diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8acf1d757cb69e0a8fac2ba7f0c08feee89162c7..ed070e970d10fef49e6718ed3a81de01aff3bb98 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ buildgui:
     - ./gitinfo.sh
     - ls -la src/gitinfo.json
     - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_BUILD_TOKEN gitlab-registry.mpcdf.mpg.de
-    - docker build -t $FRONTEND_TEST_IMAGE .
+    - docker build -t $FRONTEND_TEST_IMAGE --build-arg public_url=http://example.com/nomad/$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME .
     - docker push $FRONTEND_TEST_IMAGE
   except:
     - /^dev-.*$/
diff --git a/gui/Dockerfile b/gui/Dockerfile
index 85bbebe778ceb6b18afc8836c32dd6239b1fcaa7..2ac26fd119bf4c4c78f97d6ef2f3fd529b697c2c 100644
--- a/gui/Dockerfile
+++ b/gui/Dockerfile
@@ -28,13 +28,19 @@ COPY yarn.lock /nomad/app/yarn.lock
 RUN yarn
 COPY . /nomad/app
 
-RUN yarn build
+ARG public_url=http://example.com/nomad
+ENV PUBLIC_URL $public_url
+RUN yarn run build
 
 # production environment
 FROM nginx:1.13.9-alpine
 COPY --from=build /nomad/app/build /app/nomad
 COPY ./gui.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
-CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
+
+WORKDIR /app/nomad
+CMD nginx -g "daemon off;"
 
 VOLUME /etc/nginx/conf.d
 VOLUME /nomad/app/config
+
+EXPOSE 8080/tcp
diff --git a/gui/src/config.js b/gui/src/config.js
index 3bc06cc0be201d8fd627682e023eaa301ba519d7..5a95d36474441d41ce0bd54394de14e575f2336c 100644
--- a/gui/src/config.js
+++ b/gui/src/config.js
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ import analytics from '@material-ui/core/colors/lightGreen'
 import secondary from '@material-ui/core/colors/blueGrey'
 import { createMuiTheme } from '@material-ui/core'
 
-window.nomad_env = window.nomad_env || {}
-export const apiBase = process.env.REACT_APP_API_BASE || window.nomad_env.apiBase
-export const appBase = process.env.REACT_APP_APP_BASE || window.nomad_env.appBase
-export const appStaticBase = process.env.REACT_APP_APP_STATIC_BASE || window.nomad_env.appStaticBase
-export const debug = process.env.REACT_APP_DEBUG ? process.env.REACT_APP_DEBUG === 'true' : window.nomad_env.debug
+window.nomadEnv = window.nomadEnv || {}
+export const apiBase = process.env.REACT_APP_API_BASE || window.nomadEnv.apiBase
+export const appBase = process.env.REACT_APP_APP_BASE || window.nomadEnv.appBase
+export const appStaticBase = process.env.REACT_APP_APP_STATIC_BASE || window.nomadEnv.appStaticBase
+export const debug = process.env.REACT_APP_DEBUG ? process.env.REACT_APP_DEBUG === 'true' : window.nomadEnv.debug
 
