diff --git a/src/components/Board.tsx b/src/components/Board.tsx
index bd1334e..463d3c3 100644
--- a/src/components/Board.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Board.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ import { components, uiOverrides } from '@/ui-overrides'
 import { useCameraControls } from '@/hooks/useCameraControls'
 
 //const WORKER_URL = `https://jeffemmett-canvas.jeffemmett.workers.dev`
-export const WORKER_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_TLDRAW_WORKER_URL || 'https://jeffemmett-canvas.jeffemmett.workers.dev';
+export const WORKER_URL = (() => {
+	// During development
+	if (import.meta.env.DEV) {
+		return 'http://127.0.0.1:5172';
+	}
+	// In production
+	return import.meta.env.VITE_TLDRAW_WORKER_URL || 'https://jeffemmett-canvas.jeffemmett.workers.dev';
+})();
 
 const shapeUtils = [ChatBoxShape, VideoChatShape, EmbedShape]
 const tools = [ChatBoxTool, VideoChatTool, EmbedTool]; // Array of tools
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 08c847e..9ded5e1 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import { viteStaticCopy } from 'vite-plugin-static-copy';
 
 export default defineConfig({
   define: {
-    // Remove this since we're using VITE_ prefix
-    // 'process.env.TLDRAW_WORKER_URL': JSON.stringify(process.env.TLDRAW_WORKER_URL)
+    'import.meta.env.VITE_TLDRAW_WORKER_URL': JSON.stringify(process.env.VITE_TLDRAW_WORKER_URL || 'https://jeffemmett-canvas.jeffemmett.workers.dev')
   },
   envPrefix: ['VITE_'],
   plugins: [