diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b47c6f..5485cfa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ While the thing is running you can edit the templates in the `templates` folder
 
 # Development (local)
 
-To run the app in dev mode you'll need to first run `npm run build` inside `frontend` and then `sh entrypoint.sh` - this is needed by the backend to have some statics to serve. Then run `npm run dev` in a terminal and `python -m capella_model_explorer.backend path_to_model path_to_templates` in another terminal. The backend and statically built frontend will be served at `http://localhost:8000`. The live frontend will be served by vite at `http://localhost:5173`(or similar, it will be printed in the terminal where you ran `npm run dev`).
+To run the app in dev mode you'll need to first run `npm run build` - this is needed by the backend to have some statics to serve. Then run `npm run dev` in a terminal and `python -m capella_model_explorer.backend path_to_model path_to_templates` in another terminal. The backend and statically built frontend will be served at `http://localhost:8000`. The live frontend will be served by vite at `http://localhost:5173`(or similar, it will be printed in the terminal where you ran `npm run dev`).
 
 # Documentation
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/APIConfig.js b/frontend/src/APIConfig.js
index db78d82..bfb2c19 100644
--- a/frontend/src/APIConfig.js
+++ b/frontend/src/APIConfig.js
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-const API_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:8000__ROUTE_PREFIX__/api";
-const ROUTE_PREFIX = "__ROUTE_PREFIX__";
-
+var API_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:8000__ROUTE_PREFIX__/api";
+var ROUTE_PREFIX = "__ROUTE_PREFIX__";
+if (!process.env.NODE_ENV || process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
+    API_BASE_URL = "http://localhost:8000/api";
+    ROUTE_PREFIX = "";
+}
 export { API_BASE_URL, ROUTE_PREFIX };