diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index d70b8ee..0b70643 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const {
 } = require('./config/shortCodes');
 
 const isFederalShutdownMode = false;
+require('dotenv').config();
+
 
 module.exports = function (config) {
     if (isFederalShutdownMode) {
diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..213c1a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BASEURL='http://localhost:8080'
diff --git a/pages/robots.njk b/pages/robots.njk
index f489b88..2d4fb61 100644
--- a/pages/robots.njk
+++ b/pages/robots.njk
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ permalink: /robots.txt
 ---
 User-agent: *
 Allow: /
-Sitemap: {{ site.url }}/sitemap.xml
+Sitemap: {{ helpers.baseUrl }}/sitemap.xml