diff --git a/charts/ipify-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml b/charts/ipify-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
index 99a1967..e95c55b 100644
--- a/charts/ipify-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/ipify-chart/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ spec:
         - containerPort: {{ .Values.frontend.service.targetPort }}
           name: http
           protocol: TCP
+        env:
+        - name: VITE_API_URL
+          value: {{ .Values.env.backendUrl | quote }}
         resources:
           {{- toYaml .Values.frontend.resources | nindent 10 }}
         livenessProbe:
diff --git a/charts/ipify-chart/values.yaml b/charts/ipify-chart/values.yaml
index a5bbbaf..8d3f69a 100644
--- a/charts/ipify-chart/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ipify-chart/values.yaml
@@ -59,3 +59,8 @@ ingress:
     - secretName: ipify-tls
       hosts:
         - ipify.example.com
+
+# Environment variables
+env:
+  # Backend URL for frontend to use
+  backendUrl: "https://ipify.example.com/api"