diff --git a/app/lib/constants.ts b/app/lib/constants.ts
index 5f43041..b253c89 100644
--- a/app/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/app/lib/constants.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export const NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL =
-  process.env.API_URL || "http://localhost:3001";
+  process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL || "http://localhost:3001";
diff --git a/app/next.config.js b/app/next.config.js
index a35bfad..efaef5f 100644
--- a/app/next.config.js
+++ b/app/next.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 const nextConfig = {
   output: "export",
+  env: {
+    NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL,
+  },
 };
 
 module.exports = nextConfig;