diff --git a/packages/cli/src/Server.ts b/packages/cli/src/Server.ts
index ff74e651fb..4dfd3423f6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/Server.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/Server.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ import type { ServeStaticOptions } from 'serve-static';
 import type { FindManyOptions, FindOptionsWhere } from 'typeorm';
 import { Not, In } from 'typeorm';
 
-import { LoadMappingOptions, LoadNodeParameterOptions, LoadNodeListSearch } from 'n8n-core';
+import {
+	LoadMappingOptions,
+	LoadNodeParameterOptions,
+	LoadNodeListSearch,
+	InstanceSettings,
+} from 'n8n-core';
 
 import type {
 	INodeCredentials,
@@ -46,7 +51,6 @@ import { getSharedWorkflowIds } from '@/WorkflowHelpers';
 import { workflowsController } from '@/workflows/workflows.controller';
 import {
 	EDITOR_UI_DIST_DIR,
-	GENERATED_STATIC_DIR,
 	inDevelopment,
 	inE2ETests,
 	N8N_VERSION,
@@ -951,11 +955,12 @@ export class Server extends AbstractServer {
 			);
 		}
 
+		const { staticCacheDir } = Container.get(InstanceSettings);
 		if (frontendService) {
 			const staticOptions: ServeStaticOptions = {
 				cacheControl: false,
 				setHeaders: (res: express.Response, path: string) => {
-					const isIndex = path === pathJoin(GENERATED_STATIC_DIR, 'index.html');
+					const isIndex = path === pathJoin(staticCacheDir, 'index.html');
 					const cacheControl = isIndex
 						? 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate'
 						: 'max-age=86400, immutable';
@@ -981,7 +986,7 @@ export class Server extends AbstractServer {
 
 			this.app.use(
 				'/',
-				express.static(GENERATED_STATIC_DIR),
+				express.static(staticCacheDir),
 				express.static(EDITOR_UI_DIST_DIR, staticOptions),
 			);
 
@@ -991,7 +996,7 @@ export class Server extends AbstractServer {
 				next();
 			});
 		} else {
-			this.app.use('/', express.static(GENERATED_STATIC_DIR));
+			this.app.use('/', express.static(staticCacheDir));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
index 676e91cc81..6d1c4b46b5 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/start.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { ActiveWorkflowRunner } from '@/ActiveWorkflowRunner';
 import * as Db from '@/Db';
 import * as GenericHelpers from '@/GenericHelpers';
 import { Server } from '@/Server';
-import { EDITOR_UI_DIST_DIR, GENERATED_STATIC_DIR, LICENSE_FEATURES } from '@/constants';
+import { EDITOR_UI_DIST_DIR, LICENSE_FEATURES } from '@/constants';
 import { eventBus } from '@/eventbus';
 import { BaseCommand } from './BaseCommand';
 import { InternalHooks } from '@/InternalHooks';
@@ -169,10 +169,11 @@ export class Start extends BaseCommand {
 		}
 
 		const closingTitleTag = '</title>';
+		const { staticCacheDir } = this.instanceSettings;
 		const compileFile = async (fileName: string) => {
 			const filePath = path.join(EDITOR_UI_DIST_DIR, fileName);
 			if (/(index\.html)|.*\.(js|css)/.test(filePath) && existsSync(filePath)) {
-				const destFile = path.join(GENERATED_STATIC_DIR, fileName);
+				const destFile = path.join(staticCacheDir, fileName);
 				await mkdir(path.dirname(destFile), { recursive: true });
 				const streams = [
 					createReadStream(filePath, 'utf-8'),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/config/index.ts
index f733869c58..fb269d9166 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import convict from 'convict';
 import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { setGlobalState } from 'n8n-workflow';
-import { schema } from './schema';
 import { inTest, inE2ETests } from '@/constants';
 
 if (inE2ETests) {
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ if (inE2ETests) {
 	dotenv.config();
 }
 
