diff --git a/covalent/_dispatcher_plugins/local.py b/covalent/_dispatcher_plugins/local.py
index a53ddb926..a6d7a030b 100644
--- a/covalent/_dispatcher_plugins/local.py
+++ b/covalent/_dispatcher_plugins/local.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
 dispatch_cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 
+API_ENTRYPOINT = os.getenv("COVALENT_DISPATCH_API_ENTRYPOINT", "/api/v2/dispatches")
+
+
 def get_redispatch_request_body_v2(
     dispatch_id: str,
     staging_dir: str,
@@ -577,10 +580,10 @@ def register_manifest(
             dispatcher_addr = format_server_url()
 
         stripped = strip_local_uris(manifest) if push_assets else manifest
-        endpoint = "/api/v2/dispatches"
+        endpoint = API_ENTRYPOINT
 
         if parent_dispatch_id:
-            endpoint = f"{endpoint}/{parent_dispatch_id}/subdispatches"
+            endpoint = f"{API_ENTRYPOINT}/{parent_dispatch_id}/subdispatches"
 
         r = APIClient(dispatcher_addr).post(endpoint, data=stripped.model_dump_json())
         r.raise_for_status()