diff --git a/src/hooks/useConfig.ts b/src/hooks/useConfig.ts
index 9196789..1953579 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useConfig.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useConfig.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export interface Config {
   cache: Path
   data: Path
 
+  dist: string
+
   options: {
     /// prefer xz or gz for bottle downloads
     compression: 'xz' | 'gz'
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ export function ConfigDefault(env = Deno.env.toObject()): Config {
   const pantries = env['PKGX_PANTRY_PATH']?.split(SEP).compact(x => flatmap(x.trim(), x => Path.abs(x) ?? Path.cwd().join(x))) ?? []
   const cache = (flatmap(env["XDG_CACHE_HOME"], Path.abs) ?? platform_cache_default(home, env)).join("pkgx")
   const data = (flatmap(env["XDG_DATA_HOME"], Path.abs) ?? platform_data_home_default(home, env)).join("pkgx")
+  const dist = env['PKGX_DIST_URL']?.trim() ?? 'https://dist.pkgx.dev'
   const isCI = boolize(env['CI']) ?? false
   const UserAgent = flatmap(getv(), v => `libpkgx/${v}`) ?? 'libpkgx'
   //TODO prefer 'xz' on Linux (as well) if supported
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ export function ConfigDefault(env = Deno.env.toObject()): Config {
     pantries,
     cache,
     data,
+    dist,
     UserAgent,
     options: {
       compression,
diff --git a/src/hooks/useInventory.ts b/src/hooks/useInventory.ts
index b5554c3..95592db 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useInventory.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useInventory.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import SemVer from "../utils/semver.ts"
 import useFetch from "./useFetch.ts"
 import host from "../utils/host.ts"
 import "../utils/misc.ts"
+import useConfig from "./useConfig.ts";
 
 export interface Inventory {
   [project: string]: {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ const select = async (rq: PackageRequirement | Package) => {
 
 const get = async (rq: PackageRequirement | Package) => {
   const { platform, arch } = host()
-  const url = new URL(`https://dist.pkgx.dev/${rq.project}/${platform}/${arch}/versions.txt`)
+  const url = new URL(`${useConfig().dist}/${rq.project}/${platform}/${arch}/versions.txt`)
   const rsp = await useFetch(url)
 
   if (!rsp.ok) {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useOffLicense.ts b/src/hooks/useOffLicense.ts
index f152d93..a160e1b 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useOffLicense.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useOffLicense.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Stowage } from "../types.ts"
 import host from "../utils/host.ts"
+import useConfig from "./useConfig.ts";
 
 type Type = 's3'
 
@@ -24,5 +25,5 @@ function key(stowage: Stowage) {
 }
 
 function url(stowage: Stowage) {
-  return new URL(`https://dist.pkgx.dev/${key(stowage)}`)
+  return new URL(`${useConfig().dist}/${key(stowage)}`)
 }