diff --git a/ci/nginx/docker-compose.yml b/ci/nginx/docker-compose.yml
index 09fc0442a..c654cb8dc 100644
--- a/ci/nginx/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/ci/nginx/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
     image: "kabanero/kabanero-index"
     container_name: "kabanero-verify"
     entrypoint: ""
-    command: sh -c "/opt/startup.sh; cat /opt/www/public/*.yaml; ls /opt/www/public"
+    command: sh -c "/opt/startup.sh; cat /opt/www/public/*.yaml; cat /opt/www/public/*.json; ls /opt/www/public"
     environment:
       - EXTERNAL_URL=https://localhost:8003/
       - DRY_RUN=true
diff --git a/ci/nginx/startup.sh b/ci/nginx/startup.sh
index 820c4df18..d78b6c347 100755
--- a/ci/nginx/startup.sh
+++ b/ci/nginx/startup.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ fi
 # Replace the resource paths in index yaml files to match the specified external URL
 find /opt/www/public -name '*.yaml' -exec sed -i -e "s|{{EXTERNAL_URL}}|${EXTERNAL_URL%/}|" {} \;
 
+# Replace the resource paths in index json files to match the specified external URL
+find /opt/www/public -name '*.json' -exec sed -i -e "s|{{EXTERNAL_URL}}|${EXTERNAL_URL%/}|" {} \;
+
 if [ -z "${DRY_RUN}" ]
 then
     exec nginx $CONF_FILE
diff --git a/ci/package.sh b/ci/package.sh
index aff144e0e..3f6f83b12 100755
--- a/ci/package.sh
+++ b/ci/package.sh
@@ -233,7 +233,16 @@ done
 exec_hooks $script_dir/ext/post_package.d
 
 if [ "$CODEWIND_INDEX" == "true" ]; then
-  python3 $script_dir/create_codewind_index.py $DISPLAY_NAME_PREFIX
+    python3 $script_dir/create_codewind_index.py $DISPLAY_NAME_PREFIX
+
+    # iterate over each repo
+    for codewind_file in $assets_dir/*.json
+    do
+        # flat json used by static appsody-index for codewind
+        index_src=$build_dir/index-src/$(basename "$codewind_file")
+
+        sed -e "s|${RELEASE_URL}/.*/|{{EXTERNAL_URL}}/|" $codewind_file > $index_src
+    done
 fi
 
 # create appsody-index from contents of assets directory after post-processing