diff --git a/public/config/default.js b/public/config/default.js
index 8b7b38b0a..1a1834155 100644
--- a/public/config/default.js
+++ b/public/config/default.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 window.config = {
+  // default: '/'
   routerBasename: '/',
-  rootUrl: 'http://localhost:5000',
+  // default: ''
+  relativeWebWorkerScriptsPath: '',
   servers: {
     dicomWeb: [
       {
diff --git a/public/config/netlify.js b/public/config/netlify.js
index 3b7098d2d..9c5be2156 100644
--- a/public/config/netlify.js
+++ b/public/config/netlify.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 window.config = {
+  // default: '/'
   routerBasename: '/demo',
-  rootUrl: '/demo',
+  // default: '/'
+  relativeWebWorkerScriptsPath: '',
   servers: {
     dicomWeb: [
       {
diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 896778663..2bd70b798 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -192,16 +192,22 @@ function handleOIDC(oidc) {
   return userManager
 }
 
-function handleWebWorkerInit(basename) {
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {String} baseDirectory
+ * @param {String} webWorkScriptsPath
+ */
+function handleWebWorkerInit(baseDirectory, webWorkScriptsPath) {
+  const scriptsPath = `${baseDirectory}/${webWorkScriptsPath}`
   const config = {
     maxWebWorkers: Math.max(navigator.hardwareConcurrency - 1, 1),
     startWebWorkersOnDemand: true,
-    webWorkerPath: basename + '/cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderWebWorker.min.js',
+    webWorkerPath: `${scriptsPath}/cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderWebWorker.min.js`,
     taskConfiguration: {
       decodeTask: {
         loadCodecsOnStartup: true,
         initializeCodecsOnStartup: false,
-        codecsPath: basename + '/cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderCodecs.min.js',
+        codecsPath: `${scriptsPath}/cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderCodecs.min.js`,
         usePDFJS: false,
         strict: false,
       },
@@ -213,13 +219,14 @@ function handleWebWorkerInit(basename) {
 
 /**
  * Set or update the HTML Base tag present on the document
- * to point to the provided ROOT Url.
  *
  * @param rootUrl
  */
-function updateBaseTag(rootUrl) {
+function updateBaseTag(baseDirectory = '') {
   const bases = document.getElementsByTagName('base')
-  let baseHref = rootUrl
+  let baseHref = `${window.location.scheme}${
+    window.location.host
+  }${baseDirectory}`
   baseHref += baseHref.endsWith('/') ? '' : '/'
 
   if (bases.length > 1) {
@@ -233,10 +240,11 @@ function updateBaseTag(rootUrl) {
 
 class App extends Component {
   static propTypes = {
+    routerBasename: PropTypes.string,
+    relativeWebWorkerScriptsPath: PropTypes.string,
+    //
     servers: PropTypes.object,
     oidc: PropTypes.array,
-    routerBasename: PropTypes.string,
-    rootUrl: PropTypes.string,
     userManager: PropTypes.object,
     location: PropTypes.object,
   }
@@ -250,8 +258,11 @@ class App extends Component {
 
     this.userManager = handleOIDC(this.props.oidc)
     handleServers(this.props.servers)
-    handleWebWorkerInit(this.props.rootUrl)
-    updateBaseTag(this.props.rootUrl)
+    handleWebWorkerInit(
+      this.props.routerBasename,
+      this.props.relativeWebWorkerScriptsPath
+    )
+    updateBaseTag(this.props.routerBasename)
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 171e27363..2cbb8889a 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'
 
 export { App }
 
-const applicationProps = window.config
+window.config = window.config || {}
+const applicationDefaults = {
+  routerBasename: '/',
+  relativeWebWorkerScriptsPath: '',
+}
+const applicationProps = Object.assign({}, applicationDefaults, window.config)
 const app = React.createElement(App, applicationProps, null)
 
 ReactDOM.render(app, document.getElementById('root'))