diff --git a/platform/app/src/appInit.js b/platform/app/src/appInit.js
index b4e510ccc..717e7f172 100644
--- a/platform/app/src/appInit.js
+++ b/platform/app/src/appInit.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from '@ohif/core';
 
 import loadModules, { loadModule as peerImport } from './pluginImports';
+import { publicUrl } from './utils/publicUrl';
 
 /**
  * @param {object|func} appConfigOrFunc - application configuration, or a function that returns application configuration
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ async function appInit(appConfigOrFunc, defaultExtensions, defaultModes) {
   // Default the peer import function
   appConfig.peerImport ||= peerImport;
   appConfig.measurementTrackingMode ||= 'standard';
+  appConfig.routerBasename ||= publicUrl;
 
   const extensionManager = new ExtensionManager({
     commandsManager,
diff --git a/platform/app/src/index.js b/platform/app/src/index.js
index 14230134d..5b0431b9c 100644
--- a/platform/app/src/index.js
+++ b/platform/app/src/index.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import React from 'react';
  */
 import { modes as defaultModes, extensions as defaultExtensions } from './pluginImports';
 import loadDynamicConfig from './loadDynamicConfig';
-import { publicUrl } from './utils/publicUrl';
 export { history } from './utils/history';
 export { preserveQueryParameters, preserveQueryStrings } from './utils/preserveQueryParameters';
 
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ loadDynamicConfig(window.config).then(config_json => {
   if (config_json !== null) {
     window.config = config_json;
   }
-  window.config.routerBasename ||= publicUrl;
 
   /**
    * Combine our appConfiguration with installed extensions and modes.