diff --git a/frontend/src/components/GenomicVariations/VariantsResults.js b/frontend/src/components/GenomicVariations/VariantsResults.js
index 29325d84..9c602d43 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/GenomicVariations/VariantsResults.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/GenomicVariations/VariantsResults.js
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function VariantsResults (props) {
             requestParameters['aminoacidChange'] = props.aminoacid2
           }
           if (props.geneID !== '') {
-            requestParameters['geneId'] = props.geneID
+            requestParameters['gene'] = props.geneID
           }
           if (props.assemblyId !== '') {
             requestParameters['assemblyId'] = props.assemblyId
diff --git a/frontend/src/config.json b/frontend/src/config.json
index d322dfa5..ba02e53d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/config.json
+++ b/frontend/src/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 
-    "API_URL": "https://beacon-apis-demo.ega-archive.org/api",
+    "API_URL": "localhost:5050/api",
     "REDIRECT_URL": "please insert here your redirect URL",
     "KEYCLOAK_URL": "https://beacon-network-demo2.ega-archive.org"