diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend-publish-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/frontend-publish-docker.yml
index e6e574276..162596da3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend-publish-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend-publish-docker.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      - name: Set version
+        run: |
+          echo "BEACONCHAIN_VERSION=$(git describe --always --tags)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
         uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
@@ -48,8 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5.1.0
         with:
-          context: .
-          file: frontend/Dockerfile
+          context: "{{defaultContext}}:frontend"
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
@@ -57,3 +59,5 @@ jobs:
           cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:buildcache,mode=max
           secrets: |
             NPMRC_FILE=${{ secrets.NPMRC_FILE }}  
+          build-args: |
+            BEACONCHAIN_VERSION=${{ env.BEACONCHAIN_VERSION }}
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index 094bd6e36..8aebcbf3e 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ RUN mkdir -p /usr/src/nuxt-app
 WORKDIR /usr/src/nuxt-app
 COPY . .
 
-WORKDIR /usr/src/nuxt-app/frontend
-RUN --mount=type=secret,id=NPMRC_FILE,target=/usr/src/nuxt-app/frontend/.npmrc \
+WORKDIR /usr/src/nuxt-app
+RUN --mount=type=secret,id=NPMRC_FILE,target=/usr/src/nuxt-app/.npmrc \
     npm ci && npm cache clean --force
 RUN npm run build
 
 FROM node:18-alpine
 WORKDIR /usr/src/nuxt-app
-COPY --from=build /usr/src/nuxt-app/frontend /usr/src/nuxt-app
+COPY --from=build /usr/src/nuxt-app /usr/src/nuxt-app
 
+ARG BEACONCHAIN_VERSION
+ENV NUXT_PUBLIC_GIT_VERSION=$BEACONCHAIN_VERSION
 ENV NUXT_HOST=0.0.0.0
 ENV NUXT_PORT=3000
 
diff --git a/frontend/nuxt.config.ts b/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
index 125d712cd..a2b97c18d 100644
--- a/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ let gitVersion = ''
 
 try {
   const info = gitDescribeSync()
-  if (info.tag != null) {
-    gitVersion = info.tag
+  if (info.raw != null) {
+    gitVersion = info.raw
   }
   if (gitVersion === '' && info.hash != null) {
     warn('The GitHub tag of the explorer is unknown. Reading the GitHub hash instead.')
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ try {
 } catch (err) {
   warn('The GitHub tag and hash of the explorer cannot be read with git-describe.')
 }
-if (gitVersion === '') {
-  warn('Neither the GitHub tag nor the GitHub hash could be read. The version number of the explorer shown on the front end will be "2" by default.')
-  gitVersion = '2'
-}
 
 export default defineNuxtConfig({
   devtools: { enabled: true },