diff --git a/conduit-front/public_ip.sh b/conduit-front/public_ip.sh
index e3c88d3488e068c5139a162d43e065b5a253520a..4a94842bf9ec46a5d7962474c39bbe84f1a58208 100644
--- a/conduit-front/public_ip.sh
+++ b/conduit-front/public_ip.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 IP=$(curl https://api.ipify.org)
-echo "REACT_APP_API_ROOT=$IP":30000/api > .env
+# echo "REACT_APP_API_ROOT=$IP":30000 > .env
+sed -i "s/localhost/"$IP"/g" src/agent.js