diff --git a/angular_ui_app/src/app/components/camera/camera-box/camera-box.component.ts b/angular_ui_app/src/app/components/camera/camera-box/camera-box.component.ts
index 99e19a0f..bc8dd45c 100644
--- a/angular_ui_app/src/app/components/camera/camera-box/camera-box.component.ts
+++ b/angular_ui_app/src/app/components/camera/camera-box/camera-box.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { ViewChild, ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { AppConstants } from 'src/app/constants';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-camera-box',
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ export class CameraBoxComponent {
   isHovered: boolean = true;
 
   pc: RTCPeerConnection | null = null;
-  host_ip: string = "127.0.0.1";
+  host_ip: string = AppConstants.HOST_IP;
   device_id: number = 0;
   error: unknown;
 
diff --git a/angular_ui_app/src/app/constants.ts b/angular_ui_app/src/app/constants.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39ffff72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/angular_ui_app/src/app/constants.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export class AppConstants {
+    // public static get HOST_IP(): string { return '192.168.1.69'; }
+    // public static get HOST_IP(): string { return '10.122.8.160'; }
+    public static get HOST_IP(): string { return 'localhost'; }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/angular_ui_app/src/app/ros.service.ts b/angular_ui_app/src/app/ros.service.ts
index 73a6102e..8ec0068d 100644
--- a/angular_ui_app/src/app/ros.service.ts
+++ b/angular_ui_app/src/app/ros.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { AppConstants } from './constants';
 import * as ROSLIB from 'roslib';
 
 @Injectable({
@@ -9,10 +10,7 @@ export class RosService {
 
   constructor() {
     this.ros = new ROSLIB.Ros({
-      url: 'ws://localhost:9090' //replace with your ip for port forwarding 
-      // user ng serve --host 0.0.0.0
-      // works over LAN, must later be tested with an access point without wifi
-      // url: 'ws://10.122.8.160:9090'
+      url: 'ws://' + AppConstants.HOST_IP + ':9090'
     });
 
     this.ros.on('connection', () => {