diff --git a/images/pulp/stable/Containerfile b/images/pulp/stable/Containerfile
index c89e8271..dde781f4 100644
--- a/images/pulp/stable/Containerfile
+++ b/images/pulp/stable/Containerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ARG PULP_RPM_VERSION=""
 ARG PULP_OSTREE_VERSION=""
 ARG PULP_UI_URL=""
 
-ENV PULP_UI=true
+ENV PULP_UI=${PULP_UI_URL:-false}
 COPY images/assets/requirements.extra.txt /requirements.extra.txt
 
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade \
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN ln $(pip3 show pulp_python | sed -n -e 's/Location: //p')/pulp_python/app/we
 
 RUN <<EOF
 if [[ "$PULP_UI_URL" ]]; then
-    mkdir -p /usr/share/nginx/static/pulp_ui
-    curl -Ls $PULP_UI_URL | tar -xzv -C /usr/share/nginx/static/pulp_ui
+    mkdir -p "${PULP_STATIC_ROOT}pulp_ui"
+    curl -Ls $PULP_UI_URL | tar -xzv -C "${PULP_STATIC_ROOT}pulp_ui"
 fi
 EOF
diff --git a/images/s6_assets/nginx.conf.j2 b/images/s6_assets/nginx.conf.j2
index 1e63ec40..4cf1c388 100644
--- a/images/s6_assets/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/images/s6_assets/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -107,12 +107,15 @@ http {
 
         {% if ui | default(false) -%}
         location /static/pulp_ui/ {
-            root /usr/share/nginx/;
+            root {{ pulp_ui_static|replace("static/pulp_ui/", "") }};
             try_files $uri /static/pulp_ui/index.html;
         }
         location /ui/ {
-            alias /usr/share/nginx/static/pulp_ui/;
-            try_files $uri /static/pulp_ui/index.html
+            alias {{ pulp_ui_static }};
+            try_files $uri index.html;
+        }
+        location /pulp-ui-config.json {
+            root {{ pulp_ui_static }};
         }
         {%- endif %}
 
diff --git a/images/s6_assets/template_nginx.py b/images/s6_assets/template_nginx.py
index e915c66f..ce9d50bf 100755
--- a/images/s6_assets/template_nginx.py
+++ b/images/s6_assets/template_nginx.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import json
 import os
 import django
 from django.core.exceptions import AppRegistryNotReady, ImproperlyConfigured
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@
         "api_root": "/pulp/",
         "content_path": "/pulp/content/",
         "domain_enabled": False,
-        "ui": ui != "false",
+        "ui": ui.lower() != "false",
     }
 
     try:
@@ -34,6 +35,23 @@
         values["content_path"] = settings.CONTENT_PATH_PREFIX
         values["domain_enabled"] = getattr(settings, "DOMAIN_ENABLED", False)
 
+    if values["ui"]:
+        static = os.getenv("PULP_STATIC_ROOT", "/var/lib/operator/static/")
+        values["pulp_ui_static"] = f"{static}pulp_ui/"
+        if os.path.exists(values["pulp_ui_static"]):
+            ui_config_path = f'{values["pulp_ui_static"]}pulp-ui-config.json'
+            if os.path.exists(ui_config_path):
+                with open(ui_config_path, "r") as f:
+                    ui_config = json.load(f)
+                api_base_path = f"{values['api_root']}api/v3/"
+                if ui_config["API_BASE_PATH"] != api_base_path:
+                    ui_config["API_BASE_PATH"] = api_base_path
+                    with open(ui_config_path, "w") as f:
+                        json.dump(ui_config, f)
+        else:
+            print(f"Failed to find the pulp-ui static files at {values['pulp_ui_static']}")
+            values["ui"] = False
+
     template = Template(args.template_file.read())
     output = template.render(**values)
     args.output_file.write(output)