diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 773f605..ce870c4 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@ COPY . .
 RUN npm run build             # genera dist/ con base=/orcid2words/
 
 # ── Serve stage ────────────────────────────────────────────────
-FROM node:20-alpine
+FROM nginx:alpine
 
-WORKDIR /app
+COPY nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
+COPY --from=builder /app/dist /app/dist
 
-RUN npm install -g serve
-
-COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist
-
-EXPOSE 8073
-CMD ["serve", "-s", "dist", "-l", "5173"]
\ No newline at end of file
+EXPOSE 5173
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
diff --git a/frontend/nginx.conf b/frontend/nginx.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fa4421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/nginx.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+server {
+    listen 5173;
+    listen [::]:5173;
+    server_name _;
+
+    root /app/dist;
+    index index.html;
+
+    # Apache forwards the full path; strip /orcid2words/ before resolving files under dist/.
+    location = /orcid2words {
+        return 301 /orcid2words/;
+    }
+
+    location /orcid2words/ {
+        rewrite ^/orcid2words/(.*)$ /$1 break;
+        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+    }
+}