diff --git a/ENVEXAMPLE b/ENVEXAMPLE
index 0153f820..3de361d6 100644
--- a/ENVEXAMPLE
+++ b/ENVEXAMPLE
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ REDIS_PORT=6379                         # Redis port (default: 6379)
 # Backend and Frontend URLs
 BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:8080       # URL on which the backend runs. You can change it based on your needs. 
 VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://localhost:8080  # URL used by frontend to connect to backend. It should always have the same value as BACKEND_URL
-PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:5173        # URL used by backend to connect to frontend. You can change it based on your needs.
+
+PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:5173        # URL on which the frontend runs. You can change it based on your needs. 
+VITE_PUBLIC_URL=http://localhost:5173   # URL used by backend to connect to frontend. It should always have the same value as PUBLIC_URL
 
 # Optional Google OAuth settings for Google Sheet Integration
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your_google_client_id
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd562422..b0f44e08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ You can access the frontend at http://localhost:5173/ and backend at http://loca
 |-----------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `BACKEND_URL`            | Yes       | URL to run backend on.                                                                    | Default value: http://localhost:8080 |
 | `VITE_BACKEND_URL`            | Yes       | URL used by frontend to connect to backend                                           | Default value: http://localhost:8080 |
+| `PUBLIC_URL`            | Yes       | URL to run frontend on.                                                                    | Default value: http://localhost:5173 |
+| `VITE_PUBLIC_URL`            | Yes       | URL used by backend to connect to frontend                                           | Default value: http://localhost:5173 |
 | `JWT_SECRET`          | Yes       | Secret key used to sign and verify JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) for authentication.                | JWT authentication will not work.                            |
 | `DB_NAME`             | Yes       | Name of the Postgres database to connect to.                                                 | Database connection will fail.                               |
 | `DB_USER`             | Yes       | Username for Postgres database authentication.                                               | Database connection will fail.                               |