diff --git a/src/client/features/search/index.js b/src/client/features/search/index.js
index 9478e7be..71e8615a 100644
--- a/src/client/features/search/index.js
+++ b/src/client/features/search/index.js
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ const { ErrorMessage } = require('../../common/components/error-message');
 const { FeatureView } = require('./feature-view');
 const { Contribute } = require('../../common/components/contribute');
 
-const { PC_URL } = require('../../../config');
-
 class Search extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props) {
@@ -67,6 +65,9 @@ class Search extends React.Component {
 
   componentDidMount() {
     this.getSearchResult();
+    ServerAPI.getPCURL().then(PC_URL => {
+      this.PC_URL = PC_URL;
+    });
   }
 
   onSearchValueChange(e) {
@@ -144,22 +145,22 @@ class Search extends React.Component {
     return h('div.search', [
       h('div.search-nav-links', [
         h('a', {
-          href: PC_URL,
+          href: this.PC_URL,
           target: '_blank'
         }, 'About'),
 
         h('a', {
-          href: PC_URL + '#faq',
+          href: this.PC_URL + '#faq',
           target: '_blank'
         }, 'FAQ'),
 
         h('a', {
-          href: PC_URL + '#training',
+          href: this.PC_URL + '#training',
           target: '_blank'
         }, 'Training'),
 
         h('a', {
-          href: PC_URL + '#data',
+          href: this.PC_URL + '#data',
           target: '_blank'
         }, 'Data'),
 
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ class Search extends React.Component {
         // }, 'Tools'),
 
         h('a', {
-          href: PC_URL + '#contact',
+          href: this.PC_URL + '#contact',
           target: '_blank'
         }, 'Contact'),
 
diff --git a/src/client/services/server-api/index.js b/src/client/services/server-api/index.js
index c23d0993..d048a887 100644
--- a/src/client/services/server-api/index.js
+++ b/src/client/services/server-api/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const qs = require('query-string');
 const _ = require('lodash');
 
-const { PC_URL } = require('../../../config');
+let PC_URL;
 const { fetch } = require('../../../util');
 
 const defaultFetchOpts = {
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ const defaultFetchOpts = {
 };
 
 const ServerAPI = {
+  getPCURL(){
+    if( PC_URL ){
+      return Promise.resolve(PC_URL);
+    } else {
+      return fetch('/api/pc/baseURL')
+        .then( res => res.text() )
+        .then( baseUrl => {
+          PC_URL = baseUrl;
+          return PC_URL;
+        });
+    }
+  },
+
   // a generic method that gets pathway sbgn json from various sources
   // e.g. pathwaycommons, factoid, or human created layouts
   getAPIResource(opts){
@@ -109,7 +122,10 @@ const ServerAPI = {
   },
 
   downloadFileFromPathwayCommons( uri, format ){
-    return fetch(PC_URL + 'pc2/get?' + qs.stringify({ uri, format}), defaultFetchOpts);
+    return this.getPCURL()
+      .then( url => {
+        return fetch(url + 'pc2/get?' + qs.stringify({ uri, format}), defaultFetchOpts);
+      });
   },
 
   search(query){
diff --git a/src/server/routes/pathway-commons-router.js b/src/server/routes/pathway-commons-router.js
index 4dfb71d4..fd97caaf 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/pathway-commons-router.js
+++ b/src/server/routes/pathway-commons-router.js
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ const pc = require('../external-services/pathway-commons');
 
 const router = express.Router();
 
+const { PC_URL } = require('../../config');
+
+router.get('/baseURL', function (req, res) {
+  res.send(PC_URL);
+});
 
 router.get('/search', function (req, res) {
   pc.search(req.query).then(r => res.json(r));
diff --git a/src/server/routes/search/search.js b/src/server/routes/search/search.js
index 8dc01d9a..d8024f31 100644
--- a/src/server/routes/search/search.js
+++ b/src/server/routes/search/search.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
-const logger = require('../../logger');
+// const logger = require('../../logger');
 const url = require('url');
 const luceneEscapeQuery = require('lucene-escape-query');
 const { NS_NCBI_GENE, NS_HGNC_SYMBOL, NS_UNIPROT } = require('../../../config');