diff --git a/ui/app/api/env/route.ts b/ui/app/api/env/route.ts
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index 0000000..b86f0b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/api/env/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from 'next/server';
+import process from 'process';
+
+export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
+  // Access environment variables
+  const envVars = {
+    BACKEND_API_URL: process.env.BACKEND_API_URL,
+    BACKEND_WS_URL: process.env.BACKEND_WS_URL
+  }
+
+  // Return the environment variables as a JSON response
+  return NextResponse.json(envVars);
+}
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diff --git a/ui/pages/api/env.ts b/ui/pages/api/env.ts
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index 31750b1..0000000
--- a/ui/pages/api/env.ts
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@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-import process from 'process';
-
-export default function handler(req, res) {
-  const envVars = {
-    BACKEND_API_URL: process.env.BACKEND_API_URL,
-    BACKEND_WS_URL: process.env.BACKEND_WS_URL
-  }
-  res.status(200).json(envVars);
-}