_string);
+const dbService = new MongoQueries(configuration.mongo_db_connection_string, DATABASE_NAME);
+const dbConnector = new DatabaseConnector(configuration.mongo_db_connection_string);
 const AuthenticationService = require("../services/authentication-service");
 const {apiAuthorization, extractAPINames, PUBLIC} = require("./api-authorization");
 const {QcResultService} = require("../services/qc-result-service");
@@ -43,11 +44,12 @@ const INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS = "Inactive_Submission_Notify_Days";
 let root;
 let authenticationService, userInitializationService;
 dbConnector.connect().then(async () => {
+    const config = await configuration.updateConfig(dbConnector);
     const applicationCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, APPLICATION_COLLECTION);
     const submissionCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, SUBMISSIONS_COLLECTION);
     const userCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, USER_COLLECTION);
     const emailService = new EmailService(config.email_transport, config.emails_enabled);
-    const notificationsService = new NotifyUser(emailService);
+    const notificationsService = new NotifyUser(emailService, config.committee_emails);
 
     const logCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, LOG_COLLECTION);
     const organizationCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, ORGANIZATION_COLLECTION);
@@ -55,12 +57,12 @@ dbConnector.connect().then(async () => {
     const organizationService = new Organization(organizationCollection, userCollection, submissionCollection, applicationCollection, approvedStudiesCollection);
     const approvedStudiesService = new ApprovedStudiesService(approvedStudiesCollection, organizationService);
 
-    const userService = new User(userCollection, logCollection, organizationCollection, notificationsService, submissionCollection, applicationCollection, config.official_email, config.emails_url, config.tier, approvedStudiesCollection);
+    const userService = new User(userCollection, logCollection, organizationCollection, notificationsService, submissionCollection, applicationCollection, config.official_email, config.emails_url, config.tier, approvedStudiesCollection, config.inactive_user_days);
     // TODO move userService
     const userBEService = new UserService(userCollection, logCollection, organizationCollection, organizationService, notificationsService, submissionCollection, applicationCollection, config.official_email, config.emails_url, config.tier);
     const s3Service = new S3Service();
     const batchCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, BATCH_COLLECTION);
-    const awsService = new AWSService(submissionCollection, userService);
+    const awsService = new AWSService(submissionCollection, userService, config.role_arn, config.presign_expiration);
 
     const utilityService = new UtilityService();
     const fetchDataModelInfo = async () => {
@@ -76,16 +78,14 @@ dbConnector.connect().then(async () => {
 
     const dataRecordCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, DATA_RECORDS_COLLECTION);
     const dataRecordArchiveCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, DATA_RECORDS_ARCHIVE_COLLECTION);
-    const dataRecordService = new DataRecordService(dataRecordCollection, dataRecordArchiveCollection, config.file_queue, config.metadata_queue, awsService, s3Service, qcResultsService);
+    const dataRecordService = new DataRecordService(dataRecordCollection, dataRecordArchiveCollection, config.file_queue, config.metadata_queue, awsService, s3Service, qcResultsService, config.export_queue);
 
     const validationCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, VALIDATION_COLLECTION);
 
     const configurationCollection = new MongoDBCollection(dbConnector.client, DATABASE_NAME, CONFIGURATION_COLLECTION);
     const configurationService = new ConfigurationService(configurationCollection)
-    const inactiveSubmissionConf = await configurationService.findByType(INACTIVE_SUBMISSION_DAYS);
-    const inactiveSubmissionsTimeout = Array.isArray(inactiveSubmissionConf?.timeout) && inactiveSubmissionConf?.timeout?.length > 0 ? inactiveSubmissionConf?.timeout : [7, 30, 60];
     const emailParams = {url: config.emails_url, officialEmail: config.official_email, inactiveDays: config.inactive_application_days, remindDay: config.remind_application_days,
-        submissionSystemPortal: config.submission_system_portal, submissionHelpdesk: config.submission_helpdesk, remindSubmissionDay: inactiveSubmissionsTimeout, techSupportEmail: config.techSupportEmail};
+        submissionSystemPortal: config.submission_system_portal, submissionHelpdesk: config.submission_helpdesk, remindSubmissionDay: config.inactiveSubmissionNotifyDays, techSupportEmail: config.techSupportEmail};
 
