diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82ab2189..61375e19 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ postgres-data
 node_modules
 .mypy_cache
 data/
-dist
\ No newline at end of file
+dist
+!tunnel/internal/client/dashboard/dist
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tunnel/internal/client/dashboard/dashboard.go b/tunnel/internal/client/dashboard/dashboard.go
index 4e0510d8..02a6557f 100644
--- a/tunnel/internal/client/dashboard/dashboard.go
+++ b/tunnel/internal/client/dashboard/dashboard.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package dashboard
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"embed"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/amalshaji/portr/internal/client/dashboard/ui/dist"
 	"github.com/amalshaji/portr/internal/client/db"
 	"github.com/amalshaji/portr/internal/client/vite"
-	"github.com/amalshaji/portr/internal/constants"
 	"github.com/amalshaji/portr/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2/middleware/filesystem"
@@ -31,8 +31,18 @@ type Dashboard struct {
 	port   int
 }
 
+//go:embed templates
+var templatesFS embed.FS
+
 func New(db *db.Db, config *config.Config) *Dashboard {
-	engine := django.New("./internal/client/dashboard/templates", ".html")
+	var engine *django.Engine
+
+	if config.UseVite {
+		engine = django.New("./internal/client/dashboard/templates", ".html")
+	} else {
+		engine = django.NewPathForwardingFileSystem(http.FS(templatesFS), "/templates", ".html")
+	}
+
 	engine.SetAutoEscape(false)
 
 	app := fiber.New(fiber.Config{
@@ -43,20 +53,22 @@ func New(db *db.Db, config *config.Config) *Dashboard {
 	app.Use(recover.New())
 
 	if config.UseVite {
-		app.Static("/", "./internal/server/admin/web/dist")
 		app.Static("/static", "./internal/client/dashboard/static")
 	} else {
 		app.Use("/static", filesystem.New(filesystem.Config{
-			Root:       http.FS(dist.EmbededDirStatic),
+			Root:       http.FS(dist.EmbeddedDirStatic),
 			PathPrefix: "static",
 		}))
 	}
 
 	rootTemplateView := func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
-		return c.Render("index", fiber.Map{
-			"UseVite":  config.UseVite,
-			"ViteTags": vite.GenerateViteTags(constants.ClientUiViteDistDir),
-		})
+		context := fiber.Map{
+			"UseVite": config.UseVite,
+		}
+		if !config.UseVite {
+			context["ViteTags"] = vite.GenerateViteTags(dist.ManifestString)
+		}
+		return c.Render("index", context)
 	}
 
 	service := service.New(db, config)
diff --git a/tunnel/internal/client/dashboard/templates/templates.go b/tunnel/internal/client/dashboard/templates/templates.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdee2063
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tunnel/internal/client/dashboard/templates/templates.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package templates
+
+import "embed"
+
+//go:embed index.html
+var IndexTemplate embed.FS
diff --git a/tunnel/internal/client/vite/vite.go b/tunnel/internal/client/vite/vite.go
index 06889a59..a686449e 100644
--- a/tunnel/internal/client/vite/vite.go
+++ b/tunnel/internal/client/vite/vite.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package vite
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
-	"os"
 )
 
 type manifest struct {
@@ -15,14 +14,9 @@ type manifest struct {
 	} `json:"index.html"`
 }
 
-func GenerateViteTags(manifestPath string) string {
-	manifestFileContents, err := os.ReadFile(manifestPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
+func GenerateViteTags(manifestString string) string {
 	var manifest manifest
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(manifestFileContents, &manifest); err != nil {
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(manifestString), &manifest); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}