diff --git a/deploy/helm/rag/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/rag/Chart.yaml
index 4048e99..3a47b48 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/rag/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/rag/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: rag
 description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
 type: application
-version: 0.2.34
-appVersion: "0.2.34"
+version: 0.2.35
+appVersion: "0.2.35"
 
 dependencies:
   - name: pgvector
diff --git a/deploy/helm/rag/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/rag/values.yaml
index 7f8921f..2d763d8 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/rag/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/rag/values.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ replicaCount: 1
 image:
   repository: quay.io/rh-ai-quickstart/llamastack-dist-ui
   pullPolicy: Always
-  tag: 0.2.34
+  tag: 0.2.35
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ livenessProbe:
   httpGet:
     path: /
     port: http
+  initialDelaySeconds: 60
+  timeoutSeconds: 15
 
 readinessProbe:
   httpGet:
     path: /
     port: http
+  initialDelaySeconds: 30
+  timeoutSeconds: 15
 
 env:
   - name: LLAMA_STACK_ENDPOINT
diff --git a/frontend/Containerfile b/frontend/Containerfile
index 64c032c..406f760 100644
--- a/frontend/Containerfile
+++ b/frontend/Containerfile
@@ -5,30 +5,27 @@ FROM python:3.12-slim
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Install uv first (rarely changes)
-RUN pip install uv
+# Install only runtime dependencies at build time.
+ENV PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR=1 \
+    PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
+    PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 
-# Copy dependency file first (for better caching)
+# Copy dependency metadata first for better layer caching.
 COPY pyproject.toml ./
 
-# Install dependencies only (cached unless pyproject.toml changes)
-RUN uv pip install --system -r pyproject.toml
+# Install dependencies into system site-packages during build.
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir uv && \
+    uv pip install --system -r pyproject.toml && \
+    pip uninstall -y uv && \
+    rm -rf /root/.cache/uv /root/.cache/pip
 
-# Copy application code (invalidates cache only on code changes)
+# Copy the rest of the application source.
 COPY . /app/
 
-# Set UV cache directory to a writable location
-ENV UV_CACHE_DIR=/app/.uv-cache
-ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/app/.cache
-
-# Create cache directories with proper permissions
-RUN mkdir -p /app/.uv-cache /app/.cache && \
-    chmod -R 777 /app/.uv-cache /app/.cache
-
 # Ensure all app files have proper ownership and permissions for non-root users
 RUN chown -R 1001:0 /app && \
     chmod -R g+rwX /app
 
 EXPOSE 8501
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["uv", "run", "streamlit", "run", "/app/llama_stack_ui/distribution/ui/app.py", "--server.port=8501", "--server.address=0.0.0.0"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["python", "-m", "streamlit", "run", "/app/llama_stack_ui/distribution/ui/app.py", "--server.port=8501", "--server.address=0.0.0.0"]