diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a12d0f76..70849c13 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ FROM python:3.12-slim AS runtime
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     libgomp1 \
     nginx \
+    gettext-base \  
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Create a non-root user
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ RUN useradd -m -u 1000 -r codegate
 # Set permissions for user codegate to run nginx
 RUN chown -R codegate /var/lib/nginx && \
     chown -R codegate /var/log/nginx && \
+    chown -R codegate /etc/nginx && \
     chown -R codegate /run
 
 COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
diff --git a/scripts/entrypoint.sh b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
index b28f6704..dd1f70d7 100755
--- a/scripts/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/scripts/entrypoint.sh
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ generate_certs() {
 
 # Function to start Nginx server for the dashboard
 start_dashboard() {
-    if [ -n "${DASHBOARD_BASE_URL}" ]; then
-	echo "Overriding dashboard url with $DASHBOARD_BASE_URL"
-	sed -ibck "s|http://localhost:8989|http://$DASHBOARD_BASE_URL:8989|g" /var/www/html/assets/*.js
-    fi
     echo "Starting the dashboard..."
+    
+    envsubst '${DASHBOARD_API_BASE_URL}' < /var/www/html/index.html > /var/www/html/index.html.tmp && mv /var/www/html/index.html.tmp /var/www/html/index.html
+
     nginx -g 'daemon off;' &
 }