diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c937861..a33930f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ instance/
 
 # Virtual environment
 venv/
-env/
 .venv/
 
 # Byte-compiled / cache
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 4119958..67c5ffe 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ echo "$(timestamp) Backend → http://localhost:5000"
 echo "                   Log: $BACKEND_LOG"
 echo "                   PID: $(cat backend.pid 2>/dev/null || echo 'N/A')"
 echo ""
-echo "$(timestamp) Frontend → http://localhost:3000"
+echo "$(timestamp) Frontend → http://localhost:5173"
 echo "                   Log: $FRONTEND_LOG"
 echo "                   PID: $(cat frontend.pid 2>/dev/null || echo 'N/A')"
 echo "========================================="
diff --git a/frontend/src/context/AuthContext.tsx b/frontend/src/context/AuthContext.tsx
index 00265ac..46c7a43 100644
--- a/frontend/src/context/AuthContext.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/context/AuthContext.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ interface AuthContextType {
 
 const AuthContext = createContext<AuthContextType | undefined>(undefined);
 
-const API_BASE = 'http://127.0.0.1:5000';
+const API_BASE = import .meta.env.VITE_API_BASE
 
 // Helper: decode a JWT payload (no signature check — used only to read exp)
 function decodeJwtPayload(token: string | null) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.tsx
index 87df47a..3e5520b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Dashboard.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ interface OrderItem {
   status: string;
 }
 
-const API_BASE = 'http://127.0.0.1:5000';
+const API_BASE = import .meta.env.VITE_API_BASE
 
 export default function Dashboard() {
   const { logout } = useAuth();
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
index 147380a..0254775 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
-
+ 
 // https://vitejs.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
   optimizeDeps: {
     exclude: ['lucide-react'],
   },
+  server: {
+    port: 1573,       
+    strictPort: true,  
+    host: true         
+  }
 });