diff --git a/website/astro.config.mjs b/website/astro.config.mjs
index 151c48fc1..37904cb82 100644
--- a/website/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/website/astro.config.mjs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import bundleAudioWorkletPlugin from 'vite-plugin-bundle-audioworklet';
 import tailwind from '@astrojs/tailwind';
 import AstroPWA from '@vite-pwa/astro';
 
-const site = `https://strudel.cc/`; // root url without a path
-const base = '/'; // base path of the strudel site
+const site = process.env.STRUDEL_SITE || `https://strudel.cc/`; // root url without a path
+const base = process.env.STRUDEL_BASE || '/'; // base path of the strudel site
 const baseNoTrailing = base.endsWith('/') ? base.slice(0, -1) : base;
 
 // this rehype plugin fixes relative links