diff --git a/env.example b/env.example
index 88e33cc3..c41335dd 100644
--- a/env.example
+++ b/env.example
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ EMBEDDING_MODEL=sentence_transformer #or google-genai-embedding-001 openai, olla
 #*****************************************************************
 #OLLAMA_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:11434
 
+#*****************************************************************
+# Fronted Bot UI
+#*****************************************************************
+#VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8504
+
 #*****************************************************************
 # OpenAI
 #*****************************************************************
diff --git a/front-end/src/lib/chat.store.js b/front-end/src/lib/chat.store.js
index ab09cd06..79df66d8 100644
--- a/front-end/src/lib/chat.store.js
+++ b/front-end/src/lib/chat.store.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { writable } from "svelte/store";
 
-const API_ENDPOINT = "http://localhost:8504/query-stream";
+const API_BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL || "http://localhost:8504";
+const API_ENDPOINT = API_BASE_URL + "/query-stream";
 
 export const chatStates = {
     IDLE: "idle",
diff --git a/front-end/src/lib/generation.store.js b/front-end/src/lib/generation.store.js
index 11d6705a..32e86ef7 100644
--- a/front-end/src/lib/generation.store.js
+++ b/front-end/src/lib/generation.store.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { writable } from "svelte/store";
 
-const API_ENDPOINT = "http://localhost:8504/generate-ticket";
+const API_BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL || "http://localhost:8504";
+const API_ENDPOINT = API_BASE_URL + "/generate-ticket";
 
 export const generationStates = {
     IDLE: "idle",
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 28fba3d4..04758213 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Available variables:
 | AWS_DEFAULT_REGION     |                                    | REQUIRED - Only if LLM=claudev2 or embedding_model=aws                  |
 | OPENAI_API_KEY         |                                    | REQUIRED - Only if LLM=gpt-4 or LLM=gpt-3.5 or embedding_model=openai   |
 | GOOGLE_API_KEY         |                                    | REQUIRED - Only required when using GoogleGenai LLM or embedding model google-genai-embedding-001|
+| VITE_API_BASE_URL      | http://localhost:8504              | OPTIONAL - URL to the Bot API endpoint                                  |
 | LANGCHAIN_ENDPOINT     | "https://api.smith.langchain.com"  | OPTIONAL - URL to Langchain Smith API                                   |
 | LANGCHAIN_TRACING_V2   | false                              | OPTIONAL - Enable Langchain tracing v2                                  |
 | LANGCHAIN_PROJECT      |                                    | OPTIONAL - Langchain project name                                       |