diff --git a/ansible/roles/genconfig/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/genconfig/tasks/main.yml
index 1ad13fb..cb88406 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/genconfig/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/genconfig/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,87 @@
 
 # genconfig/tasks/main.yml
 
+- name: Set pod_config_path fact
+  set_fact:
+    pod_config_path:  "{{ cord_podconfig | realpath }}"
+
+- name: Check for PODCONFIG file
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ pod_config_path }}"
+  register: pod_config_stat
+
+- name: POD config file specified by 'PODCONFIG' must exist
+  assert:
+    that: pod_config_stat.stat.isreg
+
+- name: Load pod config
+  include_vars: "{{ pod_config_path }}"
+
+- name: Set profile_manifest_path fact
+  set_fact:
+    profile_manifest_path:  "{{ (cord_profile_src_dir ~ '/' ~ cord_profile ~ '.yml') | realpath }}"
+
+- name: Check for profile manifest
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ profile_manifest_path }}"
+  register: profile_manifest_stat
+
+- name: Profile manifest file specified by 'cord_profile' must exist
+  assert:
+    that: profile_manifest_stat.stat.isreg
+
+- name: Set scenario_config_path fact
+  set_fact:
+    scenario_config_path:  "{{ (scenarios_dir ~ '/' ~ cord_scenario ~ '/config.yml') | realpath }}"
+
+- name: Check for scenario config file manifest
+  stat:
+    path: "{{ scenario_config_path }}"
+  register: scenario_config_stat
+
+- name: Scenario config.yml file specified by 'cord_scenario' must exist
+  assert:
+    that: scenario_config_stat.stat.isreg
+
+- name: Load scenario config
+  include_vars: "{{ scenario_config_path }}"
+
+- name: Reload pod config to take precedence
+  include_vars: "{{ pod_config_path }}"
+
+- name: Load pod, scenario, profile_manifest into facts
+  set_fact:
+    pod_config: "{{ lookup('file', pod_config_path) | from_yaml }}"
+    scenario_config: "{{ lookup('file', scenario_config_path) | from_yaml }}"
+    profile_manifest: "{{ lookup('file', profile_manifest_path) | from_yaml }}"
+
+- name: Combine pod and scenario configs and profile manifest into master config
+  set_fact:
+    master_config: "{{ profile_manifest | combine(scenario_config) | combine(pod_config) }}"
+
+- name: Prime profile_container_list from with master_config.docker_image_whitelist
+  set_fact:
+    profile_container_list: "{{ master_config.docker_image_whitelist }}"
+
+- name: Add items to profile_container_list from profile_manifest.xos_services
+  set_fact:
+    profile_container_list: "{{ profile_container_list }} + [ 'xosproject/{{ item.name }}-synchronizer' ]"
+  with_items: "{{ profile_manifest.xos_services }}"
+  when:  item.synchronizer is not defined or item.synchronizer
+
+- name: Add items to profile_container_list from profile_manifest.enabled_gui_extensions
+  set_fact:
+    profile_container_list: "{{ profile_container_list }} + [ 'xosproject/gui-extension-{{ item.name }}' ]"
+  with_items: "{{ profile_manifest.enabled_gui_extensions }}"
+
+- name: Update docker_image_whitelist to include containers specified by profile
+  set_fact:
+    master_config: "{{ master_config | combine({'docker_image_whitelist': profile_container_list}, recursive=True) }}"
+
+- name: Print vars
+  debug:
+    var: master_config
+
 - name: Create cord_profile file
   copy:
     dest: "{{ ( genconfig_dir ~ '/cord_profile' ) | realpath }}"