diff --git a/batch/Makefile b/batch/Makefile
index c024438bde4..8c55d350ef8 100644
--- a/batch/Makefile
+++ b/batch/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ BATCH_DRIVER_NGINX_IMAGE := $(DOCKER_PREFIX)/batch-driver-nginx:$(TOKEN)
 
 EXTRA_PYTHONPATH := ../hail/python:../gear:../web_common
 PYTHON := PYTHONPATH=$${PYTHONPATH:+$${PYTHONPATH}:}$(EXTRA_PYTHONPATH) python3
-CLOUD := $(shell kubectl get secret global-config --template={{.data.cloud}} | base64 --decode)
+CLOUD := azure
 
 BLACK := $(PYTHON) -m black . --line-length=120 --skip-string-normalization
 
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index e09f35bde89..6a899166b21 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-DOCKER_PREFIX := $(shell kubectl get secret global-config --template={{.data.docker_prefix}} | base64 --decode)
-DOMAIN := $(shell kubectl get secret global-config --template={{.data.domain}} | base64 --decode)
+DOCKER_PREFIX := hailazureterradev.azurecr.io
+DOMAIN := hail.fake
 
 ifeq ($(NAMESPACE),default)
 SCOPE = deploy
diff --git a/hail/python/hail/backend/service_backend.py b/hail/python/hail/backend/service_backend.py
index 1a2c33a51f2..eb7c84eacaa 100644
--- a/hail/python/hail/backend/service_backend.py
+++ b/hail/python/hail/backend/service_backend.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 from ..fs.router_fs import RouterFS
 from ..ir import BaseIR
 from ..context import version
-from ..utils import frozendict
 
 
 log = logging.getLogger('backend.service_backend')
@@ -727,7 +726,7 @@ def set_flags(self, **flags: str):
         self.flags.update(flags)
 
     def get_flags(self, *flags) -> Mapping[str, str]:
-        return frozendict(self.flags)
+        return {flag: self.flags.get(flag) for flag in flags}
 
     @property
     def requires_lowering(self):
diff --git a/hail/python/test/hail/test_context.py b/hail/python/test/hail/test_context.py
index b2645ae9405..68e8200f546 100644
--- a/hail/python/test/hail/test_context.py
+++ b/hail/python/test/hail/test_context.py
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ def test_top_level_functions_are_do_not_error(self):
 
     def test_tmpdir_runs(self):
         isinstance(hl.tmp_dir(), str)
+
+    def test_get_flags(self):
+        assert hl._get_flags() == {}
+        assert list(hl._get_flags('use_new_shuffle')) == ['use_new_shuffle']