diff --git a/website/console/env/index.ts b/website/console/env/index.ts
index d18276e09..ed41902fe 100644
--- a/website/console/env/index.ts
+++ b/website/console/env/index.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ const CERTIFICATE_PATH = '../../scripts/certificate';
 const ADMIN_API_USE_SSL = process.env.ADMIN_API_USE_SSL || 'http';
 
 // Admin domain used as base for window URL and API urls
-const ADMIN_API_URL = process.env.ADMIN_API_URL?.replace(/https?:\/\//, '') || 'localhost:30080';
+const ADMIN_API_URL =
+  process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
+    ? 'localhost:30080'
+    : process.env.ADMIN_API_URL?.replace(/https?:\/\//, '') || '';
 
 // If this is unset, API calls will default to the same host used to serve this app
 const ADMIN_API = ADMIN_API_URL ? `//${ADMIN_API_URL}` : '';