diff --git a/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/torchserve.py b/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/torchserve.py
index d90e0000..62cd8cb1 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/torchserve.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/torchserve.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from retrying import retry
 
 import sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container
+from sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container import ts_environment
 from sagemaker_inference import default_handler_service, environment, utils
 from sagemaker_inference.environment import code_dir
 
@@ -149,7 +150,6 @@ def _create_torchserve_config_file():
 
 def _generate_ts_config_properties():
     env = environment.Environment()
-
     user_defined_configuration = {
         "default_response_timeout": env.model_server_timeout,
         "default_workers_per_model": env.model_server_workers,
@@ -157,6 +157,26 @@ def _generate_ts_config_properties():
         "management_address": "http://0.0.0.0:{}".format(env.management_http_port),
     }
 
+    ts_env = ts_environment.TorchServeEnvironment()
+
+    if ts_env.is_env_set() and not ENABLE_MULTI_MODEL:
+        models_string = f'''{{\\
+        "{DEFAULT_TS_MODEL_NAME}": {{\\
+            "1.0": {{\\
+                "defaultVersion": true,\\
+                "marName": "{DEFAULT_TS_MODEL_NAME}.mar",\\
+                "minWorkers": {ts_env._min_workers},\\
+                "maxWorkers": {ts_env._max_workers},\\
+                "batchSize": {ts_env._batch_size},\\
+                "maxBatchDelay": {ts_env._max_batch_delay},\\
+                "responseTimeout": {ts_env._response_timeout}\\
+                }}\\
+            }}\\
+        }}'''
+        user_defined_configuration["models"] = models_string
+        logger.warn("Sagemaker TS environment variables have been set and will be used "
+                    "for single model endpoint.")
+
     custom_configuration = str()
 
     for key in user_defined_configuration:
diff --git a/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/ts_environment.py b/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/ts_environment.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d83b7c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/ts_environment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# Copyright 2019-2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License'). You
+# may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of
+# the License is located at
+#
+#     http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0/
+#
+# or in the 'license' file accompanying this file. This file is
+# distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
+# ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+"""This module contains functionality that provides access to system
+characteristics, environment variables and configuration settings.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container import ts_parameters
+
+import os
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+DEFAULT_TS_BATCH_SIZE = 1
+DEFAULT_TS_MAX_BATCH_DELAY = 100
+DEFAULT_TS_MIN_WORKERS = 1
+DEFAULT_TS_MAX_WORKERS = 1
+DEFAULT_TS_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT = 60
+
+
+class TorchServeEnvironment():
+    """Provides access to aspects of the torchserve environment relevant to serving containers,
+    including system characteristics, environment variables and configuration settings.
+
+    The Environment is a read-only snapshot of the container environment.
+    It is a dictionary-like object, allowing any builtin function that works with dictionary.
+
+    Attributes:
+        batch_size (int): This is the maximum batch size in ms that a model is expected to handle
+        max_batch_delay (int): This is the maximum batch delay time TorchServe waits to receive
+        batch_size number of requests. If TorchServe doesn’t receive batch_size number of requests
+        before this timer time’s out, it sends what ever requests that were received to the model handler
+        min_workers (int): Minimum number of workers that torchserve is allowed to scale down to
+        max_workers (int): Minimum number of workers that torchserve is allowed to scale up to
+        response_timeout (int): Time delay after which inference will timeout in absence of a response
+    """
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._batch_size = int(os.environ.get(ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_BATCH_SIZE, DEFAULT_TS_BATCH_SIZE))
+        self._max_batch_delay = int(os.environ.get(ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_MAX_BATCH_DELAY,
+                                    DEFAULT_TS_MAX_BATCH_DELAY))
+        self._min_workers = int(os.environ.get(ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_MIN_WORKERS, DEFAULT_TS_MIN_WORKERS))
+        self._max_workers = int(os.environ.get(ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_MAX_WORKERS, DEFAULT_TS_MAX_WORKERS))
+        self._response_timeout = int(os.environ.get(ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT,
+                                                    DEFAULT_TS_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT))
+
+    def is_env_set(self):  # type: () -> bool
+        """bool: whether or not the environment variables have been set"""
+        ts_env_list = [ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_BATCH_SIZE, ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_MAX_BATCH_DELAY,
+                       ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_MIN_WORKERS, ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_MAX_WORKERS,
+                       ts_parameters.MODEL_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT]
+        if any(env in ts_env_list for env in os.environ):
+            return True
+
+    @property
+    def batch_size(self):  # type: () -> int
+        """int: number of requests to batch before running inference on the server"""
+        return self._batch_size
+
+    @property
+    def max_batch_delay(self):  # type: () -> int
+        """int: time delay in milliseconds, to wait for incoming requests to be batched,
+        before running inference on the server
+        """
+        return self._max_batch_delay
+
+    @property
+    def min_workers(self):  # type:() -> int
+        """int: minimum number of worker for model
+        """
+        return self._min_workers
+
+    @property
+    def max_workers(self):  # type() -> int
+        """int: maximum number of workers for model
+        """
+        return self._max_workers
+
+    @property
+    def response_timeout(self):  # type() -> int
+        """int: time delay after which inference will timeout in absense of a response
+        """
+        return self._response_timeout
diff --git a/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/ts_parameters.py b/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/ts_parameters.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2be2125
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sagemaker_pytorch_serving_container/ts_parameters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright 2019-2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). You
+# may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of
+# the License is located at
+#
+#     http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0/
+#
+# or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file is
+# distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF
+# ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific
+# language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+"""This module contains string constants that define inference toolkit
+parameters."""
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+MODEL_SERVER_BATCH_SIZE = "SAGEMAKER_TS_BATCH_SIZE"  # type: str
+MODEL_SERVER_MAX_BATCH_DELAY = "SAGEMAKER_TS_MAX_BATCH_DELAY"  # type: str
+MODEL_SERVER_MIN_WORKERS = "SAGEMAKER_TS_MIN_WORKERS"  # type: str
+MODEL_SERVER_MAX_WORKERS = "SAGEMAKER_TS_MAX_WORKERS"  # type: str
+MODEL_SERVER_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT = "SAGEMAKER_TS_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT"  # type: str