diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
index c6b6a786..1e6b1058 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/webapp/util.py
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ def determine_base_container(clone_dir, app_type="webapp"):
         raise Exception(f"Unsupported app_type {app_type}")
 
     base_container = "cerc/webapp-base"
+    if app_type == "webapp/snowball/nextjs":
+        base_container = "cerc/nextjs-snowball"
     if app_type == "webapp/next":
         base_container = "cerc/nextjs-base"
     elif app_type == "webapp":