     const submissionService = new Submission(logCollection, submissionCollection, batchService, userService, organizationService, notificationsService, dataRecordService, config.tier, fetchDataModelInfo, awsService, config.export_queue, s3Service, emailParams, config.dataCommonsList, config.hiddenModels, validationCollection, config.sqs_loader_queue, qcResultsService);
     const dataInterface = new Application(logCollection, applicationCollection, approvedStudiesService, userService, dbService, notificationsService, emailParams, organizationService, config.tier, institutionService);
diff --git a/services/data-record-service.js b/services/data-record-service.js
index 688e5f16..35c5b797 100644
--- a/services/data-record-service.js
+++ b/services/data-record-service.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const {VALIDATION} = require("../constants/submission-constants");
 const ERRORS = require("../constants/error-constants");
 const {ValidationHandler} = require("../utility/validation-handler");
 const {getSortDirection} = require("../crdc-datahub-database-drivers/utility/mongodb-utility");
-const config = require("../config");
 const {BATCH} = require("../crdc-datahub-database-drivers/constants/batch-constants.js");
 const {getCurrentTime} = require("../crdc-datahub-database-drivers/utility/time-utility");
 const BATCH_SIZE = 300;
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ const NODE_RELATION_TYPES = [NODE_RELATION_TYPE_PARENT, NODE_RELATION_TYPE_CHILD
 
 const FILE = "file";
 class DataRecordService {
-    constructor(dataRecordsCollection, dataRecordArchiveCollection, fileQueueName, metadataQueueName, awsService, s3Service, qcResultsService) {
+    constructor(dataRecordsCollection, dataRecordArchiveCollection, fileQueueName, metadataQueueName, awsService, s3Service, qcResultsService, exportQueue) {
         this.dataRecordsCollection = dataRecordsCollection;
         this.fileQueueName = fileQueueName;
         this.metadataQueueName = metadataQueueName;
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@ class DataRecordService {
         this.s3Service = s3Service;
         this.dataRecordArchiveCollection = dataRecordArchiveCollection;
         this.qcResultsService = qcResultsService;
+        this.exportQueue = exportQueue
     }
 
     async submissionStats(aSubmission) {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class DataRecordService {
 
     async exportMetadata(submissionID) {
         const msg = Message.createFileSubmissionMessage("Export Metadata", submissionID);
-        return await sendSQSMessageWrapper(this.awsService, msg, submissionID, config.export_queue, submissionID);
+        return await sendSQSMessageWrapper(this.awsService, msg, submissionID, this.exportQueue, submissionID);
     }
 
     async submissionCrossValidationResults(submissionID, nodeTypes, batchIDs, severities, first, offset, orderBy, sortDirection){
diff --git a/services/notify-user.js b/services/notify-user.js
index 5146e443..ac600041 100644
--- a/services/notify-user.js
+++ b/services/notify-user.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const {createEmailTemplate} = require("../lib/create-email-template");
 const sanitizeHtml = require('sanitize-html');
 const {replaceMessageVariables} = require("../utility/string-util");
-const config = require("../config");
 const NOTIFICATION_USER_HTML_TEMPLATE = "notification-template-user.html";
 const ROLE = "Role";
 const DATA_COMMONS = "Data Commons";
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ const AFFILIATED_ORGANIZATION = "Affiliated Organization";
 const CRDC_PORTAL_ADMIN = "CRDC Submission Portal Admins";
 class NotifyUser {
 
-    constructor(emailService) {
+    constructor(emailService, committeeEmails) {
         this.emailService = emailService;
         this.email_constants = undefined
         try {
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ class NotifyUser {
         } catch (e) {
             console.error(e)
         }
+        this.committeeEmails = committeeEmails;
     }
 
     async send(fn){
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ class NotifyUser {
                 await createEmailTemplate("notification-template.html", {
                     message, firstName: this.email_constants.APPLICATION_COMMITTEE_NAME
                 }),
-                //this.email_constants.APPLICATION_COMMITTEE_EMAIL
-                config.committee_emails
+                this.committeeEmails
             );
         });
     }