diff --git a/.env b/.env
index b290898..effd6e6 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+PUBLIC_DASH_NOTEBOOK_IMAGE_TAG=2024-09-21--39-25
+PUBLIC_DASH_FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=2024-09-21--39-25
 SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=2024-09-20--06-45
diff --git a/.env.repoTags b/.env.repoTags
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e67954..0000000
--- a/.env.repoTags
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=2024-09-15--09-41
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image_build_push.yml b/.github/workflows/image_build_push.yml
index b8a2720..717eb57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image_build_push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image_build_push.yml
@@ -5,118 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
     
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      docker_image_tag:
-        description: "Latest Docker image tags passed from e-mission-server repository on image build and push"
-        required: true
-
-env:
-  DOCKER_USER: ${{secrets.DOCKER_USER}}
-  DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD}}
 
 jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    env:
-      DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH: ${{ github.event.inputs.docker_image_tag }}
-      
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Set docker image tag from .env file
-      run: |
-        set -a; source .env; set +a
-        echo "Restoring latest server image tag from .env"
-        echo "DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH=${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Set docker image tag from .env.repoTags file
-      run: |
-        set -a; source .env.repoTags; set +a
-        echo "Restoring latest frontend image tag from .env.repoTags"
-        echo "FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=${FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Print input docker image tag
-      run: |
-        echo "Event name: ${{ github.event_name }}"
-        echo "Latest docker image tag (push): ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH }}"
-        echo "Latest docker image tag (workflow_dispatch): ${{ env.DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH }}"
-        echo "Current frontend image tag (push): ${{ env.FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG }}"
-
-    - name: docker login
-      run: | # log into docker hub account
-        docker login -u $DOCKER_USER -p $DOCKER_PASSWORD
-
-    - name: Get current date # get the date of the build
-      id: date
-      run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y-%m-%d--%M-%S')"
-
-    - name: Run a one-line script
-      run: echo running in repo ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/} branch ${GITHUB_REF##*/} on ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-
-    - name: build docker image
-      run: |
-        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
-          SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH docker compose -f docker-compose.yml build
-        else
-          SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_TAG_FROM_PUSH docker compose -f docker-compose.yml build
-        fi
-        docker images
-
-    - name: rename docker images
-      run: |
-        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" ]; then
-          docker image tag em-pub-dash-prod/frontend:latest $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_frontend:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-          echo "FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        fi
-        docker image tag em-pub-dash-prod/viz-scripts:latest $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_notebook:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-        echo "NOTEBOOK_IMAGE_TAG=${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: push docker images
-      run: |
-        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "push" ]; then
-          docker push $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_frontend:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-        fi
-        docker push $DOCKER_USER/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/}_notebook:${GITHUB_REF##*/}_${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-
-    - name: Update .env file 
-      run: |
-        if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
-          echo "Workflow_dispatch: New server image built and pushed, Updating image tag in .env"
-          echo "SERVER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_TAG_FROM_WORKFLOW_DISPATCH" > .env
-        else
-          echo "Push event: New frontend image built and pushed, Updating image tag in .env.repoTags"
-          echo "FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG=${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" > .env.repoTags
-        fi
-  
-    - name: Add, Commit, Push changes to .env file
-      run: |
-        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
-        git config --local user.name "Github Actions bot to update .env with latest tags"
-        if git diff --quiet; then
-          echo "Latest timestamps already present in .env files, no changes to commit"
-        else
-          git add .env .env.repoTags
-          git commit -m "Updated docker image tags in .env files to the latest timestamps"
-          git push origin 
-        fi
-   
-    - name: Create tag files
-      run: |
-        echo ${{ env.FRONTEND_IMAGE_TAG }} > frontend_tag_file.txt
-        echo ${{ env.NOTEBOOK_IMAGE_TAG }} > notebook_tag_file.txt
-        echo "Created tag text files"
-
-    - name: Upload Frontend Tag Artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: frontend-image-tag
-        path: frontend_tag_file.txt
-        overwrite: true
-  
-    - name: Upload Notebook Tag Artifact
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        name: notebook-image-tag
-        path: notebook_tag_file.txt
-        overwrite: true
+  build:  
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.head_commit.author.name, 'Github Actions bot to update .env with latest tags') }}
+    uses: e-mission/e-mission-server/.github/workflows/reusable_image_build_push.yml@master
+    with:
+      repo: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
+      branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/viz_scripts/Dockerfile b/viz_scripts/Dockerfile
index 52c5aa5..5d1978b 100644
--- a/viz_scripts/Dockerfile
+++ b/viz_scripts/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # python 3
 ARG SERVER_IMAGE_TAG
-FROM shankari/e-mission-server:master_${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}
-
-ADD https://s3.amazonaws.com/rds-downloads/rds-combined-ca-bundle.pem /etc/ssl/certs/
+FROM shankari/e-mission-server:${SERVER_IMAGE_TAG}
 
 VOLUME /plots