diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 3601891..236d984 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ jobs:
           if [ -f "package.json" ]; then
             npm ci
             # Exclude the repo itself (private=true packages are treated as UNLICENSED by license-checker).
-            license-checker --excludePrivatePackages --onlyAllow 'MIT;Apache-2.0;BSD-3-Clause;ISC;BSD-2-Clause;Python-2.0'
+            license-checker --excludePrivatePackages --onlyAllow 'MIT;Apache-2.0;BSD-3-Clause;ISC;BSD-2-Clause;Python-2.0;BlueOak-1.0.0'
           else
             echo "No package.json found, skipping license check"
           fi
diff --git a/playbooks/app/configure_app.yml b/playbooks/app/configure_app.yml
index bbb2576..974ad51 100644
--- a/playbooks/app/configure_app.yml
+++ b/playbooks/app/configure_app.yml
@@ -117,18 +117,19 @@
         app_owner: "{{ project_def.os_user | default(appuser_name) }}"
         app_group: "{{ project_def.os_user | default(appuser_name) }}"
 
-        app_backend_port: "{{ project_def.backend_port | default(app_backend_port) }}"
-        app_frontend_port: "{{ project_def.frontend_port | default(app_frontend_port) }}"
+        # Use different variable names to avoid self-referential recursion
+        app_backend_port: "{{ project_def.backend_port | default(3001) }}"
+        app_frontend_port: "{{ project_def.frontend_port | default(3000) }}"
         app_enable_backend: "{{ project_def.components.backend | default(true) }}"
         app_enable_frontend: "{{ project_def.components.frontend | default(true) }}"
 
-        app_backend_install_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.backend_install_cmd | default(app_backend_install_cmd) }}"
-        app_backend_migrate_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.backend_migrate_cmd | default(app_backend_migrate_cmd) }}"
-        app_backend_start_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.backend_start_cmd | default(app_backend_start_cmd) }}"
+        app_backend_install_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.backend_install_cmd | default('npm ci') }}"
+        app_backend_migrate_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.backend_migrate_cmd | default('npm run migrate') }}"
+        app_backend_start_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.backend_start_cmd | default('npm start') }}"
 
-        app_frontend_install_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.frontend_install_cmd | default(app_frontend_install_cmd) }}"
-        app_frontend_build_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.frontend_build_cmd | default(app_frontend_build_cmd) }}"
-        app_frontend_start_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.frontend_start_cmd | default(app_frontend_start_cmd) }}"
+        app_frontend_install_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.frontend_install_cmd | default('npm ci') }}"
+        app_frontend_build_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.frontend_build_cmd | default('npm run build') }}"
+        app_frontend_start_cmd: "{{ project_def.deploy.frontend_start_cmd | default('npm start') }}"
 
         app_env_vars: "{{ env_def.env_vars | default({}) }}"
       when: app_project != 'pote'