diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index d07dd66d991..3bcd109b2d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build-scripts/run/
           pwd
-          
+
           touch .env.dev-5 || true
           echo INSTANCE=5 >> .env.dev-5
           echo DSPACE_HOST=dev-5.pc >> .env.dev-5
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
           echo DSPACE_UI_IMAGE=\${DOCKER_OWNER}/dspace-angular:\$DSPACE_VER >> .env.dev-5
           echo DSPACE_REST_IMAGE=\${DOCKER_OWNER}/dspace:\$DSPACE_VER >> .env.dev-5
           echo DSPACE_REST_PORT=8\$INSTANCE >> .env.dev-5
-          echo REST_URL=http://\${DSPACE_HOST}:\${DSPACE_REST_PORT}/server/ >> .env.dev-5
+          echo REST_URL=http://\${DSPACE_HOST}:\${DSPACE_REST_PORT}/server >> .env.dev-5
           echo UI_URL=http://\${DSPACE_HOST}:\${DSPACE_REST_PORT} >> .env.dev-5
 
           echo S3_STORAGE=0 >> .env.dev-5
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
           echo S3_SECRET=${{ secrets.AMAZON_SECRET }} >> .env.dev-5
           echo S3_REGION_NAME=eu-central-1 >> .env.dev-5
 
+          echo NODE_ENV=production >> .env.dev-5
+
           export ENVFILE=$(pwd)/.env.dev-5
           ./start.sh dspace-5
 
@@ -86,8 +88,8 @@ jobs:
           ./start.sh dspace-$INSTANCE
           /bin/bash -c 'while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w ''%{http_code}'' http://dev-5.pc:8$INSTANCE/server/api)" != "200" ]]; do sleep 5; done'
 
-    
-          
+
+
   import-8:
     runs-on: dspace-dep-1
     if: github.event.inputs.IMPORT == 'true'
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 664cd409aca..e7420983a0f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ ENV NODE_ENV development
 RUN apk add tzdata
 RUN yarn build:prod
 RUN npm install pm2 -g
-CMD /bin/sh -c "pm2-runtime start dspace-ui.json > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"
+CMD /bin/sh -c "pm2-runtime start docker/dspace-ui.json > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 21c8adec4fd..4734a4010a7 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ services:
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
     networks:
       dspacenet:
-    entrypoint: ${FE_CMD:-/bin/sh -c "pm2-runtime start dspace-ui.json > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"}
+    entrypoint: ${FE_CMD:-/bin/sh -c "pm2-runtime start docker/dspace-ui.json > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"}
     ports:
     - published: 400${INSTANCE}
       target: 4000
diff --git a/dspace-ui.json b/dspace-ui.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 85e020ce63e..00000000000
--- a/dspace-ui.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "apps": [
-        {
-           "name": "dspace-ui",
-           "cwd": "/app",
-           "script": "dist/server/main.js",
-           "instances": "7",
-           "exec_mode": "cluster",
-           "node_args": "--max_old_space_size=4096"
-        }
-    ]
-}