diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-nextjs-base/scripts/build-app.sh b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-nextjs-base/scripts/build-app.sh
index 26d7db9e..9b72511e 100755
--- a/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-nextjs-base/scripts/build-app.sh
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/data/container-build/cerc-nextjs-base/scripts/build-app.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ -n "${CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG:-}" ]; then
     set -x
 fi
 
-CERC_MIN_NEXTVER=13.4.2
-CERC_DEFAULT_WEBPACK_VER="5.93.0"
-
-CERC_NEXT_VERSION="${CERC_NEXT_VERSION:-keep}"
-CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION="${CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION:-keep}"
-
-CERC_BUILD_TOOL="${CERC_BUILD_TOOL}"
+# Determine the build tool
+CERC_BUILD_TOOL="${CERC_BUILD_TOOL:-}"
 if [ -z "$CERC_BUILD_TOOL" ]; then
   if [ -f "pnpm-lock.yaml" ]; then
     CERC_BUILD_TOOL=pnpm
@@ -23,11 +20,36 @@ if [ -z "$CERC_BUILD_TOOL" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
 WORK_DIR="${1:-/app}"
 
 cd "${WORK_DIR}" || exit 1
 
+# Get the app's Next.js version
+CERC_NEXT_VERSION=$(jq -r '.dependencies.next' package.json)
+echo "Using Next.js version: $CERC_NEXT_VERSION"
+
+# Determine webpack version based on Next.js version (unused if already installed)
+determine_webpack_version() {
+    local next_version=$1
+    local major_version=${next_version%%.*}
+    case $major_version in
+        13)
+            echo "5.75.0"
+            ;;
+        14)
+            echo "5.88.0"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "5.93.0"  # Default to latest stable version if unknown
+            ;;
+    esac
+}
+
+CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION=$(determine_webpack_version "$CERC_NEXT_VERSION")
+echo "Using webpack version: $CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION"
+
+# Determine the Next.js config file
 if [ -f "next.config.mjs" ]; then
   NEXT_CONFIG_JS="next.config.mjs"
   IMPORT_OR_REQUIRE="import"
@@ -41,203 +63,142 @@ if [ ! -f "${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}" ]; then
   touch ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}
 fi
 
+# Backup the original config if not already done
 if [ ! -f "next.config.dist" ]; then
-  cp $NEXT_CONFIG_JS next.config.dist
+  cp "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS" next.config.dist
 fi
 
-which js-beautify >/dev/null
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-  npm i -g js-beautify
-fi
+# Install js-beautify if not present
+command -v js-beautify >/dev/null || npm i -g js-beautify
 
-# js-beautify formats NEXTJS_CONFIG_FILE (ie next.config.js / next.config.mjs) so we can reliably transformable later
-js-beautify next.config.dist > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}
-echo "" >> ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}
+# Beautify the config file
+js-beautify "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS" > "${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.pretty"
+mv "${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.pretty" "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
 
-if [ "${IMPORT_OR_REQUIRE}" == "require" ]; then
-  WEBPACK_REQ_LINE=$(grep -n "require([\'\"]webpack[\'\"])" ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS} | cut -d':' -f1)
-  if [ -z "$WEBPACK_REQ_LINE" ]; then
-    cat > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.0 <<EOF
-    const webpack = require('webpack');
-EOF
+# Add webpack import/require if not present
+if [ "$IMPORT_OR_REQUIRE" = "import" ]; then
+  if ! grep -q "import.*webpack" "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"; then
+    sed -i '1iimport webpack from "webpack";' "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
+  fi
+  if ! grep -q "import.*createRequire" "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"; then
+    sed -i '2iimport { createRequire } from "module";\nconst require = createRequire(import.meta.url);' "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
   fi
 else
-  WEBPACK_IMPORT_LINE=$(grep -n "^import .*[\'\"]webpack[\'\"];?$" ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS} | cut -d':' -f1)
-  if [ -z "$WEBPACK_IMPORT_LINE" ]; then
-    cat > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.0 <<EOF
-    import webpack from 'webpack';
-EOF
-  fi
-  CREATE_REQUIRE_LINE=$(grep -n "require = createRequire" ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS} | cut -d':' -f1)
-  if [ -z "$CREATE_REQUIRE_LINE" ]; then
-    cat >> ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.0 <<EOF
-    import { createRequire } from "module";
-    const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
-EOF
+  if ! grep -q "require.*webpack" "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"; then
+    sed -i '1iconst webpack = require("webpack");' "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
   fi
 fi
 
