diff --git a/ai/compose.yml b/ai/compose.yml
index 3126c2b..89dceca 100755
--- a/ai/compose.yml
+++ b/ai/compose.yml
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ services:
         - default
     container_name: hermes
     entrypoint: ["/bin/bash", "-c",
-      "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 \"$@\"",
+      "bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh && bash /usr/local/bin/run-multi-gateways.sh && exec /usr/bin/tini -g -- /opt/hermes/docker/entrypoint.sh \"$@\"",
       "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
diff --git a/ai/hermes/Dockerfile b/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
index 253b9b7..dd044f9 100644
--- a/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
+++ b/ai/hermes/Dockerfile
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ os.remove(tgz)
 print('himalaya v1.2.0 installed')
 PYEOF
 
+# ---------- Install multi-gateway launcher ----------
+# Launches one gateway process per profile (HERMES_PROFILES env var)
+COPY --chmod=0755 run-multi-gateways.sh /usr/local/bin/run-multi-gateways.sh
+
 # ---------- Runtime ----------
 USER hermes
 ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data
diff --git a/ai/hermes/run-multi-gateways.sh b/ai/hermes/run-multi-gateways.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f23ac78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ai/hermes/run-multi-gateways.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Multi-gateway launcher for HERMES_PROFILES env var.
+# Reads comma-separated profile names, spawns one gateway per profile.
+# Designed to run before the main entrypoint — gateways run in background.
+set -e
+
+if [ -z "${HERMES_PROFILES}" ]; then
+  echo "HERMES_PROFILES not set — skipping multi-gateway launch"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Source venv to make 'hermes' available (entrypoint.sh sources it later,
+# but we need it NOW for the background gateways)
+HERMES_BIN="/opt/hermes/.venv/bin/hermes"
+if [ ! -x "$HERMES_BIN" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: hermes binary not found at $HERMES_BIN"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p /opt/data/logs
+
+IFS=',' read -ra PROFILES <<< "${HERMES_PROFILES}"
+for profile in "${PROFILES[@]}"; do
+  profile="$(echo "${profile}" | xargs)"  # trim whitespace
+  [ -z "${profile}" ] && continue
+
+  echo "Starting gateway for profile: ${profile}"
+  nohup env API_SERVER_ENABLED=false API_SERVER_KEY= gosu hermes "$HERMES_BIN" --profile "${profile}" gateway run \
+      >> "/opt/data/logs/gateway-${profile}.log" 2>&1 &
+done
+
+echo "All gateways launched: ${HERMES_PROFILES}"