diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/Dockerfile b/deployment/bare_metal/Dockerfile
index bc3e28941..1d2dca0cb 100644
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/Dockerfile
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/Dockerfile
@@ -102,5 +102,4 @@ WORKDIR /app/gradido/deployment/bare_metal
 RUN echo -e '#!/bin/bash\nshift 0\nexec "$@"' > /usr/local/bin/sudo && \
     chmod +x /usr/local/bin/sudo
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "--login", "-c"]
-ENV URL_PROTOCOL=http
-RUN ./start.sh $BRANCH_NAME
+RUN URL_PROTOCOL=http ./start.sh $BRANCH_NAME
diff --git a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
index 4e7319009..d75bd4eb6 100755
--- a/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
+++ b/deployment/bare_metal/start.sh
@@ -328,8 +328,7 @@ done
 log_step 'Configuring nginx to serve gradido again'
 ln -sf $SCRIPT_DIR/nginx/sites-available/gradido.conf $SCRIPT_DIR/nginx/sites-enabled/default
 sudo nginx -t
-sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart || log_error "Failed to restart nginx $(sudo nginx -t)"
-log_warn sudo nginx -t
+sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart
 
 # keep the update log
 cat $UPDATE_HTML >> $GRADIDO_LOG_PATH/update.$TODAY.log