diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c5405969..750b8834d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ web/public/js/bundle.js
 web/public/css/*.*
 web/public/html/**/*.*
 web/public/fonts/*.*
-web2/dist
 web2/.nyc_output
+web2/dist/**/*
 config.json
 .DS_Store
 node_modules/
diff --git a/Taskfile.yml b/Taskfile.yml
index 81d88f4fc..e97b8eee9 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/Taskfile.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ tasks:
       - db/db-packr.go
       - api/api-packr.go
     cmds:
+      - mkdir -p web2/dist
       - go run util/version_gen/generator.go {{ if .TAG }}{{ .TAG }}{{ else }}{{ if .SEMAPHORE_VERSION }}{{ .SEMAPHORE_VERSION }}{{ else }}{{ .BRANCH }}-{{ .SHA }}-{{ .TIMESTAMP }}{{ if .DIRTY }}-dirty{{ end }}{{ end }}{{end}}
       - packr
     vars:
diff --git a/api/router.go b/api/router.go
index a42bc52de..da051d154 100644
--- a/api/router.go
+++ b/api/router.go
@@ -16,15 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/russross/blackfriday"
 )
 
-var publicAssets packr.Box
-
-func getPublicAssetsPath() string {
-	if util.Config != nil && util.Config.OldFrontend {
-		return "../web/public"
-	}
-
-	return "../web2/dist"
-}
+var publicAssets = packr.NewBox("../web/public")
+var publicAssets2 = packr.NewBox("../web2/dist")
 
 //JSONMiddleware ensures that all the routes respond with Json, this is added by default to all routes
 func JSONMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -58,8 +51,6 @@ func notFoundHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 // Route declares all routes
 func Route() *mux.Router {
-	publicAssets = packr.NewBox(getPublicAssetsPath())
-
 	r := mux.NewRouter().StrictSlash(true)
 	r.NotFoundHandler = http.HandlerFunc(servePublic)
 
@@ -271,7 +262,18 @@ func servePublic(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	split := strings.Split(path, ".")
 	suffix := split[len(split)-1]
 
-	res, err := publicAssets.MustBytes(path)
+	fmt.Println("path")
+	fmt.Println(path)
+
+	var res []byte
+	var err error
+
+	if util.Config.OldFrontend {
+		res, err = publicAssets.MustBytes(path)
+	} else {
+		res, err = publicAssets2.MustBytes(path)
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		notFoundHandler(w, r)
 		return
diff --git a/web2/.gitignore b/web2/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 403adbc1e..000000000
--- a/web2/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-.DS_Store
-node_modules
-/dist
-
-
-# local env files
-.env.local
-.env.*.local
-
-# Log files
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-pnpm-debug.log*
-
-# Editor directories and files
-.idea
-.vscode
-*.suo
-*.ntvs*
-*.njsproj
-*.sln
-*.sw?