diff --git a/ui/.env.dev.basic b/ui/.env.dev.basic
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94b65687c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/.env.dev.basic
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_WS_URL="ws://localhost:8899/ws"
+REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_API_URL="http://localhost:8899/"
+REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_IS_ENTERPRISE="false"
diff --git a/ui/.env.dev.enterprise b/ui/.env.dev.enterprise
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a7c3e4e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/.env.dev.enterprise
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_WS_URL="ws://localhost:8899/ws"
+REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_API_URL="http://localhost:8899/"
+REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_IS_ENTERPRISE="true"
diff --git a/ui/package.json b/ui/package.json
index 06baecb42..345270d15 100644
--- a/ui/package.json
+++ b/ui/package.json
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "craco start",
-    "start-ent": "./node_modules/.bin/env-cmd -f .env.enterprise craco start",
+    "start-dev": "./node_modules/.bin/env-cmd -f .env.dev.basic craco start",
+    "start-dev-ent": "./node_modules/.bin/env-cmd -f .env.dev.enterprise craco start",
     "build": "./node_modules/.bin/env-cmd -f .env.basic craco build",
     "build-ent": "BUILD_PATH='./build-ent' ./node_modules/.bin/env-cmd -f .env.enterprise craco build",
     "test": "craco test",
diff --git a/ui/src/helpers/api.js b/ui/src/helpers/api.js
index 455d72861..65ddc2b46 100644
--- a/ui/src/helpers/api.js
+++ b/ui/src/helpers/api.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import * as axios from "axios";
 
-export const MizuWebsocketURL = window.location.protocol === 'https:' ? `wss://${window.location.host}/ws` : `ws://${window.location.host}/ws`;
+export const MizuWebsocketURL = process.env.REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_WS_URL ? process.env.REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_WS_URL :
+    window.location.protocol === 'https:' ? `wss://${window.location.host}/ws` : `ws://${window.location.host}/ws`;
 
 export const FormValidationErrorType = "formError";
 
 const CancelToken = axios.CancelToken;
 
-const apiURL =`${window.location.origin}/`;
+const apiURL = process.env.REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_API_URL ? process.env.REACT_APP_OVERRIDE_API_URL : `${window.location.origin}/`;
 
 export default class Api {
     static instance;