diff --git a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/templates/conda-store-ui.html b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/templates/conda-store-ui.html
index 239325011..3ab2d13ef 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/templates/conda-store-ui.html
+++ b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/templates/conda-store-ui.html
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@
         <meta charset="utf-8">
         <title>conda-store</title>
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+        <script>
+         var GLOBAL_CONDA_STORE_STATE = {
+             NODE_DEBUG: null,
+             REACT_APP_CONTEXT: "single-page-app", // not a true setting
+             REACT_APP_AUTH_METHOD: "cookie",
+             REACT_APP_AUTH_TOKEN: "",
+             REACT_APP_STYLE_TYPE: "grayscale",
+             REACT_APP_SHOW_LOGIN_ICON: "true",
+             REACT_APP_API_URL: "{{ url_for('get_conda_store_ui') }}",
+             REACT_APP_LOGIN_PAGE_URL: "{{ url_for('get_login_method') }}?next=",
+         };
+        </script>
         <script defer src="static/conda-store-ui/main.js"></script>
         <link href="static/conda-store-ui/main.css" rel="stylesheet">
     </head>
diff --git a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/templates/user.html b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/templates/user.html
index 496078e13..9c7f06259 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/templates/user.html
+++ b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/server/templates/user.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <div class="card m-2">
     <div class="card-body">
         <h5 class="card-title">User</h5>
-        <form class="m-2" action="{{ url_for('ui_list_environments') }}logout/" method="POST">
+        <form class="m-2" action="{{ url_for('post_logout_method') }}" method="POST">
             <button type="submit" class="btn btn-outline-success my-2 my-sm-0 mr-2">Logout</button>
         </form>
     </div>
diff --git a/conda-store-server/hatch_build.py b/conda-store-server/hatch_build.py
index 4b154ad5d..f73b7ae7d 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/hatch_build.py
+++ b/conda-store-server/hatch_build.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import pathlib
 import urllib.request
 import shutil
+import re
 
 from hatchling.builders.hooks.plugin.interface import BuildHookInterface
 
@@ -56,3 +57,15 @@ def initialize(self, version: str, build_data: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
                     source_directory / filename,
                     destination_directory / filename,
                 )
+
+            # dirty modifications (bound to break eventually!) to
+            # main.js to enable easy configuration see
+            # conda_store_server/server/templates/conda-store-ui.html
+            # for global variable set
+            with (source_directory / "main.js").open("r") as source_f:
+                content = source_f.read()
+                content = re.sub(
+                    '"MISSING_ENV_VAR"', "GLOBAL_CONDA_STORE_STATE", content
+                )
+                with (destination_directory / "main.js").open("w") as dest_f:
+                    dest_f.write(content)