diff --git a/src/app/admin-panel/home/jobPostingService.js b/src/app/admin-panel/home/jobPostingService.js
index 9140027..6a97073 100644
--- a/src/app/admin-panel/home/jobPostingService.js
+++ b/src/app/admin-panel/home/jobPostingService.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const JOB_POSTING_API_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_JOB_POSTING_API_URL;
+
 const saveJobPosting = async formData => {
   try {
     console.log('Form data:', formData);
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ const saveJobPosting = async formData => {
     const jobPostings = Array.isArray(jobPosting) ? jobPosting : [jobPosting];
 
     // Send the array of job postings to the backend API
-    const addJobPosting = await fetch('http://localhost:3000/api/job-posting', {
+    const addJobPosting = await fetch(JOB_POSTING_API_URL, {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: {
         'Content-Type': 'application/json',
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ const saveJobPosting = async formData => {
 const getJobPostingDetails = async jobId => {
   try {
     const response = await fetch(
-      `http://localhost:3000/api/job-posting/by-id?job-posting-id=${jobId}`
+      `${JOB_POSTING_API_URL}by-id?job-posting-id=${jobId}`
     );
 
     if (!response.ok) {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ const editJobPosting = async (jobPostingId, data) => {
 
     // Send the job posting to the backend API
     const response = await fetch(
-      `http://localhost:3000/api/job-posting/?job-posting-id=${jobPostingId}`,
+      `${JOB_POSTING_API_URL}?job-posting-id=${jobPostingId}`,
       {
         method: 'PATCH',
         headers: {
diff --git a/src/app/admin-panel/home/page.js b/src/app/admin-panel/home/page.js
index 0eef3fd..bde9bc7 100644
--- a/src/app/admin-panel/home/page.js
+++ b/src/app/admin-panel/home/page.js
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ export default function Home() {
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
   const [user, setUser] = useState(null);
 
+  const JOB_POSTING_API_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_JOB_POSTING_API_URL;
+
   const fetchUser = useCallback(async () => {
-    console.log('fetchUser called');
     try {
       const response = await fetch('/api/auth/me');
       if (response.ok) {
@@ -23,13 +24,12 @@ export default function Home() {
         setUser(userData);
       } else {
         console.error('Failed to fetch user:', response.statusText);
+        window.location.href = '/';
       }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Error fetching user:', error);
-    }
-
-    if (!user) {
-      window.location.href = '/'; // Redirect to login page if user is not logged in
+      //redirect to login page
+      window.location.href = '/';
     }
   }, []);
   const [showForm, setShowForm] = useState(false);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default function Home() {
     try {
       setLoading(true);
       const sortCriteria = JSON.stringify({ _id: -1 });
-      const apiURL = `http://localhost:3000/api/job-posting/?email=${user.email}&sort=${sortCriteria}`;
+      const apiURL = `${JOB_POSTING_API_URL}?email=${user.email}&sort=${sortCriteria}`;
       const response = await fetch(apiURL, {
         method: 'GET',
         headers: {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default function Home() {
   const handleDelete = async jobPostingId => {
     try {
       // Make API call to delete the job posting
-      const apiUrl = `http://localhost:3000/api/job-posting/?job-posting-id=${jobPostingId}`;
+      const apiUrl = `${JOB_POSTING_API_URL}?job-posting-id=${jobPostingId}`;
       const response = await fetch(apiUrl, {
         method: 'DELETE',
         headers: {