diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 236f10fd6..5ca0ed8c6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::io::Read;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use oauth2::TokenResponse;
 use tauri::{InvokeError, Manager};
+const DEFAULT_HOST: &str = "https://api.kittycad.io";
 
 /// This command returns the a json string parse from a toml file at the path.
 #[tauri::command]
@@ -88,11 +89,34 @@ async fn login(app: tauri::AppHandle, host: &str) -> Result<String, InvokeError>
 ///This command returns the KittyCAD user info given a token.
 /// The string returned from this method is the user info as a json string.
 #[tauri::command]
-async fn get_user(token: Option<String>) -> Result<kittycad::types::User, InvokeError> {
+async fn get_user(
+    token: Option<String>,
+    hostname: &str,
+) -> Result<kittycad::types::User, InvokeError> {
+    // Use the host passed in if it's set.
+    // Otherwise, use the default host.
+    let host = if hostname.is_empty() {
+        DEFAULT_HOST.to_string()
+    } else {
+        hostname.to_string()
+    };
+
+    // Change the baseURL to the one we want.
+    let mut baseurl = host.to_string();
+    if !host.starts_with("http://") && !host.starts_with("https://") {
+        baseurl = format!("https://{host}");
+        if host.starts_with("localhost") {
+            baseurl = format!("http://{host}")
+        }
+    }
     println!("Getting user info...");
 
     // use kittycad library to fetch the user info from /user/me
-    let client = kittycad::Client::new(token.unwrap());
+    let mut client = kittycad::Client::new(token.unwrap());
+
+    if baseurl != DEFAULT_HOST {
+        client.set_base_url(&baseurl);
+    }
 
     let user_info: kittycad::types::User = client
         .users()
diff --git a/src/Auth.tsx b/src/Auth.tsx
index 35c5d01ce..a18eb52aa 100644
--- a/src/Auth.tsx
+++ b/src/Auth.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ export const Auth = ({ children }: React.PropsWithChildren) => {
   const {
     auth: { state },
   } = useGlobalStateContext()
-  const isLoggedIn = state.matches('checkIfLoggedIn')
+  const isLoggingIn = state.matches('checkIfLoggedIn')
 
-  return isLoggedIn ? (
+  return isLoggingIn ? (
     <Loading>Loading KittyCAD Modeling App...</Loading>
   ) : (
     <>{children}</>
diff --git a/src/machines/authMachine.ts b/src/machines/authMachine.ts
index 3ce14b2e1..82289fcc1 100644
--- a/src/machines/authMachine.ts
+++ b/src/machines/authMachine.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import withBaseURL from '../lib/withBaseURL'
 import { CommandBarMeta } from '../lib/commands'
 import { isTauri } from 'lib/isTauri'
 import { invoke } from '@tauri-apps/api'
+import { VITE_KC_API_BASE_URL } from 'env'
 
 const SKIP_AUTH =
   import.meta.env.VITE_KC_SKIP_AUTH === 'true' && import.meta.env.DEV
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ async function getUser(context: UserContext) {
         .catch((err) => console.error('error from Browser getUser', err))
     : invoke<Models['User_type'] | Record<'error_code', unknown>>('get_user', {
         token: context.token,
+        hostname: VITE_KC_API_BASE_URL,
       }).catch((err) => console.error('error from Tauri getUser', err))
 
   const user = await userPromise