diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f36576feb26934ac18e57d47790214c43120f2e..cf49a77ead0e6bf2c78892c65d4e97a820aa28b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,15 @@ This monorepo consists of three main sections:
 - `yarn setup` from the project root directory.
   - This will fill in the required `.env` files you'll need in each of the application sections. Go fill those out before proceeding or else things won't work right.
 - `cd frontend && yarn install && cd ../server && yarn install` from the project root directory.
+
+To boot the server locally (run commands from root of repo):
+- ensure `server/.env.development` is set and filled out.
+`yarn dev:server`
  
+To boot the frontend locally (run commands from root of repo):
+- ensure `frontend/.env` is set and filled out.
+- ensure `VITE_API_BASE="http://localhost:3001/api"`
+`yarn dev:frontend`
 
 Next, you will need some content to embed. This could be a Youtube Channel, Medium articles, local text files, word documents, and the list goes on. This is where you will use the `collector/` part of the repo.
 
diff --git a/frontend/.env.example b/frontend/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..44057dac4cc94d95c17a80c5abf84f834e87dcfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+VITE_API_BASE='http://localhost:3001/api' # Use this URL when developing locally
+# VITE_API_BASE='/api' # Use this URL deploying on non-localhost address OR in docker.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12d46fe3e74626d0eefa1fa804730394bb7c7b8d..318710a88ea2f42026300775497a38f73dcf772e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "cd server && yarn lint && cd .. && cd frontend && yarn lint",
     "setup": "cd server && yarn && cd ../frontend && yarn && cd .. && yarn setup:envs && echo \"Please run yarn dev:server and yarn dev:frontend in separate terminal tabs.\"",
-    "setup:envs": "cp -n ./server/.env.example ./server/.env.development && cp -n ./collector/.env.example ./collector/.env && cp -n ./docker/.env.example ./docker/.env && echo \"All ENV files copied!\n\"",
+    "setup:envs": "cp -n ./frontend/.env.example ./frontend/.env && cp -n ./server/.env.example ./server/.env.development && cp -n ./collector/.env.example ./collector/.env && cp -n ./docker/.env.example ./docker/.env && echo \"All ENV files copied!\n\"",
     "dev:server": "cd server && yarn dev",
     "dev:frontend": "cd frontend && yarn start",
     "prod:server": "cd server && yarn start",