-cat > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.1 <<EOF
+# Add environment mapping logic if not present
+if ! grep -q "let envMap;" "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"; then
+  cat << 'EOF' >> "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
+
 let envMap;
 try {
-  // .env-list.json provides us a list of identifiers which should be replaced at runtime.
   envMap = require('./.env-list.json').reduce((a, v) => {
-    a[v] = \`"CERC_RUNTIME_ENV_\${v.split(/\./).pop()}"\`;
+    a[v] = JSON.stringify(`CERC_RUNTIME_ENV_${v.split(/\./).pop()}`);
     return a;
   }, {});
 } catch (e) {
-  console.error(e);
-  // If .env-list.json cannot be loaded, we are probably running in dev mode, so use process.env instead.
+  console.error('Error loading .env-list.json:', e);
   envMap = Object.keys(process.env).reduce((a, v) => {
     if (v.startsWith('CERC_')) {
-      a[\`process.env.\${v}\`] = JSON.stringify(process.env[v]);
+      a[`process.env.${v}`] = JSON.stringify(process.env[v]);
     }
     return a;
   }, {});
 }
-console.log(envMap);
+console.log('Environment map:', envMap);
 EOF
+fi
 
-grep 'withPWA' ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS} >/dev/null && HAS_WITHPWA=true || HAS_WITHPWA=false
+# Add or update webpack configuration
+if ! grep -q '__xCfg__' "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"; then
+  cat << 'EOF' >> "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
 
-if [ "$HAS_WITHPWA" == "true" ]; then
-  if [ "$IMPORT_OR_REQUIRE" == "import" ]; then
-    cat > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.2 <<EOF
-const __xPWA__ = (p) => {
-  const realPWA = withPWA(p);
-  return (nextConfig) => {
-    const modConfig = {...nextConfig};
-
-    modConfig.webpack = (config) => {
+const __xCfg__ = (nextConfig) => {
+  return {
+    ...nextConfig,
+    webpack: (config, options) => {
       config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin(envMap));
-      return nextConfig.webpack ? nextConfig.webpack(config) : config;
-    };
-
-    return realPWA(modConfig);
+      if (typeof nextConfig.webpack === 'function') {
+        return nextConfig.webpack(config, options);
+      }
+      return config;
+    },
   };
 };
+
 EOF
+
+  # Update the export/module.exports line
+  if [ "$IMPORT_OR_REQUIRE" = "import" ]; then
+    sed -i 's/export default/const __orig_cfg__ =/' "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
+    echo "export default __xCfg__(__orig_cfg__);" >> "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
   else
-    cat > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.3 <<EOF
-const __xPWA__ = (nextConfig) => {
-  const modConfig = {...nextConfig};
-
-  modConfig.webpack = (config) => {
-    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin(envMap));
-    return nextConfig.webpack ? nextConfig.webpack(config) : config;
-  };
-
-  return withPWA(modConfig);
-};
-EOF
-  fi
-
-  cat ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS} | js-beautify | sed 's/withPWA(/__xPWA__(/g' > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.4
-else
-    cat > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.3 <<EOF
-  const __xCfg__ = (nextConfig) => {
-    const modConfig = {...nextConfig};
-
-    modConfig.webpack = (config) => {
-      config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin(envMap));
-      return nextConfig.webpack ? nextConfig.webpack(config) : config;
-    };
-
-    return modConfig;
-  };
-EOF
-  if [ "$IMPORT_OR_REQUIRE" == "import" ]; then
-    cat ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS} | js-beautify | sed 's/export\s\+default\s\+/const __orig_cfg__ = /g' > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.4
-    echo "export default __xCfg__(__orig_cfg__);" > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.5
-  else
-    cat ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS} | js-beautify | sed 's/module.exports\s\+=\s\+/const __orig_cfg__ = /g' > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.4
-    echo "module.exports = __xCfg__(__orig_cfg__);" > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.5
+    sed -i 's/module.exports =/const __orig_cfg__ =/' "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
+    echo "module.exports = __xCfg__(__orig_cfg__);" >> "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
   fi
 fi
 
+# Clean up the config file
+js-beautify "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS" > "${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.pretty"
+mv "${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.pretty" "$NEXT_CONFIG_JS"
 
-rm -f ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}
-for ((i=0; i <= 10; i++)); do
-  if [ -s "${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.${i}" ]; then
-    if [ $i -le 2 ] ; then
-      cat ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.${i} >> ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}
-    else
-      cat ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.${i} | sed 's/^ *//g' | js-beautify | grep -v 'process\.\env\.' | js-beautify >> ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}
-    fi
-  fi
-done
-rm ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.*
-cat ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS} | js-beautify > ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.pretty
-mv ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}.pretty ${NEXT_CONFIG_JS}
-
+# Generate .env-list.json
 "${SCRIPT_DIR}/find-env.sh" "$(pwd)" > .env-list.json
 
-if [ ! -f "package.dist" ]; then
-  cp package.json package.dist
-fi
+# Update package.json
+[ ! -f "package.dist" ] && cp package.json package.dist
 
-CUR_NEXT_VERSION="`jq -r '.dependencies.next' package.json`"
-
-if [ "$CERC_NEXT_VERSION" != "keep" ] && [ "$CUR_NEXT_VERSION" != "$CERC_NEXT_VERSION" ]; then
-  echo "Changing 'next' version specifier from '$CUR_NEXT_VERSION' to '$CERC_NEXT_VERSION' (set with '--extra-build-args \"--build-arg CERC_NEXT_VERSION=$CERC_NEXT_VERSION\"')"
-  cat package.json | jq ".dependencies.next = \"$CERC_NEXT_VERSION\"" > package.json.$$
-  mv package.json.$$ package.json
-fi
-
-CUR_WEBPACK_VERSION="`jq -r '.dependencies.webpack' package.json`"
-if [ -z "$CUR_WEBPACK_VERSION" ]; then
-  CUR_WEBPACK_VERSION="`jq -r '.devDependencies.webpack' package.json`"
-fi
-if [ "${CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION}" != "keep" ] || [ "${CUR_WEBPACK_VERSION}" == "null" ]; then
-  if [ -z "$CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION" ] || [ "$CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION" == "keep" ]; then
-    CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION="${CERC_DEFAULT_WEBPACK_VER}"
-  fi
-  echo "Webpack is required for env variable substitution.  Adding to webpack@$CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION to dependencies..." 1>&2
-  cat package.json | jq ".dependencies.webpack = \"$CERC_WEBPACK_VERSION\"" > package.json.$$
-  mv package.json.$$ package.json
-fi
-
-time $CERC_BUILD_TOOL install || exit 1
-
-CUR_NEXT_VERSION=`jq -r '.version' node_modules/next/package.json`
-
-# See https://github.com/vercel/next.js/discussions/46544
-semver -p -r ">=14.2.0" "$CUR_NEXT_VERSION"
-if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-  # For >= 14.2.0
-  CERC_NEXT_COMPILE_COMMAND="next build --experimental-build-mode compile"
-  CERC_NEXT_GENERATE_COMMAND="next build --experimental-build-mode generate"
+# Check if webpack is already in package.json
+if WEBPACK_VERSION=$(jq -r '.dependencies.webpack // .devDependencies.webpack // empty' package.json); then
+    if [ -n "$WEBPACK_VERSION" ]; then
+        echo "Using existing webpack version: $WEBPACK_VERSION"
+    else
+        WEBPACK_VERSION=$(determine_webpack_version "$CERC_NEXT_VERSION")
+        echo "Determined webpack version based on Next.js: $WEBPACK_VERSION"
+        # Add webpack to devDependencies
+        jq ".devDependencies.webpack = \"$WEBPACK_VERSION\"" package.json > package.json.tmp && mv package.json.tmp package.json
+    fi
 else
-  # For 13.4.2 to 14.1.x
-  CERC_NEXT_COMPILE_COMMAND="next experimental-compile"
-  CERC_NEXT_GENERATE_COMMAND="next experimental-generate"
+    WEBPACK_VERSION=$(determine_webpack_version "$CERC_NEXT_VERSION")
+    echo "Determined webpack version based on Next.js: $WEBPACK_VERSION"
+    # Add webpack to devDependencies
+    jq ".devDependencies.webpack = \"$WEBPACK_VERSION\"" package.json > package.json.tmp && mv package.json.tmp package.json
 fi
 
