diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 7c0baccaa4ba28974c185328f865acce314e5e50..7ccf3269b3736be1ae0cffc9628bcaed8efe343b 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 export const config = {
-    API_BASE_URL: process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL,
+    API_BASE_URL:
+        // TODO - maybe we can integrate it in page build in a better way
+        process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL ||
+        'https://badge-api.dev.l3montree.cloud/api/v1',
 }