diff --git a/frontend/src/services/api.js b/frontend/src/services/api.js
index bd6f582..8bf2c87 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/api.js
+++ b/frontend/src/services/api.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const API_BASE = window?.ENV?.API_BASE || '';
+const API_BASE = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE;
 
 export async function fetchDiagram() {
   const res = await fetch(`${API_BASE}/diagram/fetch`);
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.js b/frontend/vite.config.js
index 2328e17..3bfc351 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.js
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react-swc'
-
-// https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
-})
+  define: {
+    'import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE': JSON.stringify(process.env.VITE_API_BASE),
+  },
+});
diff --git a/labmap-chart/values.yaml b/labmap-chart/values.yaml
index b333568..68307be 100644
--- a/labmap-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/labmap-chart/values.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ frontend:
   ingress:
     enabled: true
     host: labmap.dvirlabs.com
+  env:
+    API_BASE: "https://api-labmap.dvirlabs.com"
 
 backend:
   image: harbor.dvirlabs.com/my-apps/labmap-backend