+# Install dependencies
+$CERC_BUILD_TOOL install || exit 1
+
+# Get the build command from package.json
+BUILD_COMMAND=`jq -r '.scripts.build // ""' package.json`
+
+if [ -z "$BUILD_COMMAND" ]; then
+  echo "No build command found in package.json. Using default 'next build'."
+  BUILD_COMMAND="next build"
+fi
+
+# Determine the appropriate build commands based on the Next.js version
+if semver -p -r ">=14.2.0" "$CERC_NEXT_VERSION"; then
+  # For >= 14.2.0
+  CERC_NEXT_COMPILE_COMMAND="${BUILD_COMMAND/next build/next build --experimental-build-mode compile}"
+  CERC_NEXT_GENERATE_COMMAND="${BUILD_COMMAND/next build/next build --experimental-build-mode generate}"
+elif semver -p -r ">=13.4.2" "$CERC_NEXT_VERSION"; then
+  # For 13.4.2 to 14.1.x
+  CERC_NEXT_COMPILE_COMMAND="${BUILD_COMMAND/next build/next experimental-compile}"
+  CERC_NEXT_GENERATE_COMMAND="${BUILD_COMMAND/next build/next experimental-generate}"
+else
+  # For versions before 13.4.2
+  CERC_NEXT_COMPILE_COMMAND="$BUILD_COMMAND"
+  CERC_NEXT_GENERATE_COMMAND="$BUILD_COMMAND"
+fi
+
+# Update package.json with the appropriate scripts
 cat package.json | jq ".scripts.cerc_compile = \"$CERC_NEXT_COMPILE_COMMAND\"" | jq ".scripts.cerc_generate = \"$CERC_NEXT_GENERATE_COMMAND\"" > package.json.$$
 mv package.json.$$ package.json
 
-semver -p -r ">=$CERC_MIN_NEXTVER" $CUR_NEXT_VERSION
-if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-  cat <<EOF
-
-###############################################################################
-
-WARNING: 'next' $CUR_NEXT_VERSION < minimum version $CERC_MIN_NEXTVER.
-
-Attempting to build with '^$CERC_MIN_NEXTVER'.  If this fails, you should upgrade
-the dependency in your webapp, or specify an explicit 'next' version
-to use for the build with:
-
-     --extra-build-args "--build-arg CERC_NEXT_VERSION=<version>"
-
-###############################################################################
-
-EOF
-  cat package.json | jq ".dependencies.next = \"^$CERC_MIN_NEXTVER\"" > package.json.$$
-  mv package.json.$$ package.json
-  time $CERC_BUILD_TOOL install || exit 1
-fi
-
+# Run the compile command
 time $CERC_BUILD_TOOL run cerc_compile || exit 1
 
-exit 0
+exit 0
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