diff --git a/.env.production b/.env.production
index b01dfd82fd8500fd3924df67119648d4555a7de3..5e104bc1ce85046dc6bdc64b2c799c7ebd02d75f 100644
--- a/.env.production
+++ b/.env.production
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-API_BASE=backend
 API_PORT=8080
 API_PREFIX=/api
 FRONTEND_PORT=8090
diff --git a/src/services/api.ts b/src/services/api.ts
index b54bee2fca969b5d6119427a6a5fc4052246aa4b..746dbf46b366f655b38a83557b1f6c00dd69a1b6 100644
--- a/src/services/api.ts
+++ b/src/services/api.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export namespace Transforms {
 }
 
 
-const backendUrl = (process.env.API_HOST ?? window.location.host) + (process.env.API_PREFIX ?? '/api') // process.env.API_URL ?? 'http://localhost:8080' // import.meta.env?.VITE_API_URL ||
+const backendUrl = (process.env.VITE_API_HOST ?? window.location.host) + (process.env.VITE_API_PREFIX ?? '/api') // process.env.API_URL ?? 'http://localhost:8080' // import.meta.env?.VITE_API_URL ||
 console.log(`Using following (backend) API_URL: ${backendUrl}`)
 // const f = jsYaml.loadAll('./api-schema/openapi.yaml')
 
diff --git a/vite.config.mjs b/vite.config.mjs
index 1f861ae26a4854fe672f8f2d1410e5776fa21f21..b85872be2185aacfbf53131320ca8a49ac84b5ec 100644
--- a/vite.config.mjs
+++ b/vite.config.mjs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default defineConfig(({command, mode}) => {
                         name: 'Roboto', styles: 'wght@100;300;400;500;700;900',
                     }],
                 },
-            }),], define: {'process.env': {API_HOST: env.VITE_API_HOST, API_PREFIX: env.VITE_API_PREFIX, SHARE_URL: env.VITE_SHARE_URL}}, resolve: {
+            }),], define: {'process.env': {VITE_API_HOST: env.VITE_API_HOST, VITE_API_PREFIX: env.VITE_API_PREFIX, SHARE_URL: env.VITE_SHARE_URL}}, resolve: {
             alias: {
                 '@': fileURLToPath(new URL('./src', import.meta.url))
             }, extensions: ['.js', '.json', '.jsx', '.mjs', '.ts', '.tsx', '.vue',],