diff --git a/chart/templates/frontend.yaml b/chart/templates/frontend.yaml
index b4950c63..d75172ef 100644
--- a/chart/templates/frontend.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/frontend.yaml
@@ -30,36 +30,10 @@ spec:
         nodeType: {{ .Values.main_node_type }}
       {{- end }}
 
-      volumes:
-        - name: nginx-resolver
-          emptyDir: {}
-
-        - name: nginx-extra-includes
-          emptyDir: {}
-
-      initContainers:
-        - name: init-nginx
-          image: {{ .Values.nginx_image }}
-          command: ["/bin/sh"]
-          args: ["-c", "echo resolver $(awk 'BEGIN{ORS=\" \"} $1==\"nameserver\" {print $2}' /etc/resolv.conf) valid=30s \";\" > /etc/nginx/resolvers/resolvers.conf"]
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: nginx-resolver
-              mountPath: /etc/nginx/resolvers/
-
       containers:
         - name: nginx
           image: {{ .Values.nginx_image }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.nginx_pull_policy }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: nginx-resolver
-              mountPath: /etc/nginx/resolvers/
-              readOnly: true
-
-            # adding to override /etc/nginx/includes/locations.conf with empty dir for now
-            - name: nginx-extra-includes
-              mountPath: /etc/nginx/includes/
-              readOnly: true
-
           env:
             - name: BACKEND_HOST
               value: {{ .Values.name }}-backend
@@ -70,6 +44,9 @@ spec:
             - name: CRAWLER_SVC_SUFFIX
               value: ".crawl-$crawl"
 
+            - name: NO_MINIO_ROUTE
+              value: "1"
+
           resources:
             limits:
               cpu: {{ .Values.nginx_limits_cpu }}
diff --git a/frontend/00-default-override-resolver-config.sh b/frontend/00-default-override-resolver-config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0ab14cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/00-default-override-resolver-config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# remove old config
+rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+
+if [ "$NO_MINIO_ROUTE" == "1" ]; then
+  echo "clearning out minio route"
+  echo "" > /etc/nginx/includes/minio.conf
+fi
+
+mkdir -p /etc/nginx/resolvers/
+echo resolver $(awk 'BEGIN{ORS=" "} $1=="nameserver" {print $2}' /etc/resolv.conf) valid=30s ";" > /etc/nginx/resolvers/resolvers.conf
+
+cat /etc/nginx/resolvers/resolvers.conf
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 7e5c1bf4..8beac932 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@ COPY --from=build /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
 
 COPY ./nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 COPY ./frontend.conf.template /etc/nginx/templates/
+COPY ./minio.conf /etc/nginx/includes/
 
-# default docker resolver, overridden in k8s
-RUN rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/*; \
-    mkdir -p /etc/nginx/includes/; \
-    mkdir -p /etc/nginx/resolvers; echo "resolver 127.0.0.11;" > /etc/nginx/resolvers/resolvers.conf
-    #mkdir -p /etc/nginx/resolvers; echo "" > /etc/nginx/resolvers/resolvers.conf
+ADD ./00-default-override-resolver-config.sh ./docker-entrypoint.d/
 
-COPY ./locations.conf /etc/nginx/includes/
diff --git a/frontend/frontend.conf.template b/frontend/frontend.conf.template
index 85e66916..a8861c87 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend.conf.template
+++ b/frontend/frontend.conf.template
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ server {
       set $crawl $2;
       set $num $3;
       set $auth_bearer $arg_auth_bearer;
+      set $svc_suffix "${CRAWLER_SVC_SUFFIX}";
+      set $fqdn_suffix "${CRAWLER_FQDN_SUFFIX}";
+
       auth_request  /access_check;
 
-      proxy_pass http://crawl-$crawl-$num${CRAWLER_SVC_SUFFIX}${CRAWLER_FQDN_SUFFIX}:9037/ws;
+      proxy_pass http://crawl-$crawl-$num$svc_suffix$fqdn_suffix:9037/ws;
       proxy_set_header Host "localhost";
 
       proxy_http_version 1.1;
@@ -63,10 +66,11 @@ server {
       set $browserid $1;
       set $auth_bearer $arg_auth_bearer;
       set $archive $arg_aid;
+      set $fqdn_suffix "${CRAWLER_FQDN_SUFFIX}";
+
       auth_request  /access_check_profiles;
 
-      #proxy_pass http://$browser_ip:9222/$2/page/$3;
-      proxy_pass http://browser-$browserid-0.browser-$browserid${CRAWLER_FQDN_SUFFIX}:9222/$2/page/$3;
+      proxy_pass http://browser-$browserid-0.browser-$browserid$fqdn_suffix:9222/$2/page/$3;
       proxy_set_header Host "localhost";
 
       proxy_http_version 1.1;
@@ -83,8 +87,9 @@ server {
 
     location ~* /loadbrowser/([^/]+)/(.*) {
       set $browserid $1;
-      #proxy_pass http://$browser_ip:9222/$2;
-      proxy_pass http://browser-$browserid-0.browser-$browserid${CRAWLER_FQDN_SUFFIX}:9222/$2;
+      set $fqdn_suffix "${CRAWLER_FQDN_SUFFIX}";
+
+      proxy_pass http://browser-$browserid-0.browser-$browserid$fqdn_suffix:9222/$2;
       proxy_set_header Host "localhost";
 
       proxy_http_version 1.1;
diff --git a/frontend/locations.conf b/frontend/minio.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/locations.conf
rename to frontend/minio.conf