diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/services/events/middleware.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/services/events/middleware.ts
index 8fabe61af2..7ee9732820 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/services/events/middleware.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/services/events/middleware.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ import { OpenAPI } from 'services/api';
 let socket_url = `ws://${window.location.host}`;
 
 console.log('socket middleware file loaded');
+console.log('OPENAPI.BASE: ', OpenAPI.BASE);
 // if building in package mode, replace socket url with open api base url minus the http protocol
-if (import.meta.env.MODE === 'package' && OpenAPI.BASE) {
+if (OpenAPI.BASE) {
   console.log('inside statement to set URL');
   //eslint-disable-next-line
   socket_url = OpenAPI.BASE.replace(/^https?\:\/\//i, '');