diff --git a/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.rocky84 b/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.rocky84
index d38a264d..d9701ddf 100644
--- a/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.rocky84
+++ b/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.rocky84
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ RUN dnf install -y php-devel subversion-devel perl-devel make
 COPY build-rocky84.sh /tmp
 RUN /tmp/build-rocky84.sh && rm -rf /tmp/*
 
-CMD ["/usr/sbin/httpd-fg.sh"]
+COPY httpd-fg.sh /usr/sbin/
+
+##CMD ["/usr/sbin/httpd-fg.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/sbin/httpd-fg.sh"]
diff --git a/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.ubnt2004 b/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.ubnt2004
index 6a486f14..69a17724 100644
--- a/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.ubnt2004
+++ b/codepot/docker/Dockerfile.ubnt2004
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ RUN apt update && \
 COPY build-ubnt2004.sh /tmp
 RUN /tmp/build-ubnt2004.sh && rm -rf /tmp/*
 
+COPY apache2-fg.sh /usr/sbin/
+
 CMD ["/usr/sbin/apache2-fg.sh"]
diff --git a/codepot/docker/build-rocky84.sh b/codepot/docker/build-rocky84.sh
index 1f2d2740..9e1c8d26 100755
--- a/codepot/docker/build-rocky84.sh
+++ b/codepot/docker/build-rocky84.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ cd codepot && \
 	--with-cachedir=/var/cache/codepot \
 	--with-phpextdir=`php-config --extension-dir` \
 make && make install && \
-install -m 0755 -D -t /usr/sbin docker/httpd-fg.sh && \
 cd ../.. && \
 rm -rf /var/lib/codepot/* && \
 sed -ri -e 's|^database_hostname[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*"localhost"$|database_hostname = "/var/lib/codepot/codepot.db"|g' \
diff --git a/codepot/docker/build-ubnt2004.sh b/codepot/docker/build-ubnt2004.sh
index 738b143f..062d2d75 100755
--- a/codepot/docker/build-ubnt2004.sh
+++ b/codepot/docker/build-ubnt2004.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ cd codepot && \
 	--with-phpextdir=`php-config --extension-dir` \
 	--with-phpextinidir=`php-config --ini-dir | sed 's|/cli/|/apache2/|g'` && \
 make && make install && \
-install -m 0755 -D -t /usr/sbin docker/apache2-fg.sh && \
 cd ../.. && \
 rm -rf /var/lib/codepot/* && \
 sed -ri -e 's|^database_hostname[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*"localhost"$|database_hostname = "/var/lib/codepot/codepot.db"|g' \
diff --git a/codepot/docker/httpd-fg.sh b/codepot/docker/httpd-fg.sh
index 2b1cd464..3c20ed57 100755
--- a/codepot/docker/httpd-fg.sh
+++ b/codepot/docker/httpd-fg.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,52 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+SERVICE_PORT=""
+while getopts ":hp:-:" oc
+do
+	case "${oc}" in
+	-)
+		case "${OPTARG}" in
+		port)
+			opt=${OPTARG}
+			SERVICE_PORT="${!OPTIND}"
+			OPTIND=$(($OPTIND + 1))
+			;;
+		port=*)
+			SERVICE_PORT=${OPTARG#*=}
+                    	opt=${OPTARG%=$val}
+			;;
+
+		*)
+               		echo "Warning: unknown option - $OPTARG"
+			;;
+		esac
+		;;
+
+	h)
+		echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
+		echo "This container runs a http service on port 80."
+		echo "Use an external reverse proxy to enable https as it doesn't"
+		echo "enable the HTTP service."
+		echo "Extra options allowed when running the container: "
+		echo " -h             print this help message"
+		echo " -p    number   specify the port number"
+		echo " -port number   specify the port number"
+		echo "-----------------------------------------------------------"
+		;;
+	p)
+		SERVICE_PORT=${OPTARG#*=}
+                opt=${OPTARG%=$val}
+		;;
+
+	*)
+               	echo "Warning: unknown option - $OPTARG"
+		;;
+	esac
+done
+echo "${SERVICE_PORT}" | grep -q -E '^[[:digit:]]+$' || SERVICE_PORT="80"
+
+
 # Note: we don't just use "apache2ctl" here because it itself is just a shell-script wrapper around apache2 which provides extra functionality like "apache2ctl start" for launching apache2 in the background.
 # (also, when run as "apache2ctl <apache args>", it does not use "exec", which leaves an undesirable resident shell process)
 
@@ -54,5 +100,9 @@ grep -F -q 'env[CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE]' /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf || {
 	echo 'env[CODEPOT_CONFIG_FILE] = /var/lib/codepot/codepot.ini' >> /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
 }
 
+## change the port number as specified on the command line
+echo "Configuring to listen on the port [$SERVICE_PORT]"
+sed -r -i "s|^Listen[[:space:]]+.*|Listen ${SERVICE_PORT}|g" /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+
 php-fpm
-exec httpd -DFOREGROUND "$@"
+exec httpd -DFOREGROUND
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/config/config.php b/codepot/src/codepot/config/config.php
index aed613f8..e7c2c103 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/config/config.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/config/config.php
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ else
 	$_SERVER['REQUEST_PROTOCOL'] = 'http';
 }
 
+if (array_key_exists('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST', $_SERVER) && $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'] != '')
+{
+        $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'];
+}
+
 $config['base_url'] .= "://{$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']}";
 $config['base_url'] .= preg_replace('@/+$@','',dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])).'/';
 
diff --git a/codepot/src/codepot/models/subversionmodel.php b/codepot/src/codepot/models/subversionmodel.php
index 7ffa6a85..3d2554f1 100644
--- a/codepot/src/codepot/models/subversionmodel.php
+++ b/codepot/src/codepot/models/subversionmodel.php
@@ -2217,25 +2217,8 @@ class SubversionModel extends CodeRepoModel
 
 		foreach ($hooks as $hook)
 		{
-			// copy hook scripts to the top repository directory
-			// overwriting existing scripts are ok as they are
-			// just updated to the latest scripts anyway.
-			$contents = @file_get_contents("{$cfgdir}/${hook}");
-			if ($contents === FALSE)
-			{
-				self::_deleteDirectory ($projdir);
-				return FALSE;
-			}
-
-			if (@file_put_contents("{$repodir}/${hook}", str_replace('%API%', $api, $contents)) === FALSE)
-			{
-				self::_deleteDirectory ($projdir);
-				return FALSE;
-			}
-
-			// install the hook script to the new project repository
-			if (@chmod("{$repodir}/{$hook}", 0755) === FALSE ||
-			    @symlink("../../{$hook}", "{$repodir}/{$projectid}/hooks/${hook}") === FALSE)
+			// install the hook script to the new project repository using symbolic links
+			if (@symlink("${cfgdir}/${hook}", "{$repodir}/{$projectid}/hooks/${hook}") === FALSE)
 			{
 				self::_deleteDirectory ($projdir);
 				return FALSE;