diff --git a/defaults.sh b/defaults.sh
index 719a19b..7d35639 100755
--- a/defaults.sh
+++ b/defaults.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export GHOST_IMAGE="ghost:5.20.0"
 export GHOST_DB_IMAGE="$DEFAULT_DB_IMAGE"
 
 
-export NGINX_IMAGE="nginx:1.23.1"
+export NGINX_IMAGE="nginx:1.23.2"
 
 # version of backup is 24.0.3
 export NEXTCLOUD_IMAGE="nextcloud:25.0.0"
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 956701f..62b80f7 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if ! lsb_release -d | grep -q "Ubuntu 22.04"; then
 fi
 
 DOMAIN_NAME=
-RUN_CERT_RENEWAL=true
+RUN_CERT_RENEWAL=false
 SKIP_WWW=false
 RESTORE_WWW=false
 BACKUP_CERTS=false
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ fi
 PROJECT_DEFINITION_PATH="$PROJECT_PATH/project_definition"
 if [ ! -f "$PROJECT_DEFINITION_PATH" ]; then
 
-    # stub out a site_definition with new passwords.
+    # stub out a project_definition
     cat >"$PROJECT_DEFINITION_PATH" <<EOL
 #!/bin/bash
 
diff --git a/deployment/www/stub/nginx_yml.sh b/deployment/www/stub/nginx_yml.sh
index 02fd5da..e25bf6f 100755
--- a/deployment/www/stub/nginx_yml.sh
+++ b/deployment/www/stub/nginx_yml.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ EOL
 
                 if [ "$DEPLOY_NOSTR_RELAY" = "true" ]; then
                     cat >> "$DOCKER_YAML_PATH" <<EOL
-        - nostrnet-$DOMAIN_IDENTIFIER
+        - nostrnet-$DOMAIN_IDENTIFIER-en
 EOL
                 fi
             fi
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ EOL
 
 
     for DOMAIN_NAME in ${DOMAIN_LIST//,/ }; do
-        export DOMAIN_NAME="$DOMAIN_NAME"
+                export DOMAIN_NAME="$DOMAIN_NAME"
+        export SITE_PATH="$SITES_PATH/$DOMAIN_NAME"
+
+        # source the site path so we know what features it has.
+        source "$RESPOSITORY_PATH/reset_env.sh"
+        source "$SITE_PATH/site_definition"
         source "$RESPOSITORY_PATH/domain_env.sh"
 
         # for each language specified in the site_definition, we spawn a separate ghost container