diff --git a/client/game/useServerSocket.ts b/client/game/useServerSocket.ts
index e1d343b..22a5e09 100644
--- a/client/game/useServerSocket.ts
+++ b/client/game/useServerSocket.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ import useWebSocket from 'react-use-websocket'
 
 import assertNever from '~/common/assertNever.ts'
 
-import { useUser } from '../user.tsx'
-
 import { AsyncHandle, GameCommand, GameAction } from './types.ts'
 
+const WS_URL = Deno.env.get("WS_URL")
+
 const MY_ID = (function(){
   return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function(c) {
     var r = Math.random() * 16 | 0, v = c == 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8);
@@ -81,10 +81,9 @@ interface SocketHandle {
 export default function useServerSocket(
   onUpdate: (action: GameAction) => void
 ): AsyncHandle<SocketHandle> {
-  const profile = useUser()
   const [state, dispatch] = React.useReducer(reducer, initialState)
 
-  // prep socket
+  /* prep socket */
 
   const onMessage = React.useCallback((message: WebSocketEventMap['message']) => {
     const data = JSON.parse(message.data)
@@ -157,13 +156,8 @@ export default function useServerSocket(
     dispatch({type: 'close'})
   }, [])
 
-  const url = React.useMemo(
-    () => `ws://localhost:7636/ws`,
-    [profile],
-  )
-
   const {sendJsonMessage} = useWebSocket(
-    url,
+    WS_URL,
     {onMessage, onOpen, onError, onClose, shouldReconnect},
   )
 
@@ -182,7 +176,7 @@ export default function useServerSocket(
     })
   }, [state, sendJson])
 
-  // effects to push the coordinator along
+  /* effects to push the coordinator along */
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (state.status !== 'finding-game') return
@@ -194,7 +188,7 @@ export default function useServerSocket(
     sendJson({command: 'join', player_id: state.playerId, match_id: state.matchId})
   }, [sendJson, state])
 
-  // return game command handler in wrapper
+  /* return game command handler in wrapper */
 
   const handle = React.useMemo<AsyncHandle<SocketHandle>>(() => {
     switch (state.status) {
diff --git a/run-local.sh b/run-local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..246e1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+WS_URL=ws://localhost:7636 deno run --allow-read --allow-write --unstable --allow-env --allow-net --import-map import_map.json ./server/server.ts
diff --git a/server/routes/static.tsx b/server/routes/static.tsx
index d559db1..f71acbb 100644
--- a/server/routes/static.tsx
+++ b/server/routes/static.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,66 @@ import { Router } from 'oak'
 
 // import App from '~/client/App.tsx'
 
+function indexOfAll(source: string, query: string): number[] {
+  let currentPosition = 0
+  const buffer: number[] = []
+  while (currentPosition !== -1) {
+    const lastPosition = currentPosition
+    currentPosition = source.indexOf(query, lastPosition + 1)
+    if (currentPosition !== -1) buffer.push(currentPosition)
+  }
+  // ensure it's sorted in case while loop betrays us
+  return buffer.sort()
+}
+
+interface ResolvedEnvVar {
+  callsiteBounds: [number, number]
+  varname: string
+  value?: string
+}
+
+const ENV_SEARCH_STRING = "Deno.env.get(\""
+const ENV_SEARCH_END_STRING = "\")"
+
+function resolveClientDenoEnvVars(source: string): string {
+  const startIndices = indexOfAll(source, ENV_SEARCH_STRING)
+  const resolved = startIndices.map((startIndex) => {
+    const endIndex = source.indexOf(ENV_SEARCH_END_STRING, startIndex)
+    const varname = source.slice(startIndex + ENV_SEARCH_STRING.length, endIndex)
+    const bounds = [startIndex, endIndex + ENV_SEARCH_END_STRING.length]
+    const value = Deno.env.get(varname)
+    return {
+      callsiteBounds: bounds,
+      varname,
+      value: `"${value}"`,
+    }
+  })
+
+  function replaceBounds(input: string, newText: string | undefined, start: number, end: number) {
+    return `${input.slice(0, start)}${newText}${input.slice(end)}`
+  }
+
+  // reassemble source code by reversing the order and replacing strings
+  const reassembledSource = resolved.reverse().reduce(
+    (currentSource, {callsiteBounds, value, varname}) => {
+      if (value === undefined)
+        throw new Error(`Deno env variable ${varname} found in client code but not provided to server.`)
+      return replaceBounds(currentSource, value, callsiteBounds[0], callsiteBounds[1])
+    },
+    source,
+  )
+  return reassembledSource
+}
+
+function mapDict<T, U>(
+  dict: Record<string, T>,
+  fn: (entry: [string, T], index: number) => [string, U],
+): Record<string, U> {
+  return Object.fromEntries(
+    Object.entries(dict).map(fn)
+  )
+}
+
 async function createClientBundle() {
   const {files} = await Deno.emit('server/client.tsx', {
     bundle: 'module',
@@ -16,7 +76,15 @@ async function createClientBundle() {
       strictPropertyInitialization: false,
     },
   })
-  return files
+  const bundle = mapDict(files, ([path, source], i) => {
+    const resolved = resolveClientDenoEnvVars(source)
+    if (Deno.env.get("DEBUG")) {
+      Deno.writeTextFileSync(`debug/output${i}.js`, source)
+      Deno.writeTextFileSync(`debug/resolved${i}.js`, resolved)
+    }
+    return [path, resolved]
+  })
+  return bundle
 }
 
 const bundle = await createClientBundle()