diff --git a/config/config.yml b/config/config.yml
index 6016a55b498..9257bd2b09d 100644
--- a/config/config.yml
+++ b/config/config.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,38 @@ rest:
   port: 8080
   nameSpace: /server
 
+universal:
+  # Whether to tell Angular to inline "critical" styles into the server-side rendered HTML.
+  # Determining which styles are critical is a relatively expensive operation; this option is
+  # disabled (false) by default to boost server performance at the expense of loading smoothness.
+  inlineCriticalCss: false
+  # Patterns to be run as regexes against the path of the page to check if SSR is allowed.
+  # If the path match any of the regexes it will be served directly in CSR.
+  # By default, excludes community and collection browse, global browse, global search, community list, statistics and various administrative tools.
+  excludePathPatterns:
+    - pattern: "^/communities/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$"
+      flag: "i"
+    - pattern: "^/collections/[a-f0-9-]{36}/browse(/.*)?$"
+      flag: "i"
+    - pattern: "^/browse/"
+    - pattern: "^/search$"
+    - pattern: "^/community-list$"
+    - pattern: "^/admin/"
+    - pattern: "^/processes/?"
+    - pattern: "^/notifications/"
+    - pattern: "^/statistics/?"
+    - pattern: "^/access-control/"
+    - pattern: "^/health$"
+
+  # Whether to enable rendering of Search component on SSR.
+  # If set to true the component will be included in the HTML returned from the server side rendering.
+  # If set to false the component will not be included in the HTML returned from the server side rendering.
+  enableSearchComponent: false
+  # Whether to enable rendering of Browse component on SSR.
+  # If set to true the component will be included in the HTML returned from the server side rendering.
+  # If set to false the component will not be included in the HTML returned from the server side rendering.
+  enableBrowseComponent: false
+
 # Caching settings
 cache:
   # NOTE: how long should objects be cached for by default
diff --git a/server.ts b/server.ts
index 091a4b79d38..d92310746e9 100644
--- a/server.ts
+++ b/server.ts
@@ -273,10 +273,6 @@ function serverSideRender(req, res, sendToUser: boolean = true) {
     requestUrl: req.originalUrl,
   }, (err, data) => {
     if (hasNoValue(err) && hasValue(data)) {
-      // Fix missing base href in SSR output
-      const baseHref = `${environment.ui.nameSpace}${environment.ui.nameSpace.endsWith('/') ? '' : '/'}`;
-      data = data.replace(/<base href=".*?">/, `<base href="${baseHref}">`);
-
       // Replace REST URL with UI URL
         if (environment.universal.replaceRestUrl && REST_BASE_URL !== environment.rest.baseUrl) {
           data = data.replace(new RegExp(REST_BASE_URL, 'g'), environment.rest.baseUrl);
@@ -307,13 +303,24 @@ function serverSideRender(req, res, sendToUser: boolean = true) {
   });
 }
 
-/**
- * Send back response to user to trigger direct client-side rendering (CSR)
- * @param req current request
- * @param res current response
- */
+// Read file once at startup
+const indexHtmlContent = readFileSync(indexHtml, 'utf8');
+
 function clientSideRender(req, res) {
-  res.sendFile(indexHtml);
+  const namespace = environment.ui.nameSpace || '/';
+  let html = indexHtmlContent;
+  // Replace base href dynamically
+  html = html.replace(
+    /<base href="[^"]*">/,
+    `<base href="${namespace.endsWith('/') ? namespace : namespace + '/'}">`
+  );
+
+  // Replace REST URL with UI URL
+  if (environment.universal.replaceRestUrl && REST_BASE_URL !== environment.rest.baseUrl) {
+    html = html.replace(new RegExp(REST_BASE_URL, 'g'), environment.rest.baseUrl);
+  }
+
+  res.send(html);
 }