diff --git a/src/api.py b/src/api.py
index 3b22e43..b7996a2 100644
--- a/src/api.py
+++ b/src/api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 import logging
+from os import getenv
 
 import aiohttp
 
@@ -13,14 +14,26 @@ class APIException(Exception):
 class NotCreatedException(APIException):
     pass
 
+
 class BadStatusException(APIException):
     pass
 
 
+def normalize_api_host(host: str):
+
+    if not host:
+        raise ValueError("host cannot be empty")
+
+    if not host.endswith("/"):
+        host += "/"
+
+    return host
+
+
 class API:
     """Interactions with the API."""
 
-    API_HOST = "http://localhost:8000/"
+    API_HOST = normalize_api_host(getenv("API_HOST"))
     API_ENDPOINT = API_HOST + "api/"
 
     RSS_FEED_ENDPOINT = API_ENDPOINT + "rssfeed/"
@@ -78,11 +91,11 @@ class API:
         form = aiohttp.FormData({
             "name": name,
             "url": url,
-            "discord_server_id": discord_server_id
+            "discord_server_id": str(discord_server_id)
         })
         form.add_field("image", image_data, filename="file.jpg")
 
-        data = (await self.make_response("POST", self.RSS_FEED_ENDPOINT, data=form))["json"]
+        data = (await self.make_request("POST", self.RSS_FEED_ENDPOINT, data=form))["json"]
         return data
 
     async def get_rssfeed(self, uuid: str) -> dict: