diff --git a/frontend/src/main.js b/frontend/src/main.js
index 70b26641..593d534b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/main.js
+++ b/frontend/src/main.js
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import { createHistory } from 'history'
 import { useRouterHistory } from 'react-router'
 
 const browserHistory = useRouterHistory(createHistory)({
-  basename: window['NOMAD_ENDPOINT']
+  // attempt to remove host+port from NOMAD_ENDPOINT
+  // long term this could be done by splitting on "/" and take chunk "1..."
+  basename: window['NOMAD_ENDPOINT'].replace(/^[-.a-zA-Z0-9]+:?[0-9]*/, '')
 })
 
 import { Provider } from 'react-redux'