diff --git a/deploy/base/easi/easi-frontend_deployment.yaml b/deploy/base/easi/easi-frontend_deployment.yaml
index 1c3da1e814..64b887579a 100644
--- a/deploy/base/easi/easi-frontend_deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/base/easi/easi-frontend_deployment.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: easi-frontend
     spec:
+      volumes:
+      - name: nginx-config
+        configMap:
+          name: easi-frontend-configmap-nginx
       containers:
         - name: easi-frontend
           image: easi-frontend:latest
@@ -23,4 +27,8 @@ spec:
             - containerPort: 80
               protocol: TCP
           resources: {}
+          volumeMounts:
+          - name: nginx-config
+            mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d/easi.conf
+            subPath: easi.conf
       restartPolicy: Always
diff --git a/deploy/base/easi/easi-frontend_nginx_configmap.yaml b/deploy/base/easi/easi-frontend_nginx_configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7de692e462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/base/easi/easi-frontend_nginx_configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: easi-frontend-configmap-nginx
+  namespace: easi
+data:
+  easi.conf: |
+    server {
+      listen 80 default_server;
+      root /usr/share/nginx/html;
+      location / {
+        try_files $uri /index.html;
+      }
+    }
diff --git a/deploy/base/easi/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/base/easi/kustomization.yaml
index 6b502c2161..806649cc63 100644
--- a/deploy/base/easi/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deploy/base/easi/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ resources:
   - easi-backend_configmap.yaml
   - easi-backend_deployment.yaml
   - easi-backend_service.yaml
+  - easi-frontend_nginx_configmap.yaml
   - easi-frontend_deployment.yaml
   - easi-frontend_service.yaml
   - email_deployment.yaml
diff --git a/scripts/deploy_eks_env.sh b/scripts/deploy_eks_env.sh
index f0e836f0e8..b75d73fe26 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy_eks_env.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy_eks_env.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# We want to control which environment variables envsubst replaces
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
 
 # Exit on any error
 set -e
@@ -110,7 +112,10 @@ export EMAIL_INGRESS
     kustomize edit set image easi-backend=840301899071.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/easi-backend:"$GIT_HASH"
     kustomize edit set image easi-frontend=840301899071.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/easi-frontend:"$GIT_HASH"
     kustomize edit set image db-migrate=840301899071.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/easi-db-migrate:"$GIT_HASH"
-    kustomize build | envsubst > manifest-easi.yaml
+
+    # IMPORTANT NOTE:
+    # envsubst is needed here to replace the EASI_INGRESS placeholder variable in /deploy/overlays/pr/easi-backend_configmap.yaml
+    kustomize build | envsubst '$EASI_INGRESS' > manifest-easi.yaml
 
     # if verbose, print out the kustomization.yaml and manifest-easi.yaml
     if [ "$VERBOSE" = true ]; then
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ export EMAIL_INGRESS
         cat manifest-easi.yaml
     fi
 
-    echo "❄️  Deploying Ingress Objects via Kubectl  ❄️"
+    echo "❄️  Deploying EASi Objects via Kubectl  ❄️"
     kubectl apply -n "$NAMESPACE" -f manifest-easi.yaml
 )