diff --git a/BeauFindlay/src/BeauFindlay.Client/Program.cs b/BeauFindlay/src/BeauFindlay.Client/Program.cs
index 35091e5..8dcd37c 100644
--- a/BeauFindlay/src/BeauFindlay.Client/Program.cs
+++ b/BeauFindlay/src/BeauFindlay.Client/Program.cs
@@ -7,10 +7,18 @@ var builder = WebAssemblyHostBuilder.CreateDefault(args);
 builder.RootComponents.Add<App>("#app");
 builder.RootComponents.Add<HeadOutlet>("head::after");
 
-var apiBase = builder.Configuration["ApiBase"]
+string apiBase;
+if (builder.HostEnvironment.IsDevelopment())
+{
+    apiBase = builder.Configuration["ApiBase"]
               ?? throw new ArgumentException("API base address not found in config.");
+}
+else
+{
+    apiBase = builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress;
+}
 
-builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(builder.HostEnvironment.BaseAddress) });
+builder.Services.AddScoped(sp => new HttpClient { BaseAddress = new Uri(apiBase) });
 
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<ITypewriterNotificationService, TypewriterNotificationService>();
 
diff --git a/BeauFindlay/src/BeauFindlay.Client/wwwroot/index.html b/BeauFindlay/src/BeauFindlay.Client/wwwroot/index.html
index 4b260d3..92a81b4 100644
--- a/BeauFindlay/src/BeauFindlay.Client/wwwroot/index.html
+++ b/BeauFindlay/src/BeauFindlay.Client/wwwroot/index.html
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 </div>
 <script src="js/smoothScroll.js"></script>
 <script src="_framework/blazor.webassembly.js"></script>
-
 </body>
 
 </html>