diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d7974dd59..babb8e3c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ jobs:
           cd ../../
           cp src/wasm-lib/pkg/wasm_lib_bg.wasm public
 
+      - name: Run vite build (build:both)
+        run: yarn vite build --mode ${{ env.BUILD_RELEASE == 'true' && 'production' || 'development' }}
+
       - name: Fix format
         run: yarn fmt
 
@@ -250,10 +253,12 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: |
           cargo install tauri-driver
+          source .env.${{ env.BUILD_RELEASE == 'true' && 'production' || 'development' }}
+          export VITE_KC_API_BASE_URL
           xvfb-run yarn test:e2e:tauri
         env:
           E2E_APPLICATION: "./src-tauri/target/${{ env.BUILD_RELEASE == 'true' && 'release' || 'debug' }}/kittycad-modeling"
-          KITTYCAD_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.KITTYCAD_API_TOKEN }}
+          KITTYCAD_API_TOKEN: ${{ env.BUILD_RELEASE == 'true' && secrets.KITTYCAD_API_TOKEN || secrets.KITTYCAD_API_TOKEN_DEV }}
 
 
   publish-apps-release:
diff --git a/e2e/tauri/specs/auth.e2e.ts b/e2e/tauri/specs/auth.e2e.ts
index 1134f1eeb..3aee244f9 100644
--- a/e2e/tauri/specs/auth.e2e.ts
+++ b/e2e/tauri/specs/auth.e2e.ts
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ describe('KCMA (Tauri, Linux)', () => {
       Accept: 'application/json',
       'Content-Type': 'application/json',
     }
-    const verifyUrl = `https://api.kittycad.io/oauth2/device/verify?user_code=${userCode}`
+    const apiBaseUrl = process.env.VITE_KC_API_BASE_URL
+    const verifyUrl = `${apiBaseUrl}/oauth2/device/verify?user_code=${userCode}`
     console.log(`GET ${verifyUrl}`)
     const vr = await fetch(verifyUrl, { headers })
     console.log(vr.status)
 
     // Device flow: confirm
-    const confirmUrl = 'https://api.kittycad.io/oauth2/device/confirm'
+    const confirmUrl = `${apiBaseUrl}/oauth2/device/confirm`
     const data = JSON.stringify({ user_code: userCode })
     console.log(`POST ${confirmUrl} ${data}`)
     const cr = await fetch(confirmUrl, {
diff --git a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 8c244e68f..cb6306511 100644
--- a/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "../node_modules/@tauri-apps/cli/schema.json",
   "build": {
-    "beforeBuildCommand": "yarn build:both",
     "beforeDevCommand": "yarn start",
     "devPath": "http://localhost:3000",
     "distDir": "../build"