diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c824694..7930a817 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ Prerequisite: golang installed
 
 Prerequisite: bun installed
 
-The environment variables `BASE_URL` and `AUTH_HOST` will need to be set for the middleware.
+The environment variables `API_HOST` and `AUTH_HOST` will need to be set for the middleware.
 Example `.env` in web's root:
 ```
-BASE_URL="http://localhost:8082/"
+API_HOST="http://localhost:8082/"
 AUTH_HOST="http://localhost:8083/"
 ```
 
diff --git a/web/src/middleware.ts b/web/src/middleware.ts
index 4bdf6cc4..61da1048 100644
--- a/web/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/web/src/middleware.ts
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 	const { pathname, search } = request.nextUrl
 
 	if (pathname.startsWith("/api")) {
-		if (!process.env.BASE_URL) {
-			throw new Error('env variable "BASE_URL" is not set')
+		if (!process.env.API_HOST) {
+			throw new Error('env variable "API_HOST" is not set')
 		}
-		
-		const baseUrl = process.env.BASE_URL.replace(/\/$/, "");
+
+		const baseUrl = process.env.API_HOST.replace(/\/$/, "");
 		const apiUrl = new URL(baseUrl + pathname + search);
 
 		return NextResponse.rewrite(apiUrl, { request });
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ export function middleware(request: NextRequest) {
 		if (!process.env.AUTH_HOST) {
 			throw new Error('env variable "AUTH_HOST" is not set')
 		}
-		
+
 		const authHost = process.env.AUTH_HOST.replace(/\/$/, "");
 		const path = pathname.replace(/^\/auth/, "");
 		const redirectUrl = new URL(authHost + path + search);
 
 		return NextResponse.redirect(redirectUrl, 302);
-	}    
+	}
 
 	return NextResponse.next()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}