diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..425f13e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Using Docker images
+
+Tabby Web consists of two Docker images - `backend` and `frontend`. See an example set up in `docker-compose.yml`
+
+## Environment variables
+
+### Frontend
+
+* `BACKEND_URL`
+* `WEB_CONCURRENCY`
+
+### Backend
+
+* `DATABASE_URL` (required).
+* `FRONTEND_URL`
+* `APP_DIST_STORAGE`: a `file://`, `s3://`, or `gcs://` URL to store app distros in.
+* `SOCIAL_AUTH_*_KEY` & `SOCIAL_AUTH_*_SECRET`: social login credentials, supported providers are `GITHUB`, `GITLAB`, `MICROSOFT_GRAPH` and `GOOGLE_OAUTH2`.
+* `ENABLE_HOMEPAGE`: set to `False` to disable the homepage and always redirect to the app.
+
+## Installing Tabby app versions
+
+* `docker-compose run backend ./manage.py add_version 1.0.156-nightly.1`
diff --git a/app-dist/.gitkeep b/app-dist/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/backend/tabby/app/api.py b/backend/tabby/app/api.py
index fb551d5..97295f6 100644
--- a/backend/tabby/app/api.py
+++ b/backend/tabby/app/api.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class AppVersionViewSet(ListModelMixin, GenericViewSet):
         return [
             self._get_version(x['name'])
             for x in fs.listdir(settings.APP_DIST_STORAGE)
+            if x['type'] == 'directory'
         ]
 
     def _get_version(self, dir):
diff --git a/backend/tabby/app/views.py b/backend/tabby/app/views.py
index d6ea4a7..ca95250 100644
--- a/backend/tabby/app/views.py
+++ b/backend/tabby/app/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import fsspec
+import os
+from fsspec.implementations.local import LocalFileSystem
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.http.response import HttpResponseRedirect
+from django.http.response import FileResponse, HttpResponseNotFound, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.views import static
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
@@ -24,4 +26,9 @@ class AppDistView(APIView):
     def get(self, request, version=None, path=None, format=None):
         fs = fsspec.filesystem(urlparse(settings.APP_DIST_STORAGE).scheme)
         url = f'{settings.APP_DIST_STORAGE}/{version}/{path}'
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(fs.url(url))
+        if isinstance(fs, LocalFileSystem):
+            if not fs.exists(url):
+                return HttpResponseNotFound()
+            return FileResponse(fs.open(url), filename=os.path.basename(url))
+        else:
+            return HttpResponseRedirect(fs.url(url))
diff --git a/backend/tabby/urls.py b/backend/tabby/urls.py
index 6357933..e180a63 100644
--- a/backend/tabby/urls.py
+++ b/backend/tabby/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import admin
+from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
 from django.urls import path, include
 from django.views.static import serve
 from .app.urls import urlpatterns as app_urlpatterns
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('', include(app_urlpatterns)),
     path('api/1/auth/social/', include('social_django.urls', namespace='social')),
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
-    path(f'{settings.STATIC_URL.strip("/")}/<path:path>', serve, kwargs={
-        'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT,
-    }),
-]
+    # path(f'{settings.STATIC_URL.strip("/")}/<path:path>', serve, kwargs={
+    #     'document_root': settings.STATIC_ROOT,
+    # }),
+] + staticfiles_urlpatterns(settings.STATIC_URL)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d258cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+services:
+    frontend:
+        build: frontend
+        ports:
+        - 9090:80
+        environment:
+        - PORT=80
+        - BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:9091
+    backend:
+        build: backend
+        ports:
+        - 9091:80
+        volumes:
+        - ./app-dist:/app-dist
+        environment:
+        - DATABASE_URL
+        - PORT=80
+        - FRONTEND_URL=http://localhost:9090
+        - ENABLE_HOMEPAGE=False
+        - DEBUG=False
+        - APP_DIST_STORAGE=file:///app-dist
diff --git a/frontend/cloudbuild.yaml b/frontend/cloudbuild.yaml
index 04c3d7e..aae2530 100644
--- a/frontend/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/frontend/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ steps:
   - '${_DOCKER_TAG}'
   - '--cache-from'
   - '${_DOCKER_TAG}'
-  - '--build-arg'
-  - 'BACKEND_URL=${_BACKEND_URL}'
   - '.'
 
 images: ['${_DOCKER_TAG}']
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.html b/frontend/src/index.html
index 13e57e8..16be000 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.html
+++ b/frontend/src/index.html
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
     <meta property="twitter:title" content="Tabby - a terminal for a more modern age">
     <meta property="twitter:description" content="Tabby is a free and open source SSH, local and Telnet terminal with everything you'll ever need.">
     <meta property="twitter:image" content="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/161476/126016449-a053012a-e322-48ed-a2ab-3ed4f3281465.png">
+
+    <meta property="x-tabby-web-backend-url" content="{{backendURL}}">
   </head>
   <body>
     <app></app>
diff --git a/frontend/src/server.ts b/frontend/src/server.ts
index 7855ed6..7b903b6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/server.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/server.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core'
 import { ngExpressEngine } from '@nguniversal/express-engine'
 
 import * as express from 'express'
+
 import { join } from 'path'
 
