diff --git a/e2e/configs.ts b/e2e/configs.ts
index d1504f59a..5d5414620 100755
--- a/e2e/configs.ts
+++ b/e2e/configs.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ export const BROWSER_WAIT_TIMEOUT = 10000;
 export const USE_HASH_STRATEGY = true;
 
