diff --git a/ai/compose.yml b/ai/compose.yml
index 60b1d2e..c36f2d0 100755
--- a/ai/compose.yml
+++ b/ai/compose.yml
@@ -32,13 +32,18 @@ services:
         - default
     container_name: hermes
     entrypoint: ["/bin/bash", "-c",
-      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate && uv pip install openai 'mautrix[encryption]' -q && exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
+      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/run-multi-gateways.sh && exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
       "hermes-entrypoint"]
     restart: always
     # Gateway run enables the internal API server on port 8642
     command: gateway run
     environment:
       - OLLAMA_HOST=http://ollama:11434
+      - HERMES_DASHBOARD=1
+      # Multi-profile: comma-separated list of profiles to run as gateways.
+      # The entrypoint reads this and starts one gateway per profile.
+      # Add profiles here when they exist on disk (e.g. default,researcher,writer)
+      - HERMES_PROFILES=ashley,claire,finn,matt,paul
       - API_SERVER_ENABLED=true
       - API_SERVER_PORT=8642
       - API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0
@@ -68,8 +73,32 @@ services:
       - "26"
     networks:
       - ai_backend
+      - ai_net
     depends_on:
       - honcho
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.docker.network=ai_net"
+
+      # Router for HTTP + redirection to HTTPS
+      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.rule=Host(`hermes.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.entrypoints=web"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
+
+      # Router for HTTPS with TLS — protected by Authelia
+      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.rule=Host(`hermes.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.tls=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.middlewares=hermes-auth"
+
+      # Authelia forwardAuth
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.address=http://authelia:9091/api/verify?rd=https://auth.lazyworkhorse.net/"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.trustforwardheader=true"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.authresponseheaders=X-Forwarded-User,X-Forwarded-Groups"
+
+      # Service Loadbalancer (dashboard port 9119)
+      - "traefik.http.services.hermes-web.loadbalancer.server.port=9119"
 
   syncthing:
     image: syncthing/syncthing:latest
diff --git a/ai/hermes/Dockerfile b/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
index fe09d62..adabcdc 100644
--- a/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
+++ b/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
@@ -20,16 +20,10 @@ RUN --mount=type=ssh \
     GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -p 2222 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' \
     git clone --depth 1 --branch main \
     git@code.lazyworkhorse.net:gortium/hermes-agent.git fork && \
-    rsync -a --delete fork/ /opt/hermes/ \
-      --exclude node_modules \
-      --exclude .venv \
-      --exclude .git && \
+    rm -rf fork/node_modules fork/.venv fork/.git && \
+    cp -a fork/. /opt/hermes/ && \
     rm -rf /tmp/fork /root/.ssh/
 
-# ---------- Rebuild web UI ----------
-# Source files changed; node_modules (from base image) reused.
-RUN cd /opt/hermes && npm run build
-
 # ---------- Reinstall Python package (editable) ----------
 # Picks up source changes from our fork.
 RUN . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate && \
@@ -77,10 +71,6 @@ os.remove(tgz)
 print('himalaya v1.2.0 installed')
 PYEOF
 
-# ---------- Install himalaya-ro wrapper ----------
-COPY --chmod=0755 himalaya-ro.sh /usr/local/bin/himalaya-ro
-
-
 # ---------- Runtime ----------
 USER hermes
 ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data
@@ -90,6 +80,7 @@ ENV CHROME_EXECUTABLE=/opt/hermes/.playwright/chromium/chrome-linux/chrome
 
 # Ensure tools directory and toolsets.py are writable by the hermes runtime user
 # so custom tools can be injected from the persistent volume at startup.
+USER root
 RUN chown -R hermes:hermes /opt/hermes/tools /opt/hermes/toolsets.py
 
 VOLUME [ "/opt/data" ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ai/hermes/himalaya-ro.sh b/ai/hermes/himalaya-ro.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 212f1ae..0000000
--- a/ai/hermes/himalaya-ro.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# himalaya-ro — Read-only wrapper for himalaya
-#
-# Blocks destructive commands and logs audit trail.
-# Pass-through for read-only commands (list, read, search).
-#
-# Usage:  himalaya-ro [options] <command> [args...]
-#
-# Install: place in PATH before the real himalaya, or use
-#          `ln -sf himalaya-ro /usr/local/bin/himalaya`
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-set -o pipefail
-
-# ── Configuration ───────────────────────────────────────────
-HIMALAYA_BIN="${HIMALAYA_BIN:-/usr/local/bin/himalaya}"
-AUDIT_LOG="${HIMALAYA_AUDIT_LOG:-/var/log/himalaya-audit.log}"
-
-# ── Destructive commands we block ──────────────────────────
-BLOCKED_CMDS=(
-  "message move"
-  "message delete"
-  "message copy"
-  "flag add"
-  "flag remove"
-  "folder create"
-  "folder delete"
-  "folder rename"
-  "template send"
-  "account configure"
-  "account delete"
-)
-
-# ── Determine the subcommand being invoked ─────────────────
-# Strip leading options (--account, --output, etc.) to find the verb
-ARGS=()
-SKIP_NEXT=false
-for arg in "$@"; do
-  if $SKIP_NEXT; then
-    SKIP_NEXT=false
-    continue
-  fi
-  if [[ "$arg" == --* ]]; then
-    case "$arg" in
-      --account|--output|--page|--page-size|--folder|--color|--format)
-        SKIP_NEXT=true ;;
-    esac
-    continue
-  fi
-  ARGS+=("$arg")
-done
-
-# Build subcommand string and check against blocklist
-CMD_STR=""
-for ((i=0; i<${#ARGS[@]}; i++)); do
-  if [ -z "$CMD_STR" ]; then
-    CMD_STR="${ARGS[$i]}"
-  else
-    CMD_STR="$CMD_STR ${ARGS[$i]}"
-  fi
-  for blocked in "${BLOCKED_CMDS[@]}"; do
-    if [[ "$CMD_STR" == "$blocked" ]]; then
-      TS=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
-      echo "[AUDIT] $TS BLOCKED: himalaya $*" >> "$AUDIT_LOG"
-      echo "ERROR: Command 'himalaya $CMD_STR ...' is blocked by read-only policy." >&2
-      echo "       Audit log: $AUDIT_LOG" >&2
-      exit 100
-    fi
-  done
-done
-
-# ── Allow pass-through ─────────────────────────────────────
-exec "$HIMALAYA_BIN" "$@"