From 2415abd4b176212a5fbfdc2df84b546dfb206790 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mish <mish@slevel.xyz>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:02:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix selfhosted images being served incorrectly (#148)

* Rename HOSTNAME env var to BASE_URL (and document it)

* BASE_URL.rstrip("/")

Prevent errors if you include / in your env var

* Trailing newline
---
 .env.sample                                         | 6 ++++--
 docs/deployment.md                                  | 2 ++
 nephthys/utils/env.py                               | 4 +++-
 nephthys/views/home/components/ticket_status_pie.py | 2 +-
 nephthys/views/home/loading.py                      | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index dfd08ba..cd9939c 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ SLACK_MAINTAINER_ID="U..."
 DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/nephthys"
 SITE_URL="https://summer.hackclub.com"
 SITE_API_KEY="..."
-# Title shown in app home:
-APP_TITLE="helper heidi"
\ No newline at end of file
+APP_TITLE="helper heidi"
+PROGRAM="summer_of_making"
+HACK_CLUB_AI_API_KEY="sk-hc-v1-..."
+BASE_URL="https://..."
diff --git a/docs/deployment.md b/docs/deployment.md
index 93bffd5..c91d0bd 100644
--- a/docs/deployment.md
+++ b/docs/deployment.md
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ Note: These steps have to be done by a Workspace Admin (otherwise it will be una
    HACK_CLUB_AI_API_KEY="sk-hc-v1-..."
    # Set this to anything
    SITE_API_KEY="none"
+   # Set this to the URL where the site will be hosted
+   BASE_URL="https://summer.nephthys.hackclub.com"
    ```
 
    - `SITE_API_KEY` (and `SITE_URL`) are only used for generating magic links for Summer of Making, so they don't have to be included (but `SITE_API_KEY` must be set due to a bug)
diff --git a/nephthys/utils/env.py b/nephthys/utils/env.py
index cb8e543..9a9199f 100644
--- a/nephthys/utils/env.py
+++ b/nephthys/utils/env.py
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ class Environment:
             or default_log_level
         )
         self.log_level_otel = os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL_OTEL", logging.INFO)
-        self.hostname: str = os.environ.get("HOSTNAME", "https://nephthys.hackclub.com")
+        self.base_url: str = os.environ.get(
+            "BASE_URL", "https://nephthys.hackclub.com"
+        ).rstrip("/")
 
         self.slack_help_channel = os.environ.get("SLACK_HELP_CHANNEL", "unset")
         self.slack_ticket_channel = os.environ.get("SLACK_TICKET_CHANNEL", "unset")
diff --git a/nephthys/views/home/components/ticket_status_pie.py b/nephthys/views/home/components/ticket_status_pie.py
index 0a293b0..ce775e5 100644
--- a/nephthys/views/home/components/ticket_status_pie.py
+++ b/nephthys/views/home/components/ticket_status_pie.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ async def get_ticket_status_pie_chart(
     caption = "Ticket stats"
 
     if not url:
-        url = f"{env.hostname}/public/binoculars.png"
+        url = f"{env.base_url}/public/binoculars.png"
         caption = "looks like heidi's scrounging around for tickets in the trash"
 
     return {
diff --git a/nephthys/views/home/loading.py b/nephthys/views/home/loading.py
index d1a2980..75fd6be 100644
--- a/nephthys/views/home/loading.py
+++ b/nephthys/views/home/loading.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def get_loading_view(home_type: str):
             },
             {
                 "type": "image",
-                "image_url": f"{env.hostname}/public/loading.gif",
+                "image_url": f"{env.base_url}/public/loading.gif",
                 "alt_text": "Loading...",
             },
         ],