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 2. Create a .env.dev file in the root directory with the following variables:
 
 ```
-EMBEDDINGS_URL="the serverless embeddings service url" # for local setup use http://localhost:8000/runsync/
+EMBEDDINGS_URL="the serverless embeddings service url" # for local setup use http://host.docker.internal:8000/runsync
 EMBEDDINGS_URL_TOKEN="the serverless embeddings service token"  # for local setup use any string will do.
 AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID="an S3 or compatible storage access key"
 AWS_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="an S3 or compatible storage secret key"