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 STORAGE_DIR="/your/absolute/path/to/server/.env"
 ```
 
+5. Edit the `frontend/.env` file for the `VITE_BASE_API` to now be set to `/api`. This is documented in the .env for which one you should use.
+```
+# VITE_API_BASE='http://localhost:3001/api' # Use this URL when developing locally
+# VITE_API_BASE="https://$CODESPACE_NAME-3001.$GITHUB_CODESPACES_PORT_FORWARDING_DOMAIN/api" # for Github Codespaces
+VITE_API_BASE='/api' # Use this URL deploying on non-localhost address OR in docker.
+```
+
 ## To start the application
 
 AnythingLLM is comprised of three main sections. The `frontend`, `server`, and `collector`. When running in production you will be running `server` and `collector` on two different processes, with a build step for compilation of the frontend.