diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-dockerhub.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-dockerhub.yml
index fb97effcb3..22ac431f7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-dockerhub.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-dockerhub.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "version=${GIT_HASH}-amd64" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
-      - name: Build and push
+      - name: Build and push countryconfig image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           push: true
@@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ jobs:
           tags: |
             ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_ACCOUNT}}/${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}:${{ steps.country_config.outputs.version }}
 
+      - name: Build and push metabase assets image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          push: true
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile.metabase.assets
+          tags: |
+            ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_ACCOUNT}}/${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_REPO }}:${{ steps.country_config.outputs.version }}-assets
+
   merge-manifest:
     needs: [build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -98,11 +107,17 @@ jobs:
           # Create manifest list based on whether ARM build exists
           if [[ "$BUILD_ARM" == "true" ]]; then
             MANIFEST_LIST="$REPO:$TAG-amd64 $REPO:$TAG-arm64"
+            ASSETS_MANIFEST_LIST="$REPO:$TAG-amd64-assets $REPO:$TAG-arm64-assets"
           else
             MANIFEST_LIST="$REPO:$TAG-amd64"
+            ASSETS_MANIFEST_LIST="$REPO:$TAG-amd64-assets"
           fi
           
           echo "[🔁 pushing ] $REPO:$TAG"
           docker manifest create $REPO:$TAG \
              $MANIFEST_LIST
           docker manifest push $REPO:$TAG
+          echo "[🔁 pushing ] $REPO:$TAG-assets"
+          docker manifest create $REPO:$TAG-assets \
+             $ASSETS_MANIFEST_LIST
+          docker manifest push $REPO:$TAG-assets
diff --git a/Dockerfile.metabase.assets b/Dockerfile.metabase.assets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92a0371692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.metabase.assets
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FROM alpine:3.20
+
+# Directory inside the assets image
+WORKDIR /assets
+
+# Copy assets
+COPY infrastructure/metabase /assets/
+
+RUN chmod +x /assets/*.sh
diff --git a/infrastructure/metabase/run.sh b/infrastructure/metabase/run.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 9a5b906e50..c3564d10f2
--- a/infrastructure/metabase/run.sh
+++ b/infrastructure/metabase/run.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) The OpenCRVS Authors located at https://github.com/opencrvs/opencrvs-core/blob/master/AUTHORS.
 
-#!/bin/bash
+SCRIPT_FULL_PATH=$(readlink -f $0)
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$SCRIPT_FULL_PATH")
+echo "Running Metabase initialization script from ${SCRIPT_DIR}"
 
 if [ -z "${OPENCRVS_METABASE_SITE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "Error: OPENCRVS_METABASE_SITE_NAME environment variable is not defined"
@@ -106,8 +108,8 @@ export OPENCRVS_METABASE_ADMIN_PASSWORD_SALT=$(uuidgen)
 SALT_AND_PASSWORD=$OPENCRVS_METABASE_ADMIN_PASSWORD_SALT$OPENCRVS_METABASE_ADMIN_PASSWORD
 export OPENCRVS_METABASE_ADMIN_PASSWORD_HASH=$(java -cp $METABASE_JAR clojure.main -e "(require 'metabase.util.password) (println (metabase.util.password/hash-bcrypt \"$SALT_AND_PASSWORD\"))" 2>/dev/null | tail -n 1)
 
-source /initialize-database.sh
-source /update-database.sh
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/initialize-database.sh
+source ${SCRIPT_DIR}/update-database.sh
 
 echo "Starting metabase..."