diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 28f0b0f07..7918cef01 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const config = {
   WEBPACK_ELECTRON_PORT: process.env.WEBPACK_ELECTRON_PORT,
   WEB_SERVER_PORT: process.env.WEB_SERVER_PORT,
   LBRY_WEB_API: process.env.LBRY_WEB_API, //api.na-backend.odysee.com',
+  LBRY_WEB_PUBLISH_API: process.env.LBRY_WEB_PUBLISH_API,
   LBRY_API_URL: process.env.LBRY_API_URL, //api.lbry.com',
   LBRY_WEB_STREAMING_API: process.env.LBRY_WEB_STREAMING_API, //cdn.lbryplayer.xyz',
   LBRY_WEB_BUFFER_API: process.env.LBRY_WEB_BUFFER_API,
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ const config = {
   DEFAULT_LANGUAGE: process.env.DEFAULT_LANGUAGE,
   AUTO_FOLLOW_CHANNELS: process.env.AUTO_FOLLOW_CHANNELS,
   UNSYNCED_SETTINGS: process.env.UNSYNCED_SETTINGS,
-  // AVATAR_DEFAULT: process.env.AVATAR_DEFAULT,
 
   // ENABLE FEATURES
   ENABLE_COMMENT_REACTIONS: process.env.ENABLE_COMMENT_REACTIONS === 'true',
diff --git a/ui/index.jsx b/ui/index.jsx
index bd68ec296..707a5dc41 100644
--- a/ui/index.jsx
+++ b/ui/index.jsx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import {
   doAuthTokenRefresh,
 } from 'util/saved-passwords';
 import { X_LBRY_AUTH_TOKEN } from 'constants/token';
-import { LBRY_WEB_API, DEFAULT_LANGUAGE, LBRY_API_URL } from 'config';
+import { LBRY_WEB_API, DEFAULT_LANGUAGE, LBRY_API_URL, LBRY_WEB_PUBLISH_API } from 'config';
 
 // Import 3rd-party styles before ours for the current way we are code-splitting.
 import 'scss/third-party.scss';
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if (process.env.SDK_API_URL) {
 
 let sdkAPIHost = process.env.SDK_API_HOST || process.env.SDK_API_URL;
 // @if TARGET='web'
-sdkAPIHost = LBRY_WEB_API;
+sdkAPIHost = LBRY_WEB_PUBLISH_API || LBRY_WEB_API;
 // @endif
 
 export const SDK_API_PATH = `${sdkAPIHost}/api/v1`;