diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/api/templates.js b/packages/frontend-core/src/api/templates.js
index 3c474dabc6..660a85d745 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/api/templates.js
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/api/templates.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export const buildTemplateEndpoints = API => ({
    */
   getAppTemplates: async () => {
     return await API.get({
-      url: "/api/templates?type=app",
+      url: "/api/templates",
     })
   },
 })
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/templates.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/templates.js
index 03dbbd2ee2..3a1cafdf5a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/templates.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/templates.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 const fetch = require("node-fetch")
 const { downloadTemplate } = require("../../utilities/fileSystem")
+const env = require("../../environment")
 
 // development flag, can be used to test against templates exported locally
 const DEFAULT_TEMPLATES_BUCKET =
   "prod-budi-templates.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com"
 
 exports.fetch = async function (ctx) {
-  const { type = "app" } = ctx.query
+  let type = env.TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY
   let response,
     error = false
   try {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.js b/packages/server/src/environment.js
index ff1061dbaf..4807ef5493 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.js
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ module.exports = {
   ALLOW_DEV_AUTOMATIONS: process.env.ALLOW_DEV_AUTOMATIONS,
   DISABLE_THREADING: process.env.DISABLE_THREADING,
   SQL_MAX_ROWS: process.env.SQL_MAX_ROWS,
+  TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY: process.env.TEMPLATE_REPOSITORY || "app",
   _set(key, value) {
     process.env[key] = value
     module.exports[key] = value