diff --git a/.github/environments/values.prod.yaml b/.github/environments/values.prod.yaml
index 05e96294..a30840b7 100644
--- a/.github/environments/values.prod.yaml
+++ b/.github/environments/values.prod.yaml
@@ -4,17 +4,10 @@ config:
   configMap:
     FRONTEND_APIPATH: api/v1
     FRONTEND_COMS_APIPATH: https://coms.api.gov.bc.ca/api/v1
+    FRONTEND_EXCLUDE_METADATA: geodrive.common.encoding,geodrive.windows.attr,geodrive.windows.secdesc,s3b-last-modified
+    FRONTEND_EXCLUDE_TAGSET: coms-id
     FRONTEND_OIDC_AUTHORITY: https://loginproxy.gov.bc.ca/auth/realms/standard
     FRONTEND_OIDC_CLIENTID: bc-box-4555
-    FRONTEND_S3METATAG_EXCLUDE:
-      metadata:
-        - geodrive.common.encoding
-        - geodrive.windows.attr
-        - geodrive.windows.secdesc
-        - s3b-last-modified
-        - sha256
-      tagset:
-        - coms-id
     SERVER_APIPATH: /api/v1
     SERVER_BODYLIMIT: 30mb
     # SERVER_LOGFILE: ~
diff --git a/app/config/custom-environment-variables.json b/app/config/custom-environment-variables.json
index d50f44c1..0ca20380 100644
--- a/app/config/custom-environment-variables.json
+++ b/app/config/custom-environment-variables.json
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
     "coms": {
       "apiPath": "FRONTEND_COMS_APIPATH"
     },
+    "exclude": {
+      "metadata": "FRONTEND_EXCLUDE_METADATA",
+      "tagset": "FRONTEND_EXCLUDE_TAGSET"
+    },
     "notificationBanner": "FRONTEND_NOTIFICATION_BANNER",
     "oidc": {
       "authority": "FRONTEND_OIDC_AUTHORITY",
       "clientId": "FRONTEND_OIDC_CLIENTID"
-    },
-    "s3MetaTagExclude": "FRONTEND_S3METATAG_EXCLUDE"
+    }
   },
   "server": {
     "apiPath": "SERVER_APIPATH",
diff --git a/charts/bcbox/Chart.yaml b/charts/bcbox/Chart.yaml
index 326bccef..1d5373ac 100644
--- a/charts/bcbox/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/bcbox/Chart.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ maintainers:
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
 # It is recommended to use it with quotes.
-appVersion: "0.5.0"
+appVersion: "0.4.0"
 deprecated: false
 annotations: {}
diff --git a/charts/bcbox/values.yaml b/charts/bcbox/values.yaml
index d4995dda..ff1e6490 100644
--- a/charts/bcbox/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/bcbox/values.yaml
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ config:
   configMap:
     FRONTEND_APIPATH: "api/v1"
     FRONTEND_COMS_APIPATH: ~
+    # FRONTEND_EXCLUDE_METADATA: ~
+    # FRONTEND_EXCLUDE_TAGSET: ~
     # FRONTEND_NOTIFICATION_BANNER: ~
     FRONTEND_OIDC_AUTHORITY: ~
     FRONTEND_OIDC_CLIENTID: ~
@@ -122,4 +124,3 @@ config:
     # SERVER_LOGFILE: ~
     SERVER_LOGLEVEL: "http"
     SERVER_PORT: "8080"
-    # FRONTEND_S3METATAG_EXCLUDE: ~
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/objectService.ts b/frontend/src/services/objectService.ts
index 4dd7d657..3fc8a5e5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/objectService.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/objectService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { comsAxios } from './interceptors';
-import { s3MetaTagExclude, setDispositionHeader } from '@/utils/utils';
+import { excludeMetaTag, setDispositionHeader } from '@/utils/utils';
 import ConfigService from './configService';
 
 import type { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export default {
     return comsAxios().get(`${PATH}/metadata`, { headers: headers, params: params })
       // filter out metadata and return as a promise again
       .then((response) => {
-        return s3MetaTagExclude('metadata', response);
+        return { data: excludeMetaTag('metadata', response.data) };
       });
   },
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export default {
     return comsAxios().get(`${PATH}/tagging`, { params: params })
       // filter out a configured list of select tags
       .then((response) => {
-        return s3MetaTagExclude('tagset', response);
+        return { data: excludeMetaTag('tagset', response.data) };
       });
   },
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export default {
     return comsAxios().get(`${PATH}/metadata`, config)
       // filter out a configured list of select metadata
       .then((response) => {
-        return s3MetaTagExclude('metadata', response);
+        return { data: excludeMetaTag('metadata', response.data) };
       });
   },
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export default {
     })
       // filter out a configured list of select tags
       .then((response) => {
-        return s3MetaTagExclude('tagset', response);
+        return { data: excludeMetaTag('tagset', response.data) };
       });
   },
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/versionService.ts b/frontend/src/services/versionService.ts
index 1422e2ef..8d120261 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/versionService.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/versionService.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { comsAxios } from './interceptors';
-import { s3MetaTagExclude } from '@/utils/utils';
+import { excludeMetaTag } from '@/utils/utils';
 
 import type { GetVersionMetadataOptions, GetVersionTaggingOptions } from '@/types';
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default {
     return comsAxios().get(`${PATH}/metadata`, { headers: headers, params: params })
       // filter out a configured list of select metadata
       .then((response) => {
-        return s3MetaTagExclude('metadata', response);
+        return { data: excludeMetaTag('metadata', response.data) };
       });
   },
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default {
     return comsAxios().get(`${PATH}/tagging`, { params: params })
       // filter out a configured list of select tags
       .then((response) => {
-        return s3MetaTagExclude('tagset', response);
+        return { data: excludeMetaTag('tagset', response.data) };
       });
   },
 };
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts b/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
index b014d931..337f916a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -65,25 +65,24 @@ export function partition<T>(
 }
 
 /**
- * @function s3MetaTagExclude
+ * @function excludeMetaTag
  * Filter out a configured list of select metadata or tags from a COMS response
  * @param {object} type either 'metadata' or 'tagset'
  * @param {object} axiosResponse A resolved axios response from COMS
  * @returns {object} The response data with select metadata/tags from a configured list removed
  */
-export function s3MetaTagExclude(type: string, axiosResponse: { data: any }){
+export function excludeMetaTag(type: string, data: any){
   // array of selected tags/metadata (keys) to hide from UI
-  const excludeArray = new ConfigService().getConfig().s3MetaTagExclude?.[type] ?? [];
+  const excludeArray = new ConfigService().getConfig().exclude?.[type].split(',') ?? [];
   // filter COMS data
-  const filtered = axiosResponse.data.map((obj:any) => {
+  return data.map((obj: any) => {
     return {
       ...obj,
-      [type]: obj[type]?.filter((el:any) => {
+      [type]: obj[type]?.filter((el: any) => {
         return !excludeArray.includes(el.key);
       })
     };
   });
-  return { data: filtered };
 }
 
 /**