diff --git a/charts/navix-helm/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml b/charts/navix-helm/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
index 1dd733e..203a5f5 100644
--- a/charts/navix-helm/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/navix-helm/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ spec:
           image: "{{ .Values.frontend.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.frontend.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.frontend.image.pullPolicy }}
           ports:
-            - containerPort: 80
\ No newline at end of file
+            - containerPort: 80
+          env:
+            - name: VITE_API_URL
+              value: "http://navix-backend.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.cluster.local:8000"