diff --git a/.env b/.env
index f9971f2..4261bd3 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=your_username
 MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=your_secure_password
 MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=Infinity
-NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://irongym.yznapps.com:3000
+NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL="https://irongym.yznapps.com"
 NODE_ENV=production
 DB_URI=mongodb://${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME}:${MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}@mongodb:27017/Infinity?authSource=admin
 
diff --git a/webapp/src/middleware/validateAuthToken.ts b/webapp/src/middleware/validateAuthToken.ts
index ddbec96..b3832d4 100644
--- a/webapp/src/middleware/validateAuthToken.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/middleware/validateAuthToken.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 export default async function validateAuthToken(authToken : string | undefined) : Promise<boolean | undefined>
 {
     console.log("----------NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE : " , process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE)
+    process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE = "http://localhost:3000"
     let data : {
         success : boolean,
     } = await (await fetch(process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE+"/api/auth?authToken="+authToken)).json()