diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 55bad9115..97fdfb940 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ compile-services:
       done
     - ls -lh build-out/services/
     # Upload stripped binaries to MinIO (in-cluster S3)
-    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
+    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
     - export RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$MINIO_ACCESS_KEY RCLONE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$MINIO_SECRET_KEY
     - |
       for bin in trading_service api_gateway broker_gateway_service ml_training_service backtesting_service trading_agent_service data_acquisition_service web-gateway; do
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ compile-training:
       strip build-out/training/training_uploader
     - ls -lh build-out/training/
     # Upload stripped binaries to MinIO (in-cluster S3)
-    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
+    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
     - export RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$MINIO_ACCESS_KEY RCLONE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$MINIO_SECRET_KEY
     - |
       for bin in train_baseline_rl train_baseline_supervised evaluate_baseline evaluate_supervised hyperopt_baseline_rl hyperopt_baseline_supervised training_uploader; do
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ build-web-dashboard:
     - cd web-dashboard
     - npm ci
     - npm run build
-    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
+    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
     - export RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$MINIO_ACCESS_KEY RCLONE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$MINIO_SECRET_KEY
     - rclone sync dist/ :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/web-dashboard/dist/
     - echo "Web dashboard assets uploaded to MinIO"
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ write-manifest:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "api"
   script:
-    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
+    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
     - export RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$MINIO_ACCESS_KEY RCLONE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$MINIO_SECRET_KEY
     - echo "{\"sha\":\"${CI_COMMIT_SHA}\",\"ts\":\"$(date -Iseconds)\"}" | rclone rcat :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/MANIFEST.json
     - echo "Manifest written for ${CI_COMMIT_SHA}"
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ write-manifest:
     - nvidia-smi
     - mkdir -p ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/output ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/bin
     # Fetch training binaries from MinIO (in-cluster S3)
-    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
+    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
     - export RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$MINIO_ACCESS_KEY RCLONE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$MINIO_SECRET_KEY
     - rclone sync :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/training/ ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/bin/
     - chmod +x ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/bin/*
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ write-manifest:
     - nvidia-smi
     - mkdir -p ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/output ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/bin
     # Fetch training binaries from MinIO (in-cluster S3)
-    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
+    - export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
     - export RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$MINIO_ACCESS_KEY RCLONE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$MINIO_SECRET_KEY
     - rclone sync :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/training/ ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/bin/
     - chmod +x ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/bin/*
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/api-gateway.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/api-gateway.yaml
index ec43ecc26..19664145e 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/api-gateway.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/api-gateway.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=api_gateway
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/backtesting-service.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/backtesting-service.yaml
index 6204aaf7c..f31221abb 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/backtesting-service.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/backtesting-service.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=backtesting_service
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/broker-gateway.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/broker-gateway.yaml
index c30d58edb..0cc57341b 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/broker-gateway.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/broker-gateway.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=broker_gateway_service
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/data-acquisition-service.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/data-acquisition-service.yaml
index 076fb456a..2c4d10031 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/data-acquisition-service.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/data-acquisition-service.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=data_acquisition_service
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/ml-training-service-gpu.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/ml-training-service-gpu.yaml
index e4f418f48..ff5fadf83 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/ml-training-service-gpu.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/ml-training-service-gpu.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=ml_training_service
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/ml-training-service.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/ml-training-service.yaml
index 18a6b9c67..fcb11882c 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/ml-training-service.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/ml-training-service.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=ml_training_service
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/trading-agent-service.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/trading-agent-service.yaml
index 4b9e811c2..75298dad6 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/trading-agent-service.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/trading-agent-service.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=trading_agent_service
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/trading-service-gpu.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/trading-service-gpu.yaml
index d37a8a8c6..d3c55cf39 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/trading-service-gpu.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/trading-service-gpu.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=trading_service
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/trading-service.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/trading-service.yaml
index 24de7d643..07787ef52 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/trading-service.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/trading-service.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=trading_service
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 echo "Fetched $SERVICE from S3 ($(stat -c%s /binaries/$SERVICE) bytes)"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/services/web-gateway.yaml b/infra/k8s/services/web-gateway.yaml
index 626f4f1e4..8f2351ca2 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/services/web-gateway.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/services/web-gateway.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ spec:
             - |
               set -e
               SERVICE=web-gateway
-              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null; then
+              if rclone copyto :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/services/$SERVICE /binaries/$SERVICE 2>/dev/null && [ -f /binaries/$SERVICE ]; then
                 chmod +x /binaries/$SERVICE
                 cp /binaries/$SERVICE /cache/$SERVICE
                 rclone sync :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/web-dashboard/dist/ /binaries/static/
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ spec:
             - name: RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER
               value: Minio
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000
+              value: "http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000"
             - name: RCLONE_S3_REGION
               value: us-east-1
             - name: RCLONE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID
diff --git a/infra/k8s/training/job-template.yaml b/infra/k8s/training/job-template.yaml
index 02b4ef6e5..98688f096 100644
--- a/infra/k8s/training/job-template.yaml
+++ b/infra/k8s/training/job-template.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ spec:
           args:
             - |
               set -e
-              export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
+              export RCLONE_S3_PROVIDER=Minio RCLONE_S3_ENDPOINT=http://minio.foxhunt.svc.cluster.local:9000 RCLONE_S3_REGION=us-east-1
               rclone sync :s3:foxhunt-binaries/latest/training/ /binaries/
               chmod +x /binaries/*
               ls -lh /binaries/