diff --git a/src/test/plugins/api/pokerogue-api.test.ts b/src/test/plugins/api/pokerogue-api.test.ts
index 0c85e039b9a..527361005dd 100644
--- a/src/test/plugins/api/pokerogue-api.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/plugins/api/pokerogue-api.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import type { TitleStatsResponse } from "#app/@types/PokerogueApi";
 import { pokerogueApi } from "#app/plugins/api/pokerogue-api";
+import { getApiBaseUrl } from "#app/test/utils/testUtils";
 import { http, HttpResponse } from "msw";
 import { setupServer } from "msw/node";
 import { afterAll, afterEach, beforeAll, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
-const apiBase = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL ?? "http://localhost:8001";
+const apiBase = getApiBaseUrl();
 const server = setupServer();
 
 beforeAll(() => {
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ describe("Pokerogue API", () => {
       expect(success).toBe(true);
     });
 
-
     it("should return false and report a warning on FAILURE", async () => {
       server.use(http.post(`${apiBase}/auth/google/logout`, () => new HttpResponse("", { status: 401 })));
 
diff --git a/src/test/utils/testUtils.ts b/src/test/utils/testUtils.ts
index b922fc9c61c..a8410f8ba40 100644
--- a/src/test/utils/testUtils.ts
+++ b/src/test/utils/testUtils.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,11 @@ export function mockI18next() {
 export function arrayOfRange(start: integer, end: integer) {
   return Array.from({ length: end - start }, (_v, k) => k + start);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Utility to get the API base URL from the environment variable (or the default/fallback).
+ * @returns the API base URL
+ */
+export function getApiBaseUrl() {
+  return import.meta.env.VITE_SERVER_URL ?? "http://localhost:8001";
+}