diff --git a/static/js/custom.js b/static/js/custom.js
index 47e623d..6354d53 100644
--- a/static/js/custom.js
+++ b/static/js/custom.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Global socketio variable for socketio operations
 var socket = "";
+// yt-dlp-web-api url
+var apiurl = "localhost:8888";
 // Notification count
 var notifications = 0;
 // Web page title, used to help with notifications
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
         setTheme();
     }
     // Connect to the socketio server
-    socket = io("localhost:8888");
+    socket = io(apiurl);
     // Emit signal to query the limits of the server
     socket.emit("limits", {});
     // Preset the step variable to 1, this makes sure step based functionality won't break