diff --git a/frontend/generate-config.js b/frontend/generate-config.js
index 3746c8ab3..023198f27 100644
--- a/frontend/generate-config.js
+++ b/frontend/generate-config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var fs = require('fs');
-const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
 
 const CONFIG_FILE_NAME = 'mempool-frontend-config.json';
 const GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = 'generated-config.js';
@@ -12,15 +12,19 @@ let packetJsonVersion = '';
 try {
   const rawConfig = fs.readFileSync(CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
   configContent = JSON.parse(rawConfig);
+  console.log(`${CONFIG_FILE_NAME} file found, using provided config`);
 } catch (e) {
   if (e.code !== 'ENOENT') {
     throw new Error(e);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`${CONFIG_FILE_NAME} file not found, using default config`);
   }
 }
 
 try {
   const packageJson = fs.readFileSync('package.json');
   packetJsonVersion = JSON.parse(packageJson).version;
+  console.log(`mempool version ${packetJsonVersion}`);
 } catch (e) {
   throw new Error(e);
 }
@@ -32,11 +36,23 @@ for (setting in configContent) {
   });
 }
 
-try {
-  const command = 'git rev-parse --short HEAD';
-  gitCommitHash = execSync(command).toString('utf8').replace(/[\n\r\s]+$/, '');
-} catch (e) {
-  console.log('Could not load git commit info: ' + e.message || e);
+if (process.env.DOCKER_COMMIT_HASH) {
+  gitCommitHash = process.env.DOCKER_COMMIT_HASH
+} else {
+  try {
+    const gitRevParse = spawnSync('git', ['rev-parse', '--short', 'HEAD']);
+  
+    if (!gitRevParse.error) {
+      gitCommitHash = gitRevParse.stdout.toString('utf-8').replace(/[\n\r\s]+$/, '');
+      console.log(`mempool revision ${gitCommitHash}`);
+    } else if (gitRevParse.error.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      console.log('git not found, cannot parse git hash');
+      gitCommitHash = '?';
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log('Could not load git commit info: ' + e.message);
+    gitCommitHash = '?';
+  }
 }
 
 const newConfig = `(function (window) {
@@ -46,18 +62,38 @@ const newConfig = `(function (window) {
     window.__env.PACKAGE_JSON_VERSION = '${packetJsonVersion}';
   }(global || this));`;
 
-try {
-  const currentConfig = fs.readFileSync(GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME).toString().trim();
-  if (currentConfig === newConfig) {
-    console.log("Configuration not changed, skipping generation");
-  } else {
-    try {
-      fs.writeFileSync(GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, newConfig, 'utf8');
-      console.log('Config file generated');
-    } catch (e) {
-      throw new Error(e);
-    }
+function readConfig(path) {
+  try {
+    const currentConfig = fs.readFileSync(path).toString().trim();
+    return currentConfig;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
   }
-} catch (e) {
-  throw new Error(e);
 }
+
+function writeConfig(path, config) {
+  try {
+    fs.writeFileSync(path, config, 'utf8');
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(e);
+  }
+}
+
+const currentConfig = readConfig(GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
+
+if (currentConfig && currentConfig === newConfig) {
+  console.log(`No configuration updates, skipping ${GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} file update`);
+  return;
+} else if (!currentConfig) {
+  console.log(`${GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} file not found, creating new config file`);
+  console.log('CONFIG: ', newConfig);
+  writeConfig(GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, newConfig);
+  console.log(`${GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} file saved`);
+  return;
+} else {
+  console.log(`Configuration changes detected, updating ${GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} file`);
+  console.log('OLD CONFIG: ', currentConfig);
+  console.log('NEW CONFIG: ', newConfig);
+  writeConfig(GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME, newConfig);
+  console.log(`${GENERATED_CONFIG_FILE_NAME} file updated`);
+};