diff --git a/habhub-dataserver/habhub/core/constants.py b/habhub-dataserver/habhub/core/constants.py
index deee276..924a226 100644
--- a/habhub-dataserver/habhub/core/constants.py
+++ b/habhub-dataserver/habhub/core/constants.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Global constants
-
+API_URL = "https://habhub-api.whoi.edu"
 # DATA_LAYERS constant = default Data Layers
 CELL_CONCENTRATION_LAYER = "cell_concentration_layer"
 CELL_CONCENTRATION_SPATIALGRID_LAYER = "cell_concentration_spatialgrid_layer"
diff --git a/habhub-dataserver/habhub/ifcb_datasets/api2/views.py b/habhub-dataserver/habhub/ifcb_datasets/api2/views.py
index c33541d..403d5aa 100644
--- a/habhub-dataserver/habhub/ifcb_datasets/api2/views.py
+++ b/habhub-dataserver/habhub/ifcb_datasets/api2/views.py
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 from opensearchpy import OpenSearch, RequestsHttpConnection, AWSV4SignerAuth, helpers
 from requests_aws4auth import AWS4Auth
 
+from django.urls import reverse
 from rest_framework import viewsets
-from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
+
+# from rest_framework.reverse import reverse
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework_gis.fields import GeometryField
 from .mixins import ScoresFiltersMixin
 from ..models import Dataset
+from habhub.core.constants import API_URL
 
 env = environ.Env()
 
@@ -63,8 +66,10 @@ def list(self, request):
         query_params = request.query_params.dict()
         query_params.pop("search_after", None)
         query_params.pop("page", None)
-        link = reverse("api_v2:ifcb-species-scores-list", request=request)
-        print("link", link)
+        relative_link = reverse("api_v2:ifcb-species-scores-list")
+        print("link", relative_link)
+        link = f"{API_URL}{relative_link}"
+        print(link)
         uri = f"{link}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(query_params)}"
 
         current_page = int(request.query_params.get("page", 1))