diff --git a/install/mealie-install.sh b/install/mealie-install.sh
index 134b88aa..f37b1f24 100644
--- a/install/mealie-install.sh
+++ b/install/mealie-install.sh
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${DB_PASS}
 POSTGRES_DB=${DB_NAME}
 NLTK_DATA=/nltk_data
 PRODUCTION=true
+STATIC_FILES=/opt/mealie/frontend/dist
 EOF
 msg_ok "Wrote Environment File"