diff --git a/aws-lambda/README.md b/aws-lambda/README.md
index 147c568..678b27a 100644
--- a/aws-lambda/README.md
+++ b/aws-lambda/README.md
@@ -36,14 +36,23 @@ zappa undeploy -s zappa_settings.json
 ## node/serverless
 
 The included `serverless.yml` and `pygeoapi-serverless-config.yml` can be used to deploy pygeoapi
-on AWS Lambda Serverless Environment.
+on AWS Lambda Serverless Environment. 
 
 This requires Amazon Credentials and the Serverless deployment tool.
 
 AWS Credentials can be created following the instructions at https://serverless.com/framework/docs/providers/aws/guide/credentials/
 
+Move serverless configs to root directory:
+
+```bash
+mv serverless.yml ..
+mv pygeoapi-server-config.yml ..
+cd ..
+```
+
 To install the Serverless environment
 
+
 ```bash
 npm install serverless
 ```
@@ -55,6 +64,12 @@ serverless plugin install -n serverless-python-requirements
 serverless plugin install -n serverless-wsgi
 ```
 
+To test the application as a lambda locally:
+
+```bash
+serverless wsgi server
+```
+
 To deploy to AWS Lambda:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/aws-lambda/pygeoapi-serverless-config.yml b/aws-lambda/pygeoapi-serverless-config.yml
index 57e3ece..411289c 100644
--- a/aws-lambda/pygeoapi-serverless-config.yml
+++ b/aws-lambda/pygeoapi-serverless-config.yml
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ server:
     bind:
         host: 0.0.0.0
         port: 80
-    url: /dev/
+    url: /
     mimetype: application/json; charset=UTF-8
     encoding: utf-8
     language: en-US
-    cors: true
+    cors: false
     pretty_print: true
     limit: 10
     # templates: /path/to/templates
diff --git a/aws-lambda/serverless.yml b/aws-lambda/serverless.yml
index 1b41f23..89937a8 100644
--- a/aws-lambda/serverless.yml
+++ b/aws-lambda/serverless.yml
@@ -31,19 +31,27 @@ service: pygeoapi
 
 provider:
   name: aws
-  runtime: python3.6
+  runtime: python3.8
+  # region: us-west-2 
+  # rolePermissionsBoundary: <arn for permission boundary>
+  # deploymentBucket: <name to deployment bucket>
+  # role: <arn for pre-existing lambda execution role>
+  # vpc: 
+    # subnetIds: 
+      # - subnet-id1
+      # - subnet-id2
+    # securityGroupIds:
+      # - sg-id1
 
-# you can define service wide environment variables here
-#  environment:
-#    variable1: value1
 
 plugins:
   - serverless-python-requirements
   - serverless-wsgi
 custom:
   wsgi:
-    app: pygeoapi.flask_app.APP
-    packRequirements: true
+    pythonBin: python3
+    app: pygeoapi/flask_app.APP
+    packRequirements: false
     textMimeTypes:
       - application/ld+json
 functions:
@@ -51,6 +59,5 @@ functions:
     handler: wsgi_handler.handler
     events:
       - http: ANY /
-      - http: 'ANY {proxy+}'
     environment:
-      PYGEOAPI_CONFIG: pygeoapi-config.yml
+      PYGEOAPI_CONFIG: pygeoapi-serverless-config.yml