diff --git a/backend/.example.env b/backend/.example.env
index d527646..89e28ae 100644
--- a/backend/.example.env
+++ b/backend/.example.env
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ NODE1_ETH_ADDRESS=<put-your-eth-node-address-here>
 NODE2_ETH_ADDRESS=<put-your-eth-node-address-here>
 NODE3_ETH_ADDRESS=<put-your-eth-node-address-here>
 RAIDEN_NODE_VERSION=raidennetwork/raiden:develop
+HUB_ADDRESS=http://raiden1:5001
 
 DEPLOY_ENV=dev
 # Prefix used for container names (default: current directory name)
diff --git a/backend/docker-compose.yaml b/backend/docker-compose.yaml
index 30cbeb2..060642f 100644
--- a/backend/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/backend/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       PORT: ${ACTIONS_PORT}
       GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT: graphql-engine:8080/v1/graphql
+      HUB_ADDRESS: ${HUB_ADDRESS}
     command: ${ACTIONS_START_COMMAND}
     restart: always
 
diff --git a/backend/hasura-actions/src/Scheduler.bs.js b/backend/hasura-actions/src/Scheduler.bs.js
index 6a48f1d..3cb4735 100644
--- a/backend/hasura-actions/src/Scheduler.bs.js
+++ b/backend/hasura-actions/src/Scheduler.bs.js
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ var Fetch = require("bs-fetch/src/Fetch.bs.js");
 var Query = require("./Query.bs.js");
 var BnJs = require("bn.js");
 var BsCron = require("bs-cron/src/BsCron.bs.js");
+var Dotenv = require("dotenv");
 var Js_dict = require("bs-platform/lib/js/js_dict.js");
 var CONSTANTS = require("./CONSTANTS.bs.js");
 var Belt_Array = require("bs-platform/lib/js/belt_Array.js");
+var Belt_Option = require("bs-platform/lib/js/belt_Option.js");
 var Caml_option = require("bs-platform/lib/js/caml_option.js");
 var PaymentStreamManager = require("./PaymentStreamManager.bs.js");
 
+Dotenv.config();
+
 function makePaymentRequest_encode(v) {
   return Js_dict.fromArray([
               [
@@ -44,7 +48,8 @@ function makePayment(recipientAddress, paymentData) {
     var newNextPayment = paymentData.nextPayment.add(finalPayment.mul(intervalInSeconds$1));
     PaymentStreamManager.updateStreamEntry(paymentData.streamID, newPaymentsMade.toNumber(), newNextPayment.toNumber(), paymentData.nextPayment.toNumber());
   }
-  var requestString = "http://raiden1:5001/api/v1/payments/0xC563388e2e2fdD422166eD5E76971D11eD37A466/" + recipientAddress;
+  var address = Belt_Option.getWithDefault(process.env.HUB_ADDRESS, "http://raiden1:5001");
+  var requestString = address + "/api/v1/payments/0xC563388e2e2fdD422166eD5E76971D11eD37A466/" + recipientAddress;
   console.log(requestString, finalAmount.toString());
   return fetch(requestString, Fetch.RequestInit.make(/* Post */2, {
                         "Content-Type": "application/json"
@@ -77,6 +82,7 @@ function getCurrentTimestamp(param) {
 }
 
 function startProcess(param) {
+  console.log(Belt_Option.getWithDefault(process.env.HUB_ADDRESS, "http://raiden1:5001"));
   var now = getTimestamp(new Date());
   console.log("start timestamp:", now);
   var job = BsCron.CronJob.make({
@@ -165,4 +171,4 @@ exports.getTimestamp = getTimestamp;
 exports.fromTimeStampToDate = fromTimeStampToDate;
 exports.getCurrentTimestamp = getCurrentTimestamp;
 exports.startProcess = startProcess;
-/* Query Not a pure module */
+/*  Not a pure module */
diff --git a/backend/hasura-actions/src/Scheduler.res b/backend/hasura-actions/src/Scheduler.res
index 8e700bf..3aee64c 100644
--- a/backend/hasura-actions/src/Scheduler.res
+++ b/backend/hasura-actions/src/Scheduler.res
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Dotenv.config()
+@val external hubAddress: option<string> = "process.env.HUB_ADDRESS"
+
 open BsCron
 
 @decco.encode
@@ -49,9 +52,9 @@ let makePayment = (~recipientAddress, ~paymentData: streamData) => {
       ~lastPayment=paymentData.nextPayment->BN.toNumber,
     )
   }
+  let address = hubAddress->Option.getWithDefault("http://raiden1:5001")
   let requestString =
-    "http://raiden1:5001/api/v1/payments/0xC563388e2e2fdD422166eD5E76971D11eD37A466/" ++
-    recipientAddress
+    address ++ "/api/v1/payments/0xC563388e2e2fdD422166eD5E76971D11eD37A466/" ++ recipientAddress
   Js.log2(requestString, finalAmount->BN.toString)
   Fetch.fetchWithInit(
     requestString,