diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c7acca14..c1a0e49c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@ RUN npm run webpack
 FROM docker.io/python:3.12-slim-bookworm
 MAINTAINER Computer Science House <webmaster@csh.rit.edu>
 
-RUN mkdir /opt/conditional
+WORKDIR /opt/conditional
 
 COPY requirements.txt /opt/conditional
 
-WORKDIR /opt/conditional
-
 RUN apt-get -yq update && \
     apt-get -yq install libsasl2-dev libldap2-dev libldap-common libssl-dev gcc g++ make && \
     pip install -r requirements.txt && \
@@ -35,6 +33,7 @@ ENV PORT=${PORT}
 EXPOSE ${PORT}
 
 COPY conditional /opt/conditional/conditional
+COPY migrations /opt/conditional/migrations
 COPY *.py package.json /opt/conditional/
 COPY --from=build-frontend /opt/conditional/conditional/static/ /opt/conditional/conditional/static/
 
diff --git a/conditional/blueprints/dashboard.py b/conditional/blueprints/dashboard.py
index 786b9a9d..44a88037 100644
--- a/conditional/blueprints/dashboard.py
+++ b/conditional/blueprints/dashboard.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def display_dashboard(user_dict=None):
             "time_spent": p.time_spent,
             "skills": p.skills,
             "desc": p.description,
-            "links": list(filter(None, p.links.split("\n"))),
+            "links": [] if p.links is None else list(filter(None, p.links.split("\n"))),
             "status": p.status,
         }
         for p in get_project_list().filter(MajorProject.uid == uid)
diff --git a/conditional/blueprints/major_project_submission.py b/conditional/blueprints/major_project_submission.py
index ae89c073..2fc47193 100644
--- a/conditional/blueprints/major_project_submission.py
+++ b/conditional/blueprints/major_project_submission.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def display_major_project(user_dict=None):
             "time_spent": p.time_spent,
             "skills": p.skills,
             "desc": p.description,
-            "links": list(filter(None, p.links.split("\n"))),
+            "links": [] if p.links is None else list(filter(None, p.links.split("\n"))),
             "status": p.status,
             "is_owner": bool(user_dict["username"] == p.uid),
             "files": list_files_in_folder(bucket, f"{p.id}/")
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def display_major_project(user_dict=None):
     return render_template(
         "major_project_submission.html",
         major_projects=major_projects,
+        bucket_name=bucket,
         major_projects_len=len(major_projects),
         username=user_dict["username"])
 
@@ -156,12 +157,17 @@ def submit_major_project(user_dict=None):
         for file in os.listdir(temp_dir):
             filepath = f"{temp_dir}/{file}"
 
-            s3.upload_file(filepath, 'major-project-media', f"{project.id}/{file}")
+            s3.upload_file(filepath, app.config['S3_BUCKET_ID'], f"{project.id}/{file}", ExtraArgs={
+                'ExpectedBucketOwner': app.config['S3_BUCKET_ID']
+            })
 
             os.remove(filepath)
 
         # Delete the temp directory once all the files have been stored in S3
         os.rmdir(temp_dir)
+    else:
+        log.error("Could not create temp directory for uploading files")
+        return jsonify({"success": False}), 500
 
 
     # Send the slack ping only after we know that the data was properly saved to the DB
diff --git a/conditional/templates/major_project_submission.html b/conditional/templates/major_project_submission.html
index ba9bcf95..aa00ffa0 100644
--- a/conditional/templates/major_project_submission.html
+++ b/conditional/templates/major_project_submission.html
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ <h5 class="img-header"><strong>Images</strong></h5>
                             {% for f in p['files'] %}
                                 <img 
                                     class="proj-img" 
-                                    src="https://assets.csh.rit.edu/major-project-media/{{ f }}"
+                                    src="https://assets.csh.rit.edu/{{ bucket_name }}/{{ f }}"
                                     alt="User submitted image for the project"/>
                             {% endfor %}
                         {% endif %}
@@ -342,4 +342,4 @@ <h5 class="img-header"><strong>Images</strong></h5>
 {% endif %}
 </div>
 
-{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
+{% endblock %}