diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index a223dc9..778e570 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -577,9 +577,14 @@ window.ENTE_CONFIG = {
     PUBLIC_ALBUMS_URL: 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}/public'
 };
 
-// Next.js environment variables - add NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL to help with URL construction
+// Add Node.js polyfills for browser environment
 window.process = window.process || {};
 window.process.env = window.process.env || {};
+window.process.nextTick = window.process.nextTick || function(fn) { setTimeout(fn, 0); };
+window.process.browser = true;
+window.Buffer = window.Buffer || (function() { return { isBuffer: function() { return false; } }; })();
+
+// Next.js environment variables
 window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}';
 window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ENDPOINT = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}/api';
 window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_PUBLIC_ALBUMS_ENDPOINT = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}/public';
@@ -587,7 +592,8 @@ window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_REACT_APP_ENTE_ENDPOINT = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP
 window.process.env.REACT_APP_ENTE_ENDPOINT = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}/api';
 
 // Add logging to help with debugging
-console.log('Ente runtime config loaded from runtime-config.js');
+console.log('Ente runtime config loaded from runtime-config.js with polyfills');
+console.log('process.nextTick available:', !!window.process.nextTick);
 console.log('BASE_URL:', window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL);
 console.log('API_URL (final):', window.ENTE_CONFIG.API_URL);
 console.log('PUBLIC_ALBUMS_URL (final):', window.ENTE_CONFIG.PUBLIC_ALBUMS_URL);
@@ -596,6 +602,74 @@ EOF
 
 chmod 644 /app/data/web/runtime-config.js
 
+# Create a custom URL patch file to fix the URL constructor error
+echo "==> Creating URL and SRP patch file"
+cat << EOF > /app/data/web/ente-patches.js
+(function() {
+    // Save original URL constructor
+    const originalURL = window.URL;
+    
+    // Create a patched URL constructor
+    window.URL = function(url, base) {
+        try {
+            if (!url) {
+                throw new Error('Invalid URL: URL cannot be empty');
+            }
+            
+            // Fix relative URLs
+            if (!url.match(/^https?:\/\//i)) {
+                if (url.startsWith('/')) {
+                    url = window.location.origin + url;
+                } else {
+                    url = window.location.origin + '/' + url;
+                }
+            }
+            
+            // Try to construct with fixed URL
+            return new originalURL(url, base);
+        } catch (e) {
+            console.error('URL construction error:', e, 'for URL:', url);
+            
+            // Safe fallback - use the origin as a last resort
+            return new originalURL(window.location.origin);
+        }
+    };
+    
+    // Patch the SRP implementation for browser compatibility
+    if (window.process) {
+        // Add any missing process methods
+        window.process.nextTick = window.process.nextTick || function(fn) { 
+            setTimeout(fn, 0); 
+        };
+    }
+    
+    // Add Buffer polyfill if needed
+    if (!window.Buffer) {
+        window.Buffer = {
+            from: function(data, encoding) {
+                if (typeof data === 'string') {
+                    if (encoding === 'hex') {
+                        return { 
+                            data: data,
+                            toString: function() { return data; }
+                        };
+                    }
+                    return { 
+                        data: data,
+                        toString: function() { return data; }
+                    };
+                }
+                return { data: data };
+            },
+            isBuffer: function() { return false; },
+            alloc: function() { return {}; }
+        };
+    }
+    
+    console.log('Ente URL and SRP patches applied successfully');
+})();
+EOF
+
 # Create the static HTML files with scripts pre-injected
 for app_dir in photos accounts auth cast; do
     # Create directory for our modified files
@@ -613,7 +687,7 @@ for app_dir in photos accounts auth cast; do
         fi
         
         # Insert config scripts right after the opening head tag
-        sed -i 's/<head>/<head>\n    <script src="\/config.js" type="text\/javascript"><\/script>\n    <script src="\/runtime-config.js" type="text\/javascript"><\/script>/' "/app/data/web/$app_dir/index.html"
+        sed -i 's/<head>/<head>\n    <script src="\/polyfills.js" type="text\/javascript"><\/script>\n    <script src="\/config.js" type="text\/javascript"><\/script>\n    <script src="\/runtime-config.js" type="text\/javascript"><\/script>\n    <script src="\/ente-patches.js" type="text\/javascript"><\/script>/' "/app/data/web/$app_dir/index.html"
     else
         # Create a minimal HTML file with the scripts included
         echo "==> Creating minimal pre-configured index.html for $app_dir app with redirect"
@@ -621,8 +695,10 @@ for app_dir in photos accounts auth cast; do
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html>
 <head>
+    <script src="/polyfills.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <script src="/config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <script src="/runtime-config.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
+    <script src="/ente-patches.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=/app/web/$app_dir/index.html">
     <title>Ente $app_dir</title>
 </head>
@@ -665,9 +741,14 @@ cat << EOF > /app/data/caddy/Caddyfile
                 PUBLIC_ALBUMS_URL: 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}/public'
             };
             
-            // Next.js environment variables
+            // Add Node.js polyfills for browser environment
             window.process = window.process || {};
             window.process.env = window.process.env || {};
+            window.process.nextTick = window.process.nextTick || function(fn) { setTimeout(fn, 0); };
+            window.process.browser = true;
+            window.Buffer = window.Buffer || (function() { return { isBuffer: function() { return false; } }; })();
+            
+            // Next.js environment variables
             window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}';
             window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_ENDPOINT = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}/api';
             window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_ENTE_PUBLIC_ALBUMS_ENDPOINT = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}/public';
@@ -675,6 +756,8 @@ cat << EOF > /app/data/caddy/Caddyfile
             window.process.env.REACT_APP_ENTE_ENDPOINT = 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}/api';
             
             // Make sure URLs are explicitly defined with full domain
+            console.log('Node.js polyfills loaded');
+            console.log('process.nextTick available:', !!window.process.nextTick);
             console.log('BASE_URL:', window.process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL);
             console.log('Ente config loaded - API_URL:', window.ENTE_CONFIG.API_URL);
             console.log('Ente config loaded - PUBLIC_ALBUMS_URL:', window.ENTE_CONFIG.PUBLIC_ALBUMS_URL);
@@ -686,6 +769,35 @@ cat << EOF > /app/data/caddy/Caddyfile
         file_server
     }
     
+    # Add before the root path section
+    handle /polyfills.js {
+        header Content-Type application/javascript
+        respond "
+            // Node.js polyfills for browsers
+            window.process = window.process || {};
+            window.process.env = window.process.env || {};
+            window.process.nextTick = window.process.nextTick || function(fn) { setTimeout(fn, 0); };
+            window.process.browser = true;
+            
+            // Buffer polyfill
+            window.Buffer = window.Buffer || (function() {
+                return {
+                    isBuffer: function() { return false; },
+                    from: function(data) { return { data: data }; }
+                };
+            })();
+            
+            // URL polyfill helper
+            window.ensureValidURL = function(url) {
+                if (!url) return 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}';
+                if (url.startsWith('http://') || url.startsWith('https://')) return url;
+                return 'https://${CLOUDRON_APP_FQDN}' + (url.startsWith('/') ? url : '/' + url);
+            };
+            
+            console.log('Polyfills loaded successfully');
+        "
+    }
+    
     # Root path serves the photos app
     handle / {
         # Special handling for index.html
@@ -838,6 +950,13 @@ cat << EOF > /app/data/caddy/Caddyfile
         uri strip_prefix /public
         reverse_proxy 0.0.0.0:$PUBLIC_ALBUMS_PORT
     }
+
+    # Serve Ente client patches
+    handle /ente-patches.js {
+        header Content-Type application/javascript
+        root * /app/data/web
+        file_server
+    }
 }
 EOF