diff --git a/navix-helm/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml b/navix-helm/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
index 203a5f5..4c5725d 100644
--- a/navix-helm/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/navix-helm/templates/frontend-deployment.yaml
@@ -12,12 +12,33 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: navix-frontend
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+        - name: copy-env
+          image: busybox
+          command: ["sh", "-c", "cp /config/env.js /env/env.js"]
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: env-config
+              mountPath: /config
+            - name: env-volume
+              mountPath: /env
+
       containers:
         - name: frontend
           image: "{{ .Values.frontend.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.frontend.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.frontend.image.pullPolicy }}
           ports:
             - containerPort: 80
-          env:
-            - name: VITE_API_URL
-              value: "http://navix-backend.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.cluster.local:8000"
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: env-volume
+              mountPath: /usr/share/nginx/html/env.js
+              subPath: env.js
+
+      volumes:
+        - name: env-volume
+          emptyDir: {}
+        - name: env-config
+          configMap:
+            name: navix-frontend-env
+            items:
+              - key: env.js
+                path: env.js
diff --git a/navix-helm/templates/frontend-env-configmap.yaml b/navix-helm/templates/frontend-env-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75e69c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navix-helm/templates/frontend-env-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: navix-frontend-env
+data:
+  env.js: |
+    window.env = {
+      VITE_API_URL: "http://navix-backend.{{ .Release.Namespace }}.svc.cluster.local:8000"
+    };