diff --git a/app/retriever.py b/app/retriever.py
index c10ef2f..3d81d2d 100644
--- a/app/retriever.py
+++ b/app/retriever.py
@@ -10,18 +10,20 @@ import os
 internal_url = "vector-store-01jse60hep6416b15n1nsj6ch8.cheetah.svc.cluster.local"
 external_url = "183.111.96.67"
 # http_host = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_HTTP_HOST", "183.111.96.67")
-http_host = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_HTTP_HOST", external_url)
+http_host = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_HTTP_HOST", external_url)# grpc_host = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_GRPC_HOST", "183.111.96.67")
+http_port = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_HTTP_PORT", 8000)
 # grpc_host = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_GRPC_HOST", "183.111.96.67")
 grpc_host = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_GRPC_HOST", external_url)
+grpc_port = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_GRPC_PORT", 50051)
 weaviate_api_key = os.getenv("WEAVIATE_API_KEY", "01jse60hwsf37za5kmnkzzcwa9")
 
 def get_retriever():
     client = weaviate.connect_to_custom(
         http_host=http_host,        # Hostname for the HTTP API connection
-        http_port=31117,            # Default is 80, WCD uses 443
+        http_port=http_port,            # Default is 80, WCD uses 443
         http_secure=False,          # Whether to use https (secure) for the HTTP API connection
         grpc_host=grpc_host,        # Hostname for the gRPC API connection
-        grpc_port=31373,            # Default is 50051, WCD uses 443
+        grpc_port=grpc_port,            # Default is 50051, WCD uses 443
         grpc_secure=False,          # Whether to use a secure channel for the gRPC API connection
         auth_credentials=Auth.api_key(weaviate_api_key),    # API key for authentication
     )