diff --git a/cmd/cc-backend/cli.go b/cmd/cc-backend/cli.go
index 72a0a6d..235a12c 100644
--- a/cmd/cc-backend/cli.go
+++ b/cmd/cc-backend/cli.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import "flag"
 var (
 	flagReinitDB, flagInit, flagServer, flagSyncLDAP, flagGops, flagMigrateDB, flagRevertDB,
 	flagForceDB, flagDev, flagVersion, flagLogDateTime, flagApplyTags bool
-	flagNewUser, flagDelUser, flagGenJWT, flagConfigFile, flagUiConfigFile, flagImportJob, flagLogLevel string
+	flagNewUser, flagDelUser, flagGenJWT, flagConfigFile, flagImportJob, flagLogLevel string
 )
 
 func cliInit() {
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ func cliInit() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&flagForceDB, "force-db", false, "Force database version, clear dirty flag and exit")
 	flag.BoolVar(&flagLogDateTime, "logdate", false, "Set this flag to add date and time to log messages")
 	flag.StringVar(&flagConfigFile, "config", "./config.json", "Specify alternative path to `config.json`")
-	flag.StringVar(&flagUiConfigFile, "ui-config", "./uiConfig.json", "Specify alternative path to `uiConfig.json`")
 	flag.StringVar(&flagNewUser, "add-user", "", "Add a new user. Argument format: <username>:[admin,support,manager,api,user]:<password>")
 	flag.StringVar(&flagDelUser, "del-user", "", "Remove a existing user. Argument format: <username>")
 	flag.StringVar(&flagGenJWT, "jwt", "", "Generate and print a JWT for the user specified by its `username`")
diff --git a/cmd/cc-backend/main.go b/cmd/cc-backend/main.go
index eed0914..2dbbe9f 100644
--- a/cmd/cc-backend/main.go
+++ b/cmd/cc-backend/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/internal/tagger"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/internal/taskManager"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/pkg/archive"
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/web"
 	ccconf "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/ccConfig"
 	cclog "github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/ccLogger"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-lib/runtimeEnv"
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 
-	//Metric Store starts after all flags have been processes
+	// Metric Store starts after all flags have been processes
 	if config.InternalCCMSFlag {
 		if mscfg := ccconf.GetPackageConfig("metric-store"); mscfg != nil {
 			config.InitMetricStore(mscfg)
@@ -260,6 +261,9 @@ func main() {
 	taskManager.Start(ccconf.GetPackageConfig("cron"),
 		ccconf.GetPackageConfig("archive"))
 
+	cfg := ccconf.GetPackageConfig("ui")
+	web.Init(cfg)
+
 	serverInit()
 
 	wg.Add(1)
diff --git a/cmd/cc-backend/server.go b/cmd/cc-backend/server.go
index da14e1e..deffb48 100644
--- a/cmd/cc-backend/server.go
+++ b/cmd/cc-backend/server.go
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ func onFailureResponse(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
 }
 
 func serverInit() {
-	// Init Web Package (Primarily: uiDefaults)
-	web.Init(flagUiConfigFile)
 	// Setup the http.Handler/Router used by the server
 	graph.Init()
 	resolver := graph.GetResolverInstance()
diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index da64fcd..31d7002 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"html/template"
 	"io/fs"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-backend/internal/config"
@@ -117,18 +115,9 @@ var UIDefaultsMap map[string]any
 // 	"status_view_selectedTopProjectCategory": "totalJobs",
 // }
 
-func Init(configFilePath string) error {
-	var rawConfig json.RawMessage = nil
-	raw, rerr := os.ReadFile(configFilePath)
-	if rerr != nil {
-		if !os.IsNotExist(rerr) {
-			log.Fatalf("UI-CONFIG ERROR: %v", rerr)
-		}
-	} else {
-		rawConfig = json.RawMessage(raw)
-	}
-
+func Init(rawConfig json.RawMessage) error {
 	var err error
+
 	if rawConfig != nil {
 		config.Validate(configSchema, rawConfig)
 		if err = json.Unmarshal(rawConfig, &UIDefaults); err != nil {
diff --git a/web/webConfig_test.go b/web/webConfig_test.go
index 6074f50..4bd8433 100644
--- a/web/webConfig_test.go
+++ b/web/webConfig_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 func TestInit(t *testing.T) {
 	fp := "../../configs/config.json"
 	ccconf.Init(fp)
-	cfg := ccconf.GetPackageConfig("web")
+	cfg := ccconf.GetPackageConfig("ui")
 
 	Init(cfg)