 export const genTheme = createMuiTheme({
   palette: {
diff --git a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/api-deployment.yaml b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/api-deployment.yaml
index 065062e5c4b508470938fd8424b19027a58fcbb9..4a521b5a499ce4c9e599ad5401a3abada452cde8 100644
--- a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/api-deployment.yaml
+++ b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/api-deployment.yaml
@@ -43,11 +43,7 @@ spec:
         - name: NOMAD_API_PORT
           value: "{{ .Values.proxy.external.port }}"
         - name: NOMAD_API_BASE_PATH
-          {{- if .Values.proxy.external.useReleasePath }}
-          value: "{{ .Values.proxy.external.path }}/{{ .Release.Name }}/api"
-          {{- else }}
           value: "{{ .Values.proxy.external.path }}/api"
-          {{- end }}
         - name: NOMAD_API_SECRET
           value: "{{ .Values.api.secret }}"
         - name: NOMAD_RABBITMQ_HOST
@@ -76,9 +72,5 @@ spec:
       volumes:
       - name: files-volume
         hostPath:
-          {{- if .Values.volumes.useReleasePath }}
-          path: {{ .Values.volumes.files }}/{{ .Release.Name }}
-          {{- else }}
           path: {{ .Values.volumes.files }}
-          {{- end }}
           type: Directory
diff --git a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/proxy-deployment.yml b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/proxy-deployment.yml
index b42af7315d107f9d018734917119a76858e17ab6..25dec0788ba4678bd098295de53d47596475c2bf 100644
--- a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/proxy-deployment.yml
+++ b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/proxy-deployment.yml
@@ -12,37 +12,21 @@ data:
     server {
       listen        80;
       server_name   www.example.com;
-      {{- if .Values.proxy.external.useReleasePath }}
-      location {{ .Values.proxy.external.path }}/{{ .Release.Name }} {
-      {{- else }}
       location {{ .Values.proxy.external.path }} {
-      {{- end }}
         proxy_pass http://{{ include "nomad.fullname" . }}-gui:{{ .Values.gui.port }};
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
       }
 
-      {{- if .Values.proxy.external.useReleasePath }}
-      location {{ .Values.proxy.external.path }}/{{ .Release.Name }}/api {
-      {{- else }}
       location {{ .Values.proxy.external.path }}/api {
-      {{- end }}
         client_max_body_size 20g;
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_pass_request_headers on;
         proxy_pass http://{{ include "nomad.fullname" . }}-api:{{ .Values.api.port }};
       }
 
-      {{- if .Values.proxy.external.useReleasePath }}
-      location {{ .Values.proxy.external.path }}/{{ .Release.Name }}/kibana {
-      {{- else }}
       location {{ .Values.proxy.external.path }}/kibana {
-      {{- end }}
-        {{- if .Values.proxy.external.useReleasePath }}
-        rewrite ^{{ .Values.proxy.external.path}}/{{ .Release.Name }}/kibana/(.*)$ /$1 break;
-        {{- else }}
         rewrite ^{{ .Values.proxy.external.path}}/kibana/(.*)$ /$1 break;
-        {{- end }}
         proxy_pass http://{{ .Values.kibana.host }}:{{ .Values.kibana.port }};
         proxy_set_header Host $host;
         proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
diff --git a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/worker-deployment.yaml b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/worker-deployment.yaml
index f24fcbaa5eb9e1b609a5810488eef85757f7991e..1c4ea159bc6a76c1a571b79ebba3f60105a9b1b5 100644
--- a/ops/helm/nomad/templates/worker-deployment.yaml
+++ b/ops/helm/nomad/templates/worker-deployment.yaml
@@ -64,9 +64,5 @@ spec:
       volumes:
       - name: files-volume
         hostPath:
-          {{- if .Values.volumes.useReleasePath }}
-          path: {{ .Values.volumes.files }}/{{ .Release.Name }}
-          {{- else }}
           path: {{ .Values.volumes.files }}
-          {{- end }}
           type: Directory
diff --git a/ops/helm/nomad/values.yaml b/ops/helm/nomad/values.yaml
index be72c7acd8b77352fef6b60df140ca4983ff0398..ed5b6dd19ef207092fa9fdbdb8404cd057070750 100644
--- a/ops/helm/nomad/values.yaml
+++ b/ops/helm/nomad/values.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ proxy:
     host: "localhost"
     port: 30001
     ## Add a path segment with the release name to path, e.g. /nomad/liquid-thunder/...
-    useReleasePath: true
     path: "/nomad"
 
 ## configuration of the chart dependency for rabbitmq
@@ -90,6 +89,4 @@ kibana:
 
 ## Everything concerning the data that is used by the service
 volumes:
-  ## Add a path segment with the release name to path, e.g. .../fs/liquid-thunder/...
-  useReleasePath: true
   files: /scratch/nomad-fair/fs
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7c0d4c40e2b1b6426af3cd16511592013adca626..00288d570d240e31dd9d023d6692bd7516d0e460 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ python-logstash
 gitpython
 gunicorn
 structlog
+recommonmark
 m2r
 requests
 click