diff --git a/frontend/src/api.js b/frontend/src/api.js
index e28fa3b..7043287 100644
--- a/frontend/src/api.js
+++ b/frontend/src/api.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class API {
   async fetch(url, options = {}) {
     const accessToken = await this.getValidAccessToken()
 
-    const response = await window.fetch('/api' + url, {
+    const response = await window.fetch(config.apiUrl + '/api' + url, {
       ...options,
       headers: {
         ...(options.headers || {}),
diff --git a/frontend/src/config.dev.json b/frontend/src/config.dev.json
index 9b356af..9a07ac0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/config.dev.json
+++ b/frontend/src/config.dev.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "apiUrl": "http://localhost:3001",
   "auth": {
     "server": "http://localhost:3000",
     "clientId": "b730f8d2-d93c-4c68-9ff0-dfac8da76ee2",
diff --git a/frontend/src/config.json.example b/frontend/src/config.json.example
index e7ca497..58e91f8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/config.json.example
+++ b/frontend/src/config.json.example
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "apiUrl": "https://api.example.com",
   "auth": {
     "server": "https://api.example.com",
     "clientId": "CHANGEME",