+// Load schema after process.env has been overwritten
+import { schema } from './schema';
 const config = convict(schema, { args: [] });
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/unbound-method
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/constants.ts b/packages/cli/src/constants.ts
index d54c463646..b72e7be557 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/constants.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { resolve, join, dirname } from 'path';
-import { Container } from 'typedi';
 import type { n8n } from 'n8n-core';
-import { InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 import { jsonParse } from 'n8n-workflow';
 
 const { NODE_ENV, E2E_TESTS } = process.env;
@@ -17,10 +15,6 @@ export const CUSTOM_API_CALL_KEY = '__CUSTOM_API_CALL__';
 export const CLI_DIR = resolve(__dirname, '..');
 export const TEMPLATES_DIR = join(CLI_DIR, 'templates');
 export const NODES_BASE_DIR = dirname(require.resolve('n8n-nodes-base'));
-export const GENERATED_STATIC_DIR = join(
-	Container.get(InstanceSettings).userHome,
-	'.cache/n8n/public',
-);
 export const EDITOR_UI_DIST_DIR = join(dirname(require.resolve('n8n-editor-ui')), 'dist');
 
 export function getN8nPackageJson() {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts
index a493cdf3eb..276494fef0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/services/frontend.service.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import type {
 } from 'n8n-workflow';
 import { InstanceSettings } from 'n8n-core';
 
-import { GENERATED_STATIC_DIR, LICENSE_FEATURES } from '@/constants';
+import { LICENSE_FEATURES } from '@/constants';
 import { CredentialsOverwrites } from '@/CredentialsOverwrites';
 import { CredentialTypes } from '@/CredentialTypes';
 import { LoadNodesAndCredentials } from '@/LoadNodesAndCredentials';
@@ -205,8 +205,9 @@ export class FrontendService {
 	async generateTypes() {
 		this.overwriteCredentialsProperties();
 
+		const { staticCacheDir } = this.instanceSettings;
 		// pre-render all the node and credential types as static json files
-		await mkdir(path.join(GENERATED_STATIC_DIR, 'types'), { recursive: true });
+		await mkdir(path.join(staticCacheDir, 'types'), { recursive: true });
 		const { credentials, nodes } = this.loadNodesAndCredentials.types;
 		this.writeStaticJSON('nodes', nodes);
 		this.writeStaticJSON('credentials', credentials);
@@ -303,7 +304,8 @@ export class FrontendService {
 	}
 
 	private writeStaticJSON(name: string, data: INodeTypeBaseDescription[] | ICredentialType[]) {
-		const filePath = path.join(GENERATED_STATIC_DIR, `types/${name}.json`);
+		const { staticCacheDir } = this.instanceSettings;
+		const filePath = path.join(staticCacheDir, `types/${name}.json`);
 		const stream = createWriteStream(filePath, 'utf-8');
 		stream.write('[\n');
 		data.forEach((entry, index) => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/start.cmd.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/start.cmd.test.ts
index 47158a1c11..7fb6bb8533 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/start.cmd.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/integration/commands/start.cmd.test.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 
 test('should not init license if instance is follower in multi-main scenario', async () => {
 	config.set('executions.mode', 'queue');
+	config.set('endpoints.disableUi', true);
 	config.set('leaderSelection.enabled', true);
 
 	jest.spyOn(MultiMainInstancePublisher.prototype, 'isFollower', 'get').mockReturnValue(true);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/InstanceSettings.ts b/packages/core/src/InstanceSettings.ts
index 6802914c97..4731ad91f2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/InstanceSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/InstanceSettings.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@ type Settings = ReadOnlySettings & WritableSettings;
 
 @Service()
 export class InstanceSettings {
-	readonly userHome = this.getUserHome();
+	private readonly userHome = this.getUserHome();
 
 	/** The path to the n8n folder in which all n8n related data gets saved */
 	readonly n8nFolder = path.join(this.userHome, '.n8n');
 
+	/** The path to the folder where all generated static assets are copied to */
+	readonly staticCacheDir = path.join(this.userHome, '.cache/n8n/public');
+
 	/** The path to the folder containing custom nodes and credentials */
 	readonly customExtensionDir = path.join(this.n8nFolder, 'custom');