 
@@ -42,7 +43,19 @@ function start () {
     }))
 
     app.get(['/', '/app', '/login'], (req, res) => {
-        res.render('index', { req })
+        res.render(
+            'index',
+            {
+                req,
+                providers: [
+                    { provide: 'BACKEND_URL', useValue: process.env.BACKEND_URL ?? '' },
+                ],
+            },
+            (err: Error, html: string) => {
+                html = html.replace('{{backendURL}}', process.env.BACKEND_URL ?? '')
+                res.status(err ? 500 : 200).send(html || err.message)
+            },
+        )
     })
 
     app.get(['/terminal'], (req, res) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/common.service.ts b/frontend/src/services/common.service.ts
index a499ddd..d061f94 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/common.service.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/common.service.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
-import { Injectable } from '@angular/core'
-
-declare const BACKEND_URL: any
+import { Inject, Injectable, Optional } from '@angular/core'
 
 @Injectable({ providedIn: 'root' })
 export class CommonService {
-    backendURL: string = BACKEND_URL
+    backendURL: string
 
-    constructor () {
+    constructor (@Inject('BACKEND_URL') @Optional() ssrBackendURL: string) {
+        const tag = (document.querySelector('meta[property=x-tabby-web-backend-url]') as HTMLMetaElement)
+        if (ssrBackendURL) {
+            this.backendURL = ssrBackendURL
+            tag.content = ssrBackendURL
+        } else {
+            if (tag.content && !tag.content.startsWith('{{')) {
+                this.backendURL = tag.content
+            } else {
+                this.backendURL = ''
+            }
+        }
+
+        console.log(this.backendURL)
         if (this.backendURL.endsWith('/')) {
             this.backendURL = this.backendURL.slice(0, -1)
         }
diff --git a/frontend/src/terminal.ts b/frontend/src/terminal.ts
index ab6f10d..20e8e09 100644
--- a/frontend/src/terminal.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/terminal.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import './terminal-styles.scss'
 
 async function start () {
+    window['__filename'] = ''
+
     await new Promise<void>(resolve => {
         window.addEventListener('message', event => {
             if (event.data === 'connector-ready') {
diff --git a/frontend/yarn.lock b/frontend/yarn.lock
index a91e7b4..9fd3234 100644
--- a/frontend/yarn.lock
+++ b/frontend/yarn.lock
@@ -953,6 +953,11 @@ async-foreach@^0.1.3:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-foreach/-/async-foreach-0.1.3.tgz#36121f845c0578172de419a97dbeb1d16ec34542"
   integrity sha1-NhIfhFwFeBct5Bmpfb6x0W7DRUI=
 
+async@~3.2.0:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-3.2.1.tgz#d3274ec66d107a47476a4c49136aacdb00665fc8"
+  integrity sha512-XdD5lRO/87udXCMC9meWdYiR+Nq6ZjUfXidViUZGu2F1MO4T3XwZ1et0hb2++BgLfhyJwy44BGB/yx80ABx8hg==
+
 asynckit@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/asynckit/-/asynckit-0.4.0.tgz#c79ed97f7f34cb8f2ba1bc9790bcc366474b4b79"
@@ -2898,6 +2903,13 @@ lru-cache@^6.0.0:
   dependencies:
     yallist "^4.0.0"
 
+lru-cache@~5.1.1:
+  version "5.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-5.1.1.tgz#1da27e6710271947695daf6848e847f01d84b920"
+  integrity sha512-KpNARQA3Iwv+jTA0utUVVbrh+Jlrr1Fv0e56GGzAFOXN7dk/FviaDW8LHmK52DlcH4WP2n6gI8vN1aesBFgo9w==
+  dependencies:
+    yallist "^3.0.2"
+
 magic-string@^0.25.0:
   version "0.25.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/magic-string/-/magic-string-0.25.7.tgz#3f497d6fd34c669c6798dcb821f2ef31f5445051"
@@ -3064,6 +3076,20 @@ ms@2.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz#d09d1f357b443f493382a8eb3ccd183872ae6009"
   integrity sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==
 
+mustache-express@^1.3.1:
+  version "1.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mustache-express/-/mustache-express-1.3.1.tgz#b5144513ab79a503c87aa8cb16fe019d2f61d9f9"
+  integrity sha512-RSSzrvM+CVAk9217dkWSNYyl6c2JnesNn6zaZ8+FvZSn8aLxY9l4kTnYqIoiE8GxdLyVQL2ak7XlMZS6t/l8YA==
+  dependencies:
+    async "~3.2.0"
+    lru-cache "~5.1.1"
+    mustache "^4.2.0"
+
+mustache@^4.2.0:
+  version "4.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mustache/-/mustache-4.2.0.tgz#e5892324d60a12ec9c2a73359edca52972bf6f64"
+  integrity sha512-71ippSywq5Yb7/tVYyGbkBggbU8H3u5Rz56fH60jGFgr8uHwxs+aSKeqmluIVzM0m0kB7xQjKS6qPfd0b2ZoqQ==
+
 nan@^2.13.2:
   version "2.14.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.14.2.tgz#f5376400695168f4cc694ac9393d0c9585eeea19"
@@ -4950,6 +4976,11 @@ y18n@^5.0.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/y18n/-/y18n-5.0.8.tgz#7f4934d0f7ca8c56f95314939ddcd2dd91ce1d55"
   integrity sha512-0pfFzegeDWJHJIAmTLRP2DwHjdF5s7jo9tuztdQxAhINCdvS+3nGINqPd00AphqJR/0LhANUS6/+7SCb98YOfA==
 
+yallist@^3.0.2:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yallist/-/yallist-3.1.1.tgz#dbb7daf9bfd8bac9ab45ebf602b8cbad0d5d08fd"
+  integrity sha512-a4UGQaWPH59mOXUYnAG2ewncQS4i4F43Tv3JoAM+s2VDAmS9NsK8GpDMLrCHPksFT7h3K6TOoUNn2pb7RoXx4g==
+
 yallist@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz#9bb92790d9c0effec63be73519e11a35019a3a72"