diff --git a/smartassist/src/frontend.js b/smartassist/src/frontend.js
index 22a336d..92c6c28 100644
--- a/smartassist/src/frontend.js
+++ b/smartassist/src/frontend.js
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 const chatbox = document.getElementById('chatbox');
 const userInput = document.getElementById('userInput');
 
+// Get API endpoint for chat from environment variable
+const apiEndpoint = process.env.BE_API_ENDPOINT || 'http://localhost:5005/api/chat'; // Default if not found
+console.log("The API Endpoint is:", apiEndpoint);
+
+
+
 // Define a function to send the user's message to the AI
 function sendMessage() {
   // Get the user's input message and trim any whitespace
@@ -11,7 +17,8 @@ function sendMessage() {
     // Check if the message is not empty
     if (query !== '') {
         // Send a POST request to the /api/chat endpoint with the message
-        fetch('http://localhost:5005/api/chat', {
+        // fetch('http://localhost:5005/api/chat', {
+        fetch(apiEndpoint, {
             method: 'POST',
             headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
             body: JSON.stringify({ query }),