diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 22cddce..851bc5f 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ COPY package.json ./
 COPY drizzle.config.ts ./
 COPY drizzle/ ./drizzle/
 COPY src/ ./src/
+COPY .env ./
 
 RUN bun install --frozen-lockfile
 
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 28a367a..7bd123d 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ COPY tsconfig*.json ./
 COPY vite.config.ts ./
 COPY src/ ./src/
 COPY public/ ./public/
-
-# VITE_API_URL must be set at build time — Vite bakes it into the bundle
-ARG VITE_API_URL
-ENV VITE_API_URL=$VITE_API_URL
+COPY .env ./
 
 RUN bun install --frozen-lockfile
 RUN bun run build
diff --git a/frontend/src/App.tsx b/frontend/src/App.tsx
index 62842ba..b182aef 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/App.tsx
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function SupportApp() {
 
 export default function App() {
   return (
-    <BrowserRouter basename="/projects/support-ticket-demo">
+    <BrowserRouter>
       <Routes>
         <Route path="/" element={<SupportApp />} />
         <Route path="*" element={<NotFound />} />