diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 084e1416d..c9b84fac3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -172,10 +172,12 @@ services:
 
   ui:
     restart: unless-stopped
-    image: ${DOCKER_REG}/ui:${TAG:-1}
+    image: ${DOCKER_REG}/ui:${TAG:}
     environment:
       - 'SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=prod'
+      - OAUTH2_WEB_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION_SECRET=${WEB_CLIENT_CONFIGURATION_SECRET}
+      - GATEWAY_COOKIE_DOMAIN=${COOKIE_DOMAIN}
     volumes:
       - ${LOG_VOLUME:-/var/tmp/}:/logs
     ports:
-      - 4200:4200
+      - 8090:8090
diff --git a/ui/Dockerfile b/ui/Dockerfile
index 48ddb0e98..d1ae9bfdc 100644
--- a/ui/Dockerfile
+++ b/ui/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:20.7.0-bullseye-slim
+FROM node:20.7.0-bullseye-slim AS ui-build-stage
 
 # Create app directory
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 # Install some useful utils for debug/test
 RUN \
     apt-get update && \
-    apt -y install procps iproute2 net-tools curl iputils-ping vim && \
+    apt -y install python3 make gcc g++ && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Install app dependencies
@@ -14,20 +14,28 @@ RUN \
 # where available (npm@5+)
 COPY package*.json ./
 
-COPY container-files/* /var/tmp/  
-
-RUN \
-    chmod +x /var/tmp/* && \
-    npm install
-
 # If you are building your code for production
 # RUN npm install --only=production
+RUN npm install
 
 # Bundle app source
 COPY . .
 
 RUN npm run build
 
-EXPOSE 4200
+FROM nginx
+
+RUN \
+    apt-get update && \
+    apt -y install procps vim && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY container-files/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+
+# Copy files from the ui-build-stage into this new nginx stage
+COPY --from=ui-build-stage /app/dist/ /usr/share/nginx/html/
+
+EXPOSE 8090
 
-ENTRYPOINT /var/tmp/entrypoint.sh
+# Use the underlying ENTRYPOINT and CMD provided by the base NGINX image
+#ENTRYPOINT /var/tmp/entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/ui/angular.json b/ui/angular.json
index d9e6c11c0..a07983c60 100644
--- a/ui/angular.json
+++ b/ui/angular.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "build": {
           "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
           "options": {
-            "outputPath": "dist/ui",
+            "outputPath": "dist/",
             "index": "src/index.html",
             "main": "src/main.ts",
             "polyfills": "src/polyfills.ts",
diff --git a/ui/container-files/entrypoint.sh b/ui/container-files/entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f93b1d9a2..000000000
--- a/ui/container-files/entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# The NPM "start" command/script is defined in the package.json file in the "scripts" dict
-npm start
diff --git a/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf b/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61676a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+server {
+    listen       8090;
+    server_name  localhost;
+
+    #access_log  /var/log/nginx/host.access.log  main;
+
+    location / {
+        root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+        index  index.html index.htm;
+	rewrite  ^/ui/(.*) /$1 break;
+    }
+
+    # JT. Uncomment the error_page directive below to use the orcid 404 error page in /404
+    #error_page  404              ../404;
+
+    # redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
+    #
+    #error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
+    #location = /50x.html {
+    #    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
+    #}
+
+}
+
diff --git a/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/nginx.conf b/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee8c7fd6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/container-files/etc/nginx/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+user  nginx;
+worker_processes  auto;
+
+error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log notice;
+pid        /var/run/nginx.pid;
+
+
+events {
+    worker_connections  1024;
+}
+
+
+http {
+    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
+    default_type  application/octet-stream;
+
+    log_format  main  '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
+                      '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
+                      '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
+
+    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log  main;
+
+    sendfile        on;
+    #tcp_nopush     on;
+
+    keepalive_timeout  65;
+
+    #gzip  on;
+
+    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
+}
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