diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 43c038e41..9e432d51e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ venv/
 /web/extensions/*
 !/web/extensions/logging.js.example
 !/web/extensions/core/
-/tests-ui/data/object_info.json
\ No newline at end of file
+/tests-ui/data/object_info.json
+.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/scripts/api.js b/web/scripts/api.js
index 9aa7528af..cf5a50589 100644
--- a/web/scripts/api.js
+++ b/web/scripts/api.js
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ class ComfyApi extends EventTarget {
 		this.api_base = location.pathname.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
 	}
 
+	set apiBase(apiBase) {
+		this.api_base = apiBase;
+	}
+
 	apiURL(route) {
 		return this.api_base + route;
 	}
@@ -314,7 +318,7 @@ class ComfyApi extends EventTarget {
 	 */
 	async interrupt() {
 		await this.#postItem("interrupt", null);
-	}
+	}	
 }
 
 export const api = new ComfyApi();
diff --git a/web/scripts/app.js b/web/scripts/app.js
index cd20c40fd..e546728eb 100644
--- a/web/scripts/app.js
+++ b/web/scripts/app.js
@@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ export class ComfyApp {
 		this.shiftDown = false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Provide a setter for the base url of the api
+	 * @param {string} apiBase 
+	 */
+	set apiBase(apiBase) {
+		api.apiBase = apiBase;
+	}
+
 	getPreviewFormatParam() {
 		let preview_format = this.ui.settings.getSettingValue("Comfy.PreviewFormat");
 		if(preview_format)