diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
deleted file mode 100644
index 8487312bd..000000000
--- a/.htaccess
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-RewriteEngine On
-DirectoryIndex index.html
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
-RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
-RewriteRule . index.html [L]
-
-<FilesMatch "index\.html">
-Header set Cache-Control "max-age=60, private, proxy-revalidate"
-</FilesMatch>
diff --git a/create-htaccess.js b/create-htaccess.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a2c8ba22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create-htaccess.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const htaccessContent = `
+RewriteEngine On
+
+RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} -f [OR]
+RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_URI} -d
+RewriteRule ^ - [L]
+
+RewriteRule ^ /index.html
+`;
+
+const distPath = path.join(__dirname, 'dist');
+const htaccessPath = path.join(distPath, '.htaccess');
+
+fs.writeFileSync(htaccessPath, htaccessContent.trim());
+
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f0935e084..a549e4b8b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "vite build",
+    "postbuild": "node create-htaccess.js",
     "dev": "vite",
     "eject": "react-scripts eject",
     "lint": "eslint src --max-warnings=0 --cache --cache-location node_modules/.cache/eslint",