diff --git a/demo/config/kiwix/bootstrap.sh b/demo/config/kiwix/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..09fec47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/config/kiwix/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Kiwix bootstrap: ensure a sample ZIM file is present, then serve it.
+#
+# ZIM filenames on download.kiwix.org are date-stamped and rotate monthly,
+# so hard-coded URLs rot quickly. Instead this script resolves the current
+# filename from the Kiwix OPDS catalog, which always points at the live file.
+
+set -u
+
+ZIM_DIR=/data
+ZIM_FILE=devdocs_en_lit.zim
+CATALOG_URL='https://library.kiwix.org/catalog/v2/entries?name=devdocs_en_lit&count=1'
+MAX_ATTEMPTS=6
+RETRY_DELAY=5
+
+if ! ls "$ZIM_DIR"/*.zim >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[kiwix] No ZIM files found; resolving a sample ZIM from the Kiwix catalog..."
+    attempt=0
+    while [ "$attempt" -lt "$MAX_ATTEMPTS" ]; do
+        attempt=$((attempt + 1))
+        zim_url=$(wget -q -O - "$CATALOG_URL" 2>/dev/null \
+                  | grep -o 'https://[^"]*\.zim\.meta4' | head -n1 \
+                  | sed 's/\.meta4$//')
+        if [ -n "$zim_url" ]; then
+            echo "[kiwix] Downloading: $zim_url"
+            if wget -q --timeout=60 -O "$ZIM_DIR/$ZIM_FILE" "$zim_url"; then
+                echo "[kiwix] Download complete."
+                break
+            fi
+            rm -f "$ZIM_DIR/$ZIM_FILE"
+            echo "[kiwix] Download failed; retrying in ${RETRY_DELAY}s..."
+        else
+            echo "[kiwix] Catalog lookup failed; retrying in ${RETRY_DELAY}s..."
+        fi
+        sleep "$RETRY_DELAY"
+    done
+fi
+
+if ls "$ZIM_DIR"/*.zim >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[kiwix] Starting kiwix-serve..."
+    exec kiwix-serve --port 8080 "$ZIM_DIR"/*.zim
+else
+    echo "[kiwix] No ZIM files available; sleeping indefinitely."
+    exec sleep infinity
+fi
diff --git a/demo/docker-compose.yml.template b/demo/docker-compose.yml.template
index 2a35fb0..893b33f 100644
--- a/demo/docker-compose.yml.template
+++ b/demo/docker-compose.yml.template
@@ -750,23 +750,11 @@ services:
       - "${KIWIX_PORT}:8080"
     volumes:
       - ${COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME}_kiwix_data:/data
+      - ./config/kiwix/bootstrap.sh:/bootstrap.sh:ro
     entrypoint: []
     command:
-      - /bin/sh
-      - -c
-      - |
-        if ! ls /data/*.zim 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          echo 'No ZIM files found. Downloading sample ZIM...';
-          wget -q -O /data/demo.zim
-            'https://download.kiwix.org/zim/other/bleedingedge_climate-change_en.zim'
-            || echo 'Download failed';
-        fi
-        if ls /data/*.zim 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          exec kiwix-serve /data/*.zim
-        else
-          echo 'No ZIM files available, sleeping indefinitely'
-          exec sleep infinity
-        fi
+      - sh
+      - /bootstrap.sh
     environment:
       - PUID=${DEMO_UID}
       - PGID=${DEMO_GID}