diff --git a/backend/bin/serve b/backend/bin/serve
index 5a04789..22d9b98 100755
--- a/backend/bin/serve
+++ b/backend/bin/serve
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ echo "[serve] seeding..."
 php "$REPO_ROOT/backend/bin/seed"
 
 echo "[serve] starting PHP dev server..."
-exec php -S 127.0.0.1:8000 -t "$REPO_ROOT/backend/public/"
+exec php -S 127.0.0.1:8000 -t "$REPO_ROOT/backend/public/" "$REPO_ROOT/backend/public/index.php"
diff --git a/frontend/rabbi_gerzi/.env b/frontend/rabbi_gerzi/.env
index 6c9bbfd..c2058b5 100644
--- a/frontend/rabbi_gerzi/.env
+++ b/frontend/rabbi_gerzi/.env
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000
+VITE_API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000