diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index df4ee90acc..8b2eb42036 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-require "core/audit_logger"
+require 'core/audit_logger'
 # This class implements functionality to support modal views.
 # All subclasses which require modal views should inherit from this class.
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
-  layout "application"
+  layout 'application'
   include ApplicationHelper
 
   # includes services method
@@ -33,24 +33,24 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   #                    has several bugs)
   # "beta"            (if it's almost ready for public release)
   def release_state
-    "public_release"
+    'public_release'
   end
 
   # catch all api errors and render exception page
 
-  rescue_from "Elektron::Errors::Request" do |exception|
+  rescue_from 'Elektron::Errors::Request' do |exception|
     options = {
-      title: "Backend Slowdown Detected",
+      title: 'Backend Slowdown Detected',
       description:
-        "We are currently experiencing a higher latency in our " \
-          "backend calls. This should be fixed momentarily. Please " \
-          "try again in a couple of minutes.",
+        'We are currently experiencing a higher latency in our ' \
+          'backend calls. This should be fixed momentarily. Please ' \
+          'try again in a couple of minutes.',
       warning: true,
-      sentry: false,
+      sentry: false
     }
 
     # send to sentry if exception isn't a timeout error
-    options[:sentry] = true unless exception.message == "Net::ReadTimeout"
+    options[:sentry] = true unless exception.message == 'Net::ReadTimeout'
 
     render_exception_page(exception, options)
   end
@@ -61,28 +61,28 @@ def modal?
   end
 
   def modal_size
-    params[:modal_size] || "modal-xl"
+    params[:modal_size] || 'modal-xl'
   end
 
   def render(*args)
     options = args.extract_options!
-    options[:layout] = "modal" if modal?
-    super *args, options
+    options[:layout] = 'modal' if modal?
+    super(*args, options)
   end
 
   def redirect_to(options = {}, response_options = {})
     if request.format == Mime[:json] || modal? || params[:polling_service] ||
-         params[:do_not_redirect]
+       params[:do_not_redirect]
       head :ok, location: url_for(options)
     else
-      # Note: please do not use "allow_other_host: true" here just pass it as an option from the controller where redirect_to is called
+      # NOTE: please do not use "allow_other_host: true" here just pass it as an option from the controller where redirect_to is called
       super options, response_options
     end
   end
 
   def plugin_name
     if @plugin_name.blank?
-      tokens = self.class.name.split("::").collect(&:underscore)
+      tokens = self.class.name.split('::').collect(&:underscore)
       @plugin_name = tokens.find { |t| Core::PluginsManager.plugin?(t) }
     end
     @plugin_name
diff --git a/app/controllers/scope_controller.rb b/app/controllers/scope_controller.rb
index 9f2dea0be2..1e1d0d3300 100644
--- a/app/controllers/scope_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/scope_controller.rb
@@ -6,23 +6,24 @@
 class ScopeController < ::ApplicationController
   # keep the before_action with prepend to ensure that the load_scoped_objects method is called first
   prepend_before_action :load_scoped_objects
+  prepend_before_action :create_default_domain_config
   # At this point is the domain configuration already loaded and the scoped domain and project are set.
   # The plugin_name is set by the ApplicationController which is inherited by this class.
   before_action :hidden_plugin_redirect
 
   # to prevent unauthorized access to hidden plugins we redirect to a 404 page
   # if the plugin is hidden for the current domain
-  def hidden_plugin_redirect   
-    if @domain_config.plugin_hidden?(plugin_name.to_s)
-      redirect_to "/error-404"
-    end
+  def hidden_plugin_redirect
+    return unless @domain_config.plugin_hidden?(plugin_name.to_s)
+
+    redirect_to '/error-404'
   end
 
   def load_scoped_objects
     # initialize scoped domain's and project's friendly id
     # use existing, user's or default domain
     domain_id =
-      (params[:domain_id] || Rails.application.config.service_user_domain_name)
+      params[:domain_id] || Rails.application.config.service_user_domain_name
     project_id = params[:project_id]
 
     @scoped_domain_fid = @scoped_domain_id = domain_id
@@ -32,9 +33,7 @@ def load_scoped_objects
     rescoping_service = Dashboard::RescopingService.new(service_user)
     domain_friendly_id =
       rescoping_service.domain_friendly_id(@scoped_domain_fid)
-    unless domain_friendly_id
-      raise Core::Error::DomainNotFound, "Domain #{domain_id} not found!"
-    end
+    raise Core::Error::DomainNotFound, "Domain #{domain_id} not found!" unless domain_friendly_id
 
     # set scoped domain parameters
     @scoped_domain_id = domain_friendly_id.key
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ def load_scoped_objects
       project_friendly_id =
         rescoping_service.project_friendly_id(
           @scoped_domain_id,
-          @scoped_project_fid,
+          @scoped_project_fid
         )
     end
 
@@ -57,40 +56,35 @@ def load_scoped_objects
       @scoped_project_name = project_friendly_id.name
     end
 
-    #puts "SCOPED CONTROLLER"
-    #puts @scoped_domain_id
-    #puts @scoped_project_id
+    # puts "SCOPED CONTROLLER"
+    # puts @scoped_domain_id
+    # puts @scoped_project_id
 
-    if domain_id != @scoped_domain_fid || project_id != @scoped_project_fid
-      # url_for does not work for plugins. Use path instead!
-
-      if @scoped_domain_id
-        # replace domain_id with domain friendly id
+    # url_for does not work for plugins. Use path instead!
+    if (domain_id != @scoped_domain_fid || project_id != @scoped_project_fid) && @scoped_domain_id
+      # replace domain_id with domain friendly id
 
+      new_path =
+        request.path.gsub(
+          %r{^/#{domain_id}/(?<rest>.*)},
+          '/' + @scoped_domain_fid + '/\k<rest>'
+        )
+      new_path = "/#{@scoped_domain_fid}#{new_path}" unless new_path.include?(@scoped_domain_fid)
+      # replace project_id with freindly id if given
+      if @scoped_project_id
         new_path =
-          request.path.gsub(
-            %r{^\/#{domain_id}\/(?<rest>.*)},
-            "/" + @scoped_domain_fid + '/\k<rest>',
+          new_path.gsub(
+            %r{^/(?<domain>.+)/#{project_id}/(?<rest>.*)},
+            '/\k<domain>/' + @scoped_project_fid + '/\k<rest>'
           )
-        unless new_path.include?(@scoped_domain_fid)
-          new_path = "/#{@scoped_domain_fid}#{new_path}"
-        end
-        # replace project_id with freindly id if given
-        if @scoped_project_id
-          new_path =
-            new_path.gsub(
-              %r{^\/(?<domain>.+)\/#{project_id}\/(?<rest>.*)},
-              '/\k<domain>/' + @scoped_project_fid + '/\k<rest>',
-            )
-        end
-
-        url_params = request.query_parameters
-        url_params.delete(:domain_id)
-        url_params.delete(:project_id)
-        new_path += "?#{url_params.to_query}" unless url_params.empty?
-
-        redirect_to new_path unless params[:modal]
       end
+
+      url_params = request.query_parameters
+      url_params.delete(:domain_id)
+      url_params.delete(:project_id)
+      new_path += "?#{url_params.to_query}" unless url_params.empty?
+
+      redirect_to new_path unless params[:modal]
     end
 
     @policy_default_params = { target: {} }
@@ -99,25 +93,32 @@ def load_scoped_objects
 
     @can_access_domain = !@scoped_domain_name.nil?
     @can_access_project = !@scoped_project_name.nil?
-    
-    # the presence of this variable is tested in spec/controllers/scope_controller_spec.rb
-    @domain_config = DomainConfig.new(@scoped_domain_name)
+    # from here the real domain name is known so we can update the domain config with this name
+    @domain_config.update_domain(@scoped_domain_name)
   end
 
   rescue_from(
-    "Core::Error::ServiceUserNotAuthenticated",
-    "Core::Error::DomainNotFound",
+    'Core::Error::ServiceUserNotAuthenticated',
+    'Core::Error::DomainNotFound'
   ) do |exception|
     render_exception_page(
       exception,
-      title: "Unsupported Domain",
-      description: ->(_e, controller) do
+      title: 'Unsupported Domain',
+      description: lambda do |_e, controller|
         "A domain with the name <b>#{controller.params[:domain_id]}</b> doesn't seem to exist. Please check the spelling and try again"
       end,
       details: :message,
       warning: true,
       sentry: true,
-      status: 404,
+      status: 404
     )
   end
+
+  # this method creates a default domain config object from the domain_id parameter
+  # the domain_id parameter can be the name or the id of the domain
+  # the real name is resolved in the load_scoped_objects method and also updates the domain config
+  # this method called in the prepend_before_action chain as first to ensure that the domain config is available
+  def create_default_domain_config
+    @domain_config = DomainConfig.new(params[:domain_id])
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/domain_config.rb b/config/initializers/domain_config.rb
index 2e1f9abdc6..5e07618bee 100644
--- a/config/initializers/domain_config.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/domain_config.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require "yaml"
+require 'yaml'
 
 # there are unit tests for this file. Have a look at elektra/spec/initializers/domain_config_spec.rb
 
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ class DomainConfig
   elsif File.exist?("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../support/domain_config.yaml")
     @@domain_config_file = YAML.load_file("#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../support/domain_config.yaml") || {}
   else
-    raise "DomainConfig: No domain config file found"
+    raise 'DomainConfig: No domain config file found'
   end
 
-
   def initialize(scoped_domain_name)
+    update_domain(scoped_domain_name)
+  end
+
+  def update_domain(scoped_domain_name)
     @scoped_domain_name = scoped_domain_name
     # initialize the domain config using the find_config method
     @domain_config = find_config(@@domain_config_file, scoped_domain_name)
@@ -30,38 +33,38 @@ def initialize(scoped_domain_name)
   # this method allows to hide plugins for specific domains
   # it is used for building the services menu (config/navigation/*)
   def plugin_hidden?(name)
-    return @domain_config.fetch("disabled_plugins", []).include?(name.to_s)
+    @domain_config.fetch('disabled_plugins', []).include?(name.to_s)
   end
 
   def feature_hidden?(name)
-    return @domain_config.fetch("disabled_features", []).include?(name.to_s)
+    @domain_config.fetch('disabled_features', []).include?(name.to_s)
   end
 
   def floating_ip_networks
     # fetch floating_ip_networks from config
     # and replace #{domain_name} in each network name with the scoped domain name
-    return @domain_config.fetch("floating_ip_networks", []).map do |network_name|
-      network_name.gsub('%DOMAIN_NAME%',@scoped_domain_name)
+    @domain_config.fetch('floating_ip_networks', []).map do |network_name|
+      network_name.gsub('%DOMAIN_NAME%', @scoped_domain_name)
     end
   end
 
   def dns_c_subdomain?
-    return @domain_config.fetch("dns_c_subdomain", false)
+    @domain_config.fetch('dns_c_subdomain', false)
   end
 
   def check_cidr_range?
-    return @domain_config.fetch("check_cidr_range", true)
+    @domain_config.fetch('check_cidr_range', true)
   end
-  
+
   private
 
   def find_config(domains_config, scoped_domain_name)
     # to allow to match the last matching domain config, we reverse the list
-    # it allows us to define a config matching all domains at the top and then 
+    # it allows us to define a config matching all domains at the top and then
     # override it with a more specific config.
-    domains_config.fetch("domains", []).reverse.find do |domain_config|
+    domains_config.fetch('domains', []).reverse.find do |domain_config|
       regex_pattern = Regexp.new(domain_config.fetch('regex', ''))
       scoped_domain_name =~ regex_pattern
     end || {}
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sprockets_processor.rb b/config/initializers/sprockets_processor.rb
index 96dd23cbfb..c448e8714b 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sprockets_processor.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sprockets_processor.rb
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ def self.call(input)
     # check if the file is a _widget.js file
     # copy the file to the public/assets folder
     if filename.end_with?('_widget.js')
-      # without the digest in the file name
-      path = File.join(Rails.public_path, 'assets', File.basename(filename))
-      # Ensure the path directory exists
-      FileUtils.mkdir_p(path)
+      target_dir = File.join(Rails.public_path, 'assets')
+      target_path = File.join(target_dir, File.basename(filename))
+      # Ensure the target directory exists
+      FileUtils.mkdir_p(target_dir)
       # Copy the file
-      FileUtils.cp(filename, path)
+      FileUtils.cp(filename, target_path)
     end
     nil
   end