diff --git a/appview/config/config.go b/appview/config/config.go
--- a/appview/config/config.go
+++ b/appview/config/config.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type CoreConfig struct {
 	CookieSecret            string `env:"COOKIE_SECRET, default=00000000000000000000000000000000"`
 	DbPath                  string `env:"DB_PATH, default=appview.db"`
 	ListenAddr              string `env:"LISTEN_ADDR, default=0.0.0.0:3000"`
-	AppviewHost             string `env:"APPVIEW_HOST, default=https://tangled.org"`
+	AppviewHost             string `env:"APPVIEW_HOST, default=tangled.org"`
 	AppviewName             string `env:"APPVIEW_Name, default=Tangled"`
 	Dev                     bool   `env:"DEV, default=false"`
 	DisallowedNicknamesFile string `env:"DISALLOWED_NICKNAMES_FILE"`