diff --git a/app/api/houdini/v1/api.rb b/app/api/houdini/v1/api.rb
index 0940fac6..d0e3a921 100644
--- a/app/api/houdini/v1/api.rb
+++ b/app/api/houdini/v1/api.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ class Houdini::V1::API < Grape::API
 	mount Houdini::V1::Nonprofit => '/nonprofit'
 	# Additional mounts are added via generators above this line
   # DON'T REMOVE THIS OR THE PREVIOUS LINES!!!
-	uriForHost = URI.parse(Settings.cdn.url)
+	uri_for_host = URI.parse(Settings.api_domain&.url || Settings.cdn.url)
 	add_swagger_documentation \
-		host: "#{uriForHost.host}#{Settings.cdn.port ? ":#{Settings.cdn.port}" : ""}",
-		schemes: [uriForHost.scheme],
+		host: "#{uri_for_host.host}#{uri_for_host.port ? ":#{uri_for_host.port}" : ""}",
+		schemes: [uri_for_host.scheme],
 		base_path: '/api/v1'
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/default_organization.yml b/config/default_organization.yml
index e24b45a8..155cc596 100644
--- a/config/default_organization.yml
+++ b/config/default_organization.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ intntl:
     symbol: "€"
     abbv: "eur"
     format: "%n%u"
+
+api_domain:
+  url: "http://localhost:5000"
diff --git a/config/environment.rb b/config/environment.rb
index 31707397..74e95206 100755
--- a/config/environment.rb
+++ b/config/environment.rb
@@ -284,6 +284,11 @@ Config.schema do
     required(:url).filled?(:str)
   end
 
+  # the domain for your api. Usually will be your CDN.url
+  optional(:api_domain).schema do
+    required(:url).filled?(:str)
+  end
+
 end
 
 Settings.reload!
diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 560c403a..3d74efd0 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -73,3 +73,6 @@ source_tokens:
 
 nonprofits_must_be_vetted: false
 
+api_domain:
+  url: "http://localhost:5000"
+