diff --git a/charts/labmap-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml b/charts/labmap-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
index eaa85e1..85a30a7 100644
--- a/charts/labmap-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/labmap-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ spec:
           image: {{ .Values.frontend.image }}:{{ .Values.frontend.tag }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.frontend.port }}
+          env:
+            - name: API_BASE
+              value: "https://{{ .Values.backend.ingress.host }}"