diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
index d62167d..bdf0ee5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build frontend
         working-directory: frontend
+        env:
+          VITE_API_BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.DEV_API_BASE_URL }}
         run: npm run build
 
       - name: Deploy
diff --git a/frontend/.env.production b/frontend/.env.production
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..442bcad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/.env.production
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# API Base URL for production
+VITE_API_BASE_URL=https://your-domain.com/api/v1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
index 7777cc9..dce70fa 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/api.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 import type { Book, Publisher, Tag, PaginatedResponse } from '@/types';
 
-const API_BASE_URL = 'http://localhost:8001/api/v1';
+const API_BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL || 'http://localhost:8001/api/v1';
 
 const api = axios.create({
   baseURL: API_BASE_URL,