From 9715c0106eda5c9082aa6f5d56087ea3ef94a10f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Arzentar <borisarzentar@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:49:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add env variable for changing frontend app url

---
 .env.template        | 9 ++++++++-
 cognee/api/client.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.template b/.env.template
index ddcd41a6c..f3168e6e2 100644
--- a/.env.template
+++ b/.env.template
@@ -176,7 +176,14 @@ ENABLE_BACKEND_ACCESS_CONTROL=False
 
 # Cognee Cloud API settings for syncing data to/from cloud infrastructure
 COGNEE_CLOUD_API_URL="http://localhost:8001"
-COGNEE_CLOUD_AUTH_TOKEN="your-auth-token"
+COGNEE_CLOUD_AUTH_TOKEN="your-api-key"
+
+################################################################################
+# UI Settings
+################################################################################
+
+# URL where the frontend is served, defaults to http://localhost:3000
+UI_APP_URL=http://localhost:3000
 
 ################################################################################
 #  🛠️ DEV Settings
diff --git a/cognee/api/client.py b/cognee/api/client.py
index 7d5f48672..5fec00c85 100644
--- a/cognee/api/client.py
+++ b/cognee/api/client.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS:
     ]
 else:
     allowed_origins = [
-        "http://localhost:3000",
+        os.getenv("UI_APP_URL", "http://localhost:3000"),
     ]  # Block all except explicitly set origins
 
 app.add_middleware(