diff --git a/config/config.yaml b/config/config.yaml
index 042ccfd..e868f41 100644
--- a/config/config.yaml
+++ b/config/config.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 Server:
   host: 127.0.0.1
   port: 8000
+  scheme: http
   cors: False
   static_folder: frontend/build
 
-Web:
-  host: 127.0.0.1
-  port: 8000
-
 Database:
   username: foo
   password: bar
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx b/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
index 492a964..7aa75e1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/URLShortener/URLShortener.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ import "./URLShortener.css";
 import axios from "axios";
 import { ToastContainer, toast } from "react-toastify";
 import "react-toastify/dist/ReactToastify.css";
+import Config from "../../config"
 
-export default function () {
+export default function URLShortener() {
   const [url, setUrl] = useState<string>("");
   const [shortenedUrl, setShortenedUrl] = useState<string>("");
   const [showInput, setShowInput] = useState<boolean>(false);
@@ -28,19 +29,20 @@ export default function () {
     }
 
     try {
-      const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+      const config = Config()
+      const api_endpoint = "/api/v1/shorten";
+
+      const api_url = `${config.url}${api_endpoint}`;
 
       // Send the POST request to the backend
       await axios
-        .post("http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/shorten", {
-          url: url,
-          timestamp: timestamp,
+        .post(api_url , {
+          url: url
         })
         .then((response) => {
           if (response) {
-            const code: string = response.data.url;
-            const fullShortenedUrl: string = `http://127.0.0.1:8000/r/${code}`;
-            setShortenedUrl(fullShortenedUrl);
+            const shortUrl: string = response.data.url;
+            setShortenedUrl(shortUrl);
             setShowInput(true);
           }
         });
diff --git a/frontend/src/config.json b/frontend/src/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aba9fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "frontend": {
+        "scheme": "http",
+        "host": "127.0.0.1",
+        "port": "8000"
+    },
+    "api": {
+        "scheme": "http",
+        "host": "127.0.0.1",
+        "port": "8000"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/config.tsx b/frontend/src/config.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49984db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/config.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import configuration from './config.json';
+
+class APIConfig {
+    scheme: string;
+    host: string;
+    port: string;
+    url: string;
+
+    constructor(scheme: string, host: string, port: string) {
+        this.scheme = scheme;
+        this.host = host;
+        this.port = port;
+        this.url = `${scheme}://${host}:${port}`
+    }
+}
+
+export default function Config() {
+    const scheme = configuration.api.scheme;
+    const host = configuration.api.host;
+    const port = configuration.api.port;
+
+    const apiConfig = new APIConfig(scheme, host, port);
+    return apiConfig
+}
diff --git a/shortenit/main.py b/shortenit/main.py
index 1963860..7b8bc2b 100644
--- a/shortenit/main.py
+++ b/shortenit/main.py
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
-import asyncio
 import logging
 import pathlib
 import sys
-import time
 import typing
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine, exc
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ def main() -> typing.NoReturn:
     sys.exit(0)
 
 
-def shorten_it(config: dict, session: Session, data: str, ttl: int):
+def shorten_it(config: dict, session: Session, data: str, ttl: int = 0):
     shortener = Shortener(session, config)
     identifier = shortener.generate_uuid()
     if identifier:
diff --git a/shortenit/models/objects.py b/shortenit/models/objects.py
index e7fc16c..716c107 100644
--- a/shortenit/models/objects.py
+++ b/shortenit/models/objects.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Pointer(base.Base):
     __tablename__ = "pointers"
     id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(primary_key=True, index=True, init=False)
     data: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(index=True)
-    ttl: Mapped[str]
+    ttl: Mapped[int]
     link_id: Mapped[int] = mapped_column(ForeignKey("links.id"))
     link: Mapped["Link"] = relationship(back_populates="pointers")
     timestamp: Mapped[datetime] = mapped_column(default=func.now())
diff --git a/shortenit/web.py b/shortenit/web.py
index 50aa7f7..f4920ab 100644
--- a/shortenit/web.py
+++ b/shortenit/web.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import urlunparse
 
 import trafaret
 from flask import Flask, abort, redirect, request, send_from_directory
@@ -56,12 +57,22 @@ class SiteHandler:
         self.shorten_url = shorten_url
         self.lenghten_url = lenghten_url
         self.shortenit_load_format = trafaret.Dict(
-            {trafaret.Key("url"): trafaret.URL, trafaret.Key("timestamp"): trafaret.Int}
+            {trafaret.Key("url"): trafaret.URL}
         )
 
     def _get_server_config(self):
         return self.configuration.get("Server", None)
 
+    def _get_host(self):
+        host = self._get_server_config()["host"]
+        port = self._get_server_config()["port"]
+        scheme = self._get_server_config()["scheme"]
+        return scheme, host, port
+
+    def _get_url(self, stub):
+        scheme, host, port = self._get_host()
+        return urlunparse((scheme, f"{host}:{port}", f"/r/{stub}", "", "", ""))
+
     def shortenit(self):
         data = request.get_json()
         try:
@@ -72,12 +83,12 @@ class SiteHandler:
             self.logger.error(e)
             abort(400)
         try:
-            short_url = self.shorten_url(
+            stub = self.shorten_url(
                 self.configuration.get("Shortener", None),
                 self.database,
                 data["url"],
-                data["timestamp"],
             )
+            short_url = self._get_url(stub)
         except KeyError as e:
             self.logger.error(e)
             abort(400)