diff --git a/conduit-front/src/agent.js b/conduit-front/src/agent.js
index 16f51d8c8dcd7a0675ee901e80226a268d0db233..379eed37696d097de76a0f68beda624d68b2b692 100644
--- a/conduit-front/src/agent.js
+++ b/conduit-front/src/agent.js
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import _superagent from 'superagent';
 
 const superagent = superagentPromise(_superagent, global.Promise);
 
-const API_ROOT = process.env.REACT_APP_API_ROOT;
+//const API_ROOT = process.env.REACT_APP_API_ROOT;
 //const API_ROOT = process.env.REACT_APP_API_ROOT || 'http://vm3733.kaj.pouta.csc.fi:30000/api';
-//const API_ROOT = '/api';
+const API_ROOT = 'localhost:30000/api';
 
 const encode = encodeURIComponent;
 const responseBody = res => res.body;