diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 2f18498b..2c41e90c 100644
Binary files a/package-lock.json and b/package-lock.json differ
diff --git a/src/routes/gateway.ts b/src/routes/gateway.ts
index cab685e2..9d34c999 100644
--- a/src/routes/gateway.ts
+++ b/src/routes/gateway.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import { Router } from "express";
+import Config from "../util/Config"
 
 const router = Router();
 
+const url = Config.get().server.root_url;
+
 router.get("/", (req, res) => {
-	res.send({ url: "ws://localhost:3002" });
+	res.send({ url: `ws://${url}:3002` });
 });
 
 export default router;
diff --git a/src/util/Config.ts b/src/util/Config.ts
index f1f0f458..e52cd2f7 100644
--- a/src/util/Config.ts
+++ b/src/util/Config.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export interface RateLimitOptions {
 }
 
 export interface DefaultOptions {
+	server: {
+		root_url: string;
+	};
 	general: {
 		instance_id: string;
 	};
@@ -108,6 +111,9 @@ export interface DefaultOptions {
 }
 
 export const DefaultOptions: DefaultOptions = {
+	server: {
+		root_url: "localhost" // we are localhost unless the oposite is specified
+	},
 	general: {
 		instance_id: Snowflake.generate(),
 	},