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@@ -36,21 +36,23 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh
 # -------------------------------
 # Setup workspace directories
 # -------------------------------
-RUN mkdir -p /home/coder/workspace /home/coder/.config /home/coder/.local/share/code-server \
+RUN mkdir -p /home/coder/workspace /home/coder/.config/code-server /home/coder/.local/share/code-server \
     && chown -R coder:coder /home/coder
 
+# -------------------------------
+# Configure code-server authentication
+# -------------------------------
 USER coder
 WORKDIR /home/coder/workspace
 
-# -------------------------------
-# Set VSCode password (secure login)
-# You can override it at runtime via -e PASSWORD=yourpass
-# -------------------------------
+# Default password (can be overridden by Hugging Face secret or -e PASSWORD)
 ENV PASSWORD=mernpassword
 
+# Write the config file so code-server knows to use password auth
+RUN echo "bind-addr: 0.0.0.0:7860\nauth: password\npassword: ${PASSWORD}\ncert: false" > /home/coder/.config/code-server/config.yaml
+
 # -------------------------------
 # Expose port and start code-server
 # -------------------------------
 EXPOSE 7860
-CMD ["bash", "-c", "code-server --bind-addr 0.0.0.0:7860 --auth password --password ${PASSWORD} --user-data-dir /home/coder/.local/share/code-server"]
-
+CMD ["bash", "-c", "PASSWORD=${PASSWORD} code-server --config /home/coder/.config/code-server/config.yaml --user-data-dir /home/coder/.local/share/code-server"]