diff --git a/scripts/webserver.sh b/scripts/webserver.sh
index 2330de1..9468a9f 100755
--- a/scripts/webserver.sh
+++ b/scripts/webserver.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
+# Optionally use environment variables
+
+# export TORRENTS_CSV_ENDPOINT=http://0.0.0.0:8080
+# export TORRENTS_CSV_FILE=`pwd`/../../torrents.csv
+# export TORRENTS_CSV_FRONT_END_DIR=`pwd`/../ui/dist
+
+# Build front end
 cd ../server/ui
 yarn
 yarn build
+
+# Build back end
 cd ../service
 cargo run --release
diff --git a/server/service/src/main.rs b/server/service/src/main.rs
index 409ca8e..11b9f33 100644
--- a/server/service/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/service/src/main.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use grep::regex::RegexMatcherBuilder;
 use grep::searcher::sinks::Lossy;
 use grep::searcher::{BinaryDetection, SearcherBuilder};
+use std::env;
 use std::fs::File;
 
 fn main() {
 
+  
   server::new(|| {
     App::new()
       .route("/service/search", http::Method::GET, search)
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ fn main() {
       .resource("/", |r| r.f(index))
       .handler(
         "/static",
-        fs::StaticFiles::new("../ui/dist/")
+        fs::StaticFiles::new(front_end_dir())
           .unwrap()
           // .index_file("index.html"),
       )
@@ -34,11 +36,19 @@ fn main() {
 }
 
 fn index(_req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<NamedFile, actix_web::error::Error> {
-  Ok(NamedFile::open("../ui/dist/index.html")?)
+  Ok(NamedFile::open(front_end_dir() + "/index.html")?)
 }
 
 fn favicon(_req: &HttpRequest) -> Result<NamedFile, actix_web::error::Error> {
-  Ok(NamedFile::open("../ui/src/favicon.ico")?)
+  Ok(NamedFile::open(front_end_dir() + "/favicon.ico")?)
+}
+
+fn front_end_dir() -> String {
+  env::var("TORRENTS_CSV_FRONT_END_DIR").unwrap_or("../ui/dist".to_string())
+}
+
+fn torrents_csv_file() -> String {
+  env::var("TORRENTS_CSV_FILE").unwrap_or("../../torrents.csv".to_string())
 }
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
@@ -59,7 +69,7 @@ fn ripgrep(query: Query<SearchQuery>) -> String {
   let page = query.page.unwrap_or(1);
   let size = query.size.unwrap_or(10);
   let offset = size * (page - 1);
-  let csv_file = File::open("../../torrents.csv");
+  let csv_file = File::open(torrents_csv_file());
 
   println!("query = {} , page = {}, size = {}", query.q, page, size);
 
@@ -110,7 +120,7 @@ mod tests {
   fn test() {
     let start = PreciseTime::now();
     let results =
-      super::search_file(File::open("../../torrents.csv").unwrap(), "sherlock").unwrap();
+      super::search_file(File::open(super::torrents_csv_file()).unwrap(), "sherlock").unwrap();
     assert!(results.len() > 2);
     let end = PreciseTime::now();
     println!("Query took {} seconds.", start.to(end));
diff --git a/server/ui/package.json b/server/ui/package.json
index 2be90d1..9bcd138 100644
--- a/server/ui/package.json
+++ b/server/ui/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   "description": "A simple UI for Torrents.csv",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
+    "prestart": "node set_env.js",
+    "prebuild": "node set_env.js",
     "start": "node fuse dev",
     "build": "node fuse prod"
   },
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@
   "engineStrict": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "classcat": "^1.1.3",
+    "dotenv": "^6.1.0",
     "inferno": "^6.3.1",
     "inferno-router": "^6.3.1",
     "moment": "^2.22.2"
@@ -27,4 +30,4 @@
     "typescript": "^2.7.1",
     "uglify-es": "^3.3.9"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/server/ui/src/env.ts b/server/ui/src/env.ts
index 61bc4ef..aa7fcad 100644
--- a/server/ui/src/env.ts
+++ b/server/ui/src/env.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export const endpoint = "http://0.0.0.0:8080";
\ No newline at end of file
+export const endpoint = "http://0.0.0.0:8080";
diff --git a/server/ui/yarn.lock b/server/ui/yarn.lock
index 0e86505..a3d6fae 100644
--- a/server/ui/yarn.lock
+++ b/server/ui/yarn.lock
@@ -612,6 +612,11 @@ detect-libc@^1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/detect-libc/-/detect-libc-1.0.3.tgz#fa137c4bd698edf55cd5cd02ac559f91a4c4ba9b"
   integrity sha1-+hN8S9aY7fVc1c0CrFWfkaTEups=
 
+dotenv@^6.1.0:
+  version "6.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/dotenv/-/dotenv-6.1.0.tgz#9853b6ca98292acb7dec67a95018fa40bccff42c"
+  integrity sha512-/veDn2ztgRlB7gKmE3i9f6CmDIyXAy6d5nBq+whO9SLX+Zs1sXEgFLPi+aSuWqUuusMfbi84fT8j34fs1HaYUw==
+
 ecc-jsbn@~0.1.1:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ecc-jsbn/-/ecc-jsbn-0.1.2.tgz#3a83a904e54353287874c564b7549386849a98c9"