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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..585d825db402f4a8087d3b22903c626f3d33059f
--- /dev/null
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     },
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     },
     "json-schema-traverse": {
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@@ -16502,6 +16626,7 @@
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+      "dev": true,
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@@ -16509,7 +16634,8 @@
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+      "dev": true
     },
     "multicast-dns": {
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@@ -18414,6 +18540,7 @@
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+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "wrappy": "1"
       }
@@ -18522,7 +18649,8 @@
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+      "integrity": "sha512-AVbw3UJ2e9bq64vSaS9Am0fje1Pa8pbGqTTsmXfaIiMpnr5DlDhfJOuLj9Sf95ZPVDAUerDfEk88MPmPe7UCQg==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "path-key": {
       "version": "3.1.1",
@@ -19135,7 +19263,8 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-6.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-b39TBaTSfV6yBrapU89p5fKekE2m/NwnDocOVruQFS1/veMgdzuPcnOM34M6CwxW8jH/lxEa5rBoDeUwu5HHTw=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-b39TBaTSfV6yBrapU89p5fKekE2m/NwnDocOVruQFS1/veMgdzuPcnOM34M6CwxW8jH/lxEa5rBoDeUwu5HHTw==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "send": {
       "version": "0.18.0",
@@ -19470,6 +19599,7 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.5.0.tgz",
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+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "has-flag": "^3.0.0"
       }
@@ -19527,7 +19657,8 @@
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+      "integrity": "sha512-N+8UisAXDGk8PFXP4HAzVR9nbfmVJ3zYLAWiTIoqC5v5isinhr+r5uaO8+7r3BMfuNIufIsA7RdpVgacC2cSpw==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "thunky": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
@@ -19941,6 +20072,7 @@
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+      "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "isexe": "^2.0.0"
       }
@@ -19987,7 +20119,8 @@
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrappy/-/wrappy-1.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-l4Sp/DRseor9wL6EvV2+TuQn63dMkPjZ/sp9XkghTEbV9KlPS1xUsZ3u7/IQO4wxtcFB4bgpQPRcR3QCvezPcQ=="
+      "integrity": "sha512-l4Sp/DRseor9wL6EvV2+TuQn63dMkPjZ/sp9XkghTEbV9KlPS1xUsZ3u7/IQO4wxtcFB4bgpQPRcR3QCvezPcQ==",
+      "dev": true
     },
     "ws": {
       "version": "8.12.0",
diff --git a/webapp/package.json b/webapp/package.json
index b84c2ae2e4323eaa874873471f46d74ddc7f110c..97c30f1392704373b14c7f52170f3362fb35dc51 100644
--- a/webapp/package.json
+++ b/webapp/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.18.6",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.20.7",
     "@types/bootstrap": "^5.2.6",
+    "@types/dotenv-webpack": "^7.0.3",
     "@types/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^0.4.5",
     "@types/md5": "^2.3.2",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.27",
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
     "babel-plugin-transform-class-properties": "^6.24.1",
     "css-loader": "^6.7.3",
     "date-fns": "^2.29.3",
+    "dotenv-webpack": "^8.0.1",
     "eslint": "^8.32.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.32.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.6.0",
@@ -36,8 +38,8 @@
     "webpack-dev-server": "^4.11.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "webpack serve --mode development --open",
-    "build": "webpack --mode production"
+    "start": "webpack serve --node-env=development --open",
+    "build": "webpack --node-env=production"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "bootstrap": "^5.2.3",
diff --git a/webapp/src/index.tsx b/webapp/src/index.tsx
index 091dc42400babd6acd7087adb17103f3d121a9f7..f427ea1d5325740d2229790ffa30c50b0404c3e8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/index.tsx
+++ b/webapp/src/index.tsx
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
 import Things from "./Things"
 
 const query = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+const api_url = process.env.NODE_ENV == 'production' ? 'http://localhost:33333/api/things' : process.env.REACT_APP_API_URL
 
 if (query.has('test'))
   ReactDOM.render(
     <Things
       refresh_frequency_ms={5000}
-      api_url={'http://localhost:33333/api/things'} />,
+      api_url={api_url} />,
     document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement);
 else
   ReactDOM.render(
     <Things />,
-    document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement);
\ No newline at end of file
+    document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement);
diff --git a/webapp/webpack.config.ts b/webapp/webpack.config.ts
index deb7b51d0ffc8bbffb608ddfefeaf5c4ae789af3..53f2c94e50fba042db9f72e6a3c71a16e5e435d1 100644
--- a/webapp/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/webapp/webpack.config.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import path from "path";
 import { Configuration as WebpackConfiguration } from 'webpack';
 import { Configuration as WebpackDevServerConfiguration } from 'webpack-dev-server';
 import ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin from 'fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin';
+import DotenvPlugin from 'dotenv-webpack';
 
 interface Configuration extends WebpackConfiguration {
   devServer?: WebpackDevServerConfiguration;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ const config: Configuration = {
         files: "./src/**/*",
       },
     }),
+    new DotenvPlugin(),
   ],
 };