diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/README.md b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/README.md
index 7f26cb7eab..9c92f627b6 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/README.md
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   - Sets the environment used across containers run with docker-compose
 - docker-compose-angular.yml
   - Docker compose file that will start a published DSpace angular container that interacts with the branch.
-- environment.dev.js
+- environment.dev.ts
   - Default angular environment when testing DSpace-angular from this repo
 
 ## To refresh / pull DSpace images from Dockerhub
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-angular.yml b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-angular.yml
index d371ef4cc2..7eb78c5c07 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-angular.yml
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/docker-compose-angular.yml
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ services:
     environment:
       DSPACE_HOST: dspace-angular
       DSPACE_NAMESPACE: /
-      DSPACE_PORT: '3000'
+      DSPACE_PORT: '4000'
       DSPACE_SSL: "false"
     image: dspace/dspace-angular:latest
     networks:
       dspacenet: {}
     ports:
-    - published: 3000
-      target: 3000
+    - published: 4000
+      target: 4000
     - published: 9876
       target: 9876
     stdin_open: true
     tty: true
     volumes:
-    - ./dspace/src/main/docker-compose/environment.dev.js:/app/config/environment.dev.js
+    - ./dspace/src/main/docker-compose/environment.dev.ts:/app/src/environments/environment.dev.ts
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/environment.dev.js b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/environment.dev.ts
similarity index 76%
rename from dspace/src/main/docker-compose/environment.dev.js
rename to dspace/src/main/docker-compose/environment.dev.ts
index f88506012f..e8c88112fa 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/environment.dev.js
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/environment.dev.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
  *
  * http://www.dspace.org/license/
  */
-module.exports = {
+import { GlobalConfig } from '../src/config/global-config.interface';
+
+export const environment: Partial<GlobalConfig> = {
   rest: {
     ssl: false,
     host: 'localhost',
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/local.cfg b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/local.cfg
index 70bc45c112..a511c25789 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/local.cfg
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/local.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 dspace.dir=/dspace
 db.url=jdbc:postgresql://dspacedb:5432/dspace
 dspace.server.url=http://localhost:8080/server
+dspace.ui.url=http://localhost:4000
 dspace.name=DSpace Started with Docker Compose
 solr.server=http://dspacesolr:8983/solr
diff --git a/dspace/src/main/docker/local.cfg b/dspace/src/main/docker/local.cfg
index 480e05372f..28a4f68734 100644
--- a/dspace/src/main/docker/local.cfg
+++ b/dspace/src/main/docker/local.cfg
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
 dspace.dir = /dspace
 db.url = jdbc:postgresql://dspacedb:5432/dspace
 dspace.server.url=http://localhost:8080/server
+dspace.ui.url=http://localhost:4000
 solr.server=http://dspacesolr:8983/solr