diff --git a/striker-ui/env.development b/striker-ui/.env
similarity index 56%
rename from striker-ui/env.development
rename to striker-ui/.env
index 5e5d3bd0..467dca8b 100644
--- a/striker-ui/env.development
+++ b/striker-ui/.env
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Use this to set a different origin
-NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=
+NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=/cgi-bin
diff --git a/striker-ui/Makefile.am b/striker-ui/Makefile.am
index 19ba1c63..7abf9acc 100644
--- a/striker-ui/Makefile.am
+++ b/striker-ui/Makefile.am
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ EXTRA_DIST		= $(nextoutdir)
 out:
 	-@echo "Install node modules (dependencies) prior to building."
 	npm install --no-package-lock --ignore-scripts
-	-@echo "Generate endpoint prefix."
-	sed 's@=.*@=/cgi-bin@' <env.development >.env.local
 	-@echo "Build front-end project."
 	npm run build
 	-@echo "Stage only the build output directory."