diff --git a/src/environment.ts b/src/environment.ts
index 12d5d372..fbc3fc36 100644
--- a/src/environment.ts
+++ b/src/environment.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 require('dotenv').config({
-  path: './.env',
+  path: './web-app/.env',
 })
 
 interface Environment {
   VERSION: string
   NODE_ENV: string
   LOG: boolean
+  API_URL: string
 }
 
 const environment: Environment = {
   VERSION: process.env.VERSION || 'unknown',
   NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production',
   LOG: (process.env.LOG || '').toLowerCase() === 'true',
+  API_URL: process.env.REACT_APP_GQL_URI || '',
 }
 
 export default environment
diff --git a/src/webview/render.ts b/src/webview/render.ts
index d609ac07..9e25e9bc 100644
--- a/src/webview/render.ts
+++ b/src/webview/render.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { JSDOM } from 'jsdom'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as vscode from 'vscode'
 import onError from '../services/sentry/onError'
+import environment from '../environment'
 
 const getNonce = (): string => {
   let text = ''
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ async function render(panel: vscode.WebviewPanel, rootPath: string) {
     cspMeta.content =
       [
         `default-src 'self'`,
-        `connect-src https: http:`,
+        `connect-src https: http: ${environment.API_URL}`,
         // @ts-ignore
         `font-src ${panel.webview.cspSource} http: https: data:`,
         // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/web-app/src/environment.ts b/web-app/src/environment.ts
index d77dc04b..ff5f11cf 100644
--- a/web-app/src/environment.ts
+++ b/web-app/src/environment.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 // validate .env
-// const requiredKeys = ['REACT_APP_GQL_URI']
-// for (const required of requiredKeys) {
-//   if (!process.env[required]) {
-//     throw new Error(`Missing Environmental Variables: ${required}`)
-//   }
-// }
+const requiredKeys = ['REACT_APP_GQL_URI']
+for (const required of requiredKeys) {
+  if (!process.env[required]) {
+    throw new Error(`Missing Environmental Variables: ${required}`)
+  }
+}
 
-export const GQL_URI: string =
-  process.env.REACT_APP_GQL_URI || 'https://33mf420q4m.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/stage/api-stage'
+export const GQL_URI: string = process.env.REACT_APP_GQL_URI || 'NO API URI PROVIDED'
 export const DEBUG: boolean = (process.env.REACT_APP_DEBUG || '').toLowerCase() === 'true'
 export const VERSION: string = process.env.VERSION || 'unknown'
 export const NODE_ENV: string = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production'