diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index f082c83..b27d76e 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL=
\ No newline at end of file
+INVIDIOUS_URL=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml b/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml
index bfd260c..ace7e2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ on:
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
   IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
-  VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL: ${{ secrets.VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL }}
 
 jobs:
   build-and-publish:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85abf9c..c4ce706 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ FreeTunes is an app to listen to background music from youtub and download it as
 
 ## Requirements
 To run this project on your environment you will need one thing
-- A publicly accesible [Invidious](https://invidious.io/) instance. To provide this you can use the `VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL` env var. If this environment variable is not detected the app will refuse to start.
+- A publicly accesible [Invidious](https://invidious.io/) instance. To provide this you can use the `INVIDIOUS_URL` env var. If this environment variable is not detected the app will refuse to start.
 
 ## Running from docker image
 
 A docker image is published to ghcr.io with every commit of this repository. You can give this project a try with a `docker run --rm` command like this:
 ```sh
-docker run --rm -e VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL=htps://your.invidious.instance.url.here -p 3000:3000 ghcr.io/juandjara/freetunes
+docker run --rm -e INVIDIOUS_URL=htps://your.invidious.instance.url.here -p 3000:3000 ghcr.io/juandjara/freetunes
 ```
 
 You can now access the running service on https://localhost:300
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ services:
     image: ghcr.io/juandjara/freetunes
     container_name: freetunes
     environment:
-      - VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL=htps://your.invidious.instance.url.here # note this variable will be used by both frontend and backend, so it must publicly accesible
+      - INVIDIOUS_URL=htps://your.invidious.instance.url.here # note this variable will be used by both frontend and backend, so it must publicly accesible
     ports:
       - '3000:3000'
 ```
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ services:
 ## Running locally with node
 You can also run this project locally from source using `node`. To do so, follow these steps:
 1. Install dependencies with `npm install` or the package manager you use (yarn, pnpm, etc)
-2. Copy the file `.env.example` to a new file called `.env` and fill in the `VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL` variable there.
+2. Copy the file `.env.example` to a new file called `.env` and fill in the `INVIDIOUS_URL` variable there.
 3. Run the command `npm run dev`. This will bring up the dev server with HMR
 4. Now you can access the app on http://localhost:3000
 
diff --git a/api/lib/config.ts b/api/lib/config.ts
index 65ce985..ddf4fbd 100644
--- a/api/lib/config.ts
+++ b/api/lib/config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-const invidiousURL = import.meta.env.VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL
+const invidiousURL = process.env.INVIDIOUS_URL
 
 if (!invidiousURL) {
-  throw new Error('VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL environment variable is not set')
+  throw new Error('INVIDIOUS_URL environment variable is not set')
 }
 
 export default {
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 1c64c3c..24281f2 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-export const INVIDIOUS_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_INVIDIOUS_URL as string
 export const API_URL = '/api'