From 9c7a17e16c2525196d56ee349d8069da6c8be3e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Farhood <chris@farhood.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:07:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Reapply "fix(server): respect externally set
 PAPERCLIP_API_URL env var"

This reverts commit 119bf6336ed350970559a4fa421f59156d494ab0.
---
 server/src/index.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/index.ts b/server/src/index.ts
index 955aaa16..cabc20b3 100644
--- a/server/src/index.ts
+++ b/server/src/index.ts
@@ -553,7 +553,9 @@ export async function startServer(): Promise<StartedServer> {
       : runtimeListenHost;
   process.env.PAPERCLIP_LISTEN_HOST = runtimeListenHost;
   process.env.PAPERCLIP_LISTEN_PORT = String(listenPort);
-  process.env.PAPERCLIP_API_URL = `http://${runtimeApiHost}:${listenPort}`;
+  if (!process.env.PAPERCLIP_API_URL) {
+    process.env.PAPERCLIP_API_URL = `http://${runtimeApiHost}:${listenPort}`;
+  }
   
   setupLiveEventsWebSocketServer(server, db as any, {
     deploymentMode: config.deploymentMode,