diff --git a/backend/__pycache__/db_utils.cpython-312.pyc b/backend/__pycache__/db_utils.cpython-312.pyc
index 37750ee..e7a1dfa 100644
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diff --git a/backend/__pycache__/main.cpython-312.pyc b/backend/__pycache__/main.cpython-312.pyc
index d10edac..f3ea2d5 100644
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diff --git a/frontend/10-generate-env.sh b/frontend/10-generate-env.sh
index 393e41e..452fa77 100644
--- a/frontend/10-generate-env.sh
+++ b/frontend/10-generate-env.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-set -e
+# Don't use set -e to avoid crashing if chown fails
 
 # Generate env.js from API_BASE environment variable
 # This is set in the Helm deployment values
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ TARGET="/usr/share/nginx/html/env.js"
 # Default to /api as fallback (relative path)
 : ${API_BASE:=/api}
 
-echo "Generating env.js with API_BASE=${API_BASE}"
+echo "[ENTRYPOINT] Generating env.js with API_BASE=${API_BASE}"
 
 cat > "$TARGET" <<EOF
 window.__ENV__ = {
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ window.__ENV__ = {
 };
 EOF
 
-echo "✓ env.js generated at $TARGET"
+if [ -f "$TARGET" ]; then
+  echo "[ENTRYPOINT] ✓ env.js generated successfully at $TARGET"
+  cat "$TARGET"
+else
+  echo "[ENTRYPOINT] ✗ Failed to generate env.js"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
-# Ensure ownership/permissions for nginx
-chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/html || true
+# Ensure ownership/permissions for nginx (don't fail if this doesn't work)
+chown nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/html/env.js 2>/dev/null || echo "[ENTRYPOINT] Note: Could not change ownership (not critical)"
+
+echo "[ENTRYPOINT] env.js setup complete"
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index d909e90..752a989 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /app/dist /usr/share/nginx/html
 # This will run before nginx starts and generate env.js from API_BASE env var
 COPY 10-generate-env.sh /docker-entrypoint.d/10-generate-env.sh
 
-# Ensure entrypoint script is executable
-RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.d/10-generate-env.sh
+# Ensure entrypoint script is executable and has correct line endings
+RUN chmod +x /docker-entrypoint.d/10-generate-env.sh && \
+    sed -i 's/\r$//' /docker-entrypoint.d/10-generate-env.sh
 
 EXPOSE 80