diff --git a/src/components/MapView.jsx b/src/components/MapView.jsx
index 77d4b63..c5154b9 100644
--- a/src/components/MapView.jsx
+++ b/src/components/MapView.jsx
@@ -6,12 +6,17 @@ import { layers, namedTheme } from 'protomaps-themes-base'
 import { useStore } from '../store'
 import { decodePolyline } from '../utils/decode'
 import { fetchReverse } from '../api'
+import { getConfig } from '../config'
 
 const ROUTE_SOURCE = 'route-source'
 const ROUTE_LAYER_PREFIX = 'route-layer-'
 
 /** Build a full MapLibre style object for the given theme */
 function buildStyle(themeName) {
+  const config = getConfig()
+  const tileUrl = config?.tileset?.url || '/tiles/na.pmtiles'
+  const attribution = config?.tileset?.attribution || 'Protomaps \u00a9 OSM'
+
   return {
     version: 8,
     glyphs: 'https://protomaps.github.io/basemaps-assets/fonts/{fontstack}/{range}.pbf',
@@ -19,9 +24,8 @@ function buildStyle(themeName) {
     sources: {
       protomaps: {
         type: 'vector',
-        url: 'pmtiles:///tiles/na.pmtiles',
-        attribution:
-          '<a href="https://protomaps.com">Protomaps</a> | <a href="https://openstreetmap.org">OSM</a>',
+        url: `pmtiles://${tileUrl}`,
+        attribution,
       },
     },
     layers: layers('protomaps', namedTheme(themeName), { lang: 'en' }),
@@ -68,8 +72,11 @@ const MapView = forwardRef(function MapView(_, ref) {
     const protocol = new Protocol()
     maplibregl.addProtocol('pmtiles', protocol.tile)
 
-    const DEFAULT_CENTER = [-114.6066, 42.5736]
-    const DEFAULT_ZOOM = 10
+    const config = getConfig()
+    const DEFAULT_CENTER = config?.defaults?.center
+      ? [config.defaults.center[1], config.defaults.center[0]]  // config is [lat,lon], MapLibre wants [lon,lat]
+      : [-114.6066, 42.5736]
+    const DEFAULT_ZOOM = config?.defaults?.zoom || 10
 
     const initialTheme = document.documentElement.getAttribute('data-theme') || 'dark'
     currentThemeRef.current = initialTheme
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce0e0a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/**
+ * Deployment config loader.
+ *
+ * Fetches /api/config on startup and caches the result.
+ * Falls back to hardcoded defaults matching the home profile if the
+ * API is unavailable (backend restart, network issue).
+ */
+
+const FALLBACK_CONFIG = {
+  profile: 'home',
+  region_name: 'North America',
+  tileset: {
+    url: '/tiles/na.pmtiles',
+    bounds: [-168, 14, -52, 72],
+    max_zoom: 15,
+    attribution: 'Protomaps © OSM',
+  },
+  services: {
+    geocode: '/api/geocode',
+    reverse: '/api/reverse',
+    address_book: '/api/address_book',
+    valhalla: '/valhalla',
+  },
+  features: {
+    has_nominatim_details: false,
+    has_kiwix_wiki: false,
+    has_hillshade: false,
+    has_3d_terrain: false,
+    has_traffic_overlay: false,
+    has_landclass: false,
+    has_address_book_write: false,
+  },
+  defaults: {
+    center: [42.5736, -114.6066],
+    zoom: 10,
+  },
+}
+
+let _config = null
+let _configPromise = null
+
+/**
+ * Fetch config from backend. Returns cached config on subsequent calls.
+ * Falls back to FALLBACK_CONFIG if API fails.
+ */
+export function loadConfig() {
+  if (_configPromise) return _configPromise
+
+  _configPromise = fetch('/api/config', { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(3000) })
+    .then((resp) => {
+      if (!resp.ok) throw new Error(`Config API returned ${resp.status}`)
+      return resp.json()
+    })
+    .then((data) => {
+      _config = data
+      console.log('[navi] Config loaded:', data.profile, `(${data.region_name})`)
+      console.log('[navi] Feature flags:', data.features)
+      return data
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      console.warn('[navi] Config API unavailable, using fallback:', err.message)
+      _config = FALLBACK_CONFIG
+      return FALLBACK_CONFIG
+    })
+
+  return _configPromise
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the current config synchronously. Returns null if not yet loaded.
+ */
+export function getConfig() {
+  return _config
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check a feature flag from the loaded config.
+ * @param {string} flag - Feature flag name (e.g. 'has_hillshade')
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+export function hasFeature(flag) {
+  if (!_config) return false
+  return Boolean(_config.features?.[flag])
+}
diff --git a/src/hooks/useConfig.js b/src/hooks/useConfig.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..006e37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/useConfig.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { useState, useEffect } from 'react'
+import { loadConfig, getConfig, hasFeature } from '../config'
+
+/**
+ * Hook that returns the deployment config, loading it if needed.
+ * Components using this will re-render once config is loaded.
+ */
+export function useConfig() {
+  const [config, setConfig] = useState(getConfig)
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!config) {
+      loadConfig().then(setConfig)
+    }
+  }, [config])
+
+  return config
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hook to check a single feature flag.
+ * @param {string} flag - e.g. 'has_hillshade'
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+export function useFeature(flag) {
+  const config = useConfig()
+  if (!config) return false
+  return Boolean(config.features?.[flag])
+}
diff --git a/src/main.jsx b/src/main.jsx
index ef272ce..d452a6d 100644
--- a/src/main.jsx
+++ b/src/main.jsx
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 import { StrictMode } from 'react'
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client'
 import { Toaster } from 'react-hot-toast'
+import { loadConfig } from './config'
 import './index.css'
 import App from './App.jsx'
 
-createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
-  <StrictMode>
-    <App />
-    <Toaster
-      position="bottom-center"
-      toastOptions={{
-        style: {
-          background: 'var(--bg-overlay)',
-          color: 'var(--text-primary)',
-          border: '1px solid var(--border)',
-          fontSize: 'var(--text-sm)',
-          fontFamily: 'var(--font-sans)',
-        },
-      }}
-    />
-  </StrictMode>,
-)
+// Load deployment config before rendering — non-blocking (fallback kicks in on failure)
+loadConfig().then(() => {
+  createRoot(document.getElementById('root')).render(
+    <StrictMode>
+      <App />
+      <Toaster
+        position="bottom-center"
+        toastOptions={{
+          style: {
+            background: 'var(--bg-overlay)',
+            color: 'var(--text-primary)',
+            border: '1px solid var(--border)',
+            fontSize: 'var(--text-sm)',
+            fontFamily: 'var(--font-sans)',
+          },
+        }}
+      />
+    </StrictMode>,
+  )
+})