diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2d3a676..b2425c0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 ARG PARENT=ubuntu/nginx
 ARG NODE_PARENT=node:18.12.1
-ARG VITE_API_KEY
+
+
 
 FROM ${NODE_PARENT} as build
-ENV APP_DIR=/app
+ARG VITE_API_KEY
 ENV VITE_API_KEY=$VITE_API_KEY
+ENV APP_DIR=/app
 
 WORKDIR ${APP_DIR}
 
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ RUN npm install
 
 # user node
 ADD --chown=node:node . ${APP_DIR}
+COPY replace_env_vars.sh /usr/local/bin/replace_env_vars.sh
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/replace_env_vars.sh
+RUN /usr/local/bin/replace_env_vars.sh
 RUN npm run build
 
 FROM ${PARENT}
diff --git a/k8s/codefresh.yaml b/k8s/codefresh.yaml
index 7ed4299..9e6fcdd 100644
--- a/k8s/codefresh.yaml
+++ b/k8s/codefresh.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ steps:
     tag: "${{CF_SHORT_REVISION}}"
     dockerfile: Dockerfile
     registry: ${{REGISTRY}}
+    build_arguments:
+      - VITE_API_KEY=${{VITE_API_KEY}}
   deploy-to-kubernetes:
     image: codefresh/cf-deploy-kubernetes
     tag: latest
diff --git a/replace_env_vars.sh b/replace_env_vars.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1ba059b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/replace_env_vars.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# replace_env_vars.sh
+
+for var in $(printenv | grep VITE_ | awk -F= '{print $1}'); do
+  sed -i 's|import.meta.env.'$var'|"'$(printenv $var)'"|g' ./demo/*.js
+done