diff --git a/.github/workflows/examples.yml b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
index d18e885c96..87a1294f67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/examples.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           JULEP_API_KEY: ${{secrets.JULEP_API_KEY}}
           JULEP_API_URL: ${{secrets.JULEP_API_URL}}
           COMPOSIO_API_KEY: ${{ inputs.api_key || secrets.COMPOSIO_API_KEY_RELEASE }}
-          COMPOSIO_BASE_URL: ${{ inputs.base_url || secrets.COMPOSIO_BASE_URL }}
+          COMPOSIO_BASE_URL: ${{ inputs.base_url || secrets.COMPOSIO_BASE_URL || 'https://backend.composio.dev/api' }}
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           
           composio apps update
 
-          CI=false COMPOSIO_BASE_URL=https://backend.composio.dev/api PLUGIN_TO_TEST=${{matrix.package}} pytest -vv tests/test_example.py
+          CI=false COMPOSIO_BASE_URL=${{ env.COMPOSIO_BASE_URL }} PLUGIN_TO_TEST=${{matrix.package}} pytest -vv tests/test_example.py
       - name: Slack Notification on Failure
         if: ${{ failure() && !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'release') && !contains(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Release') }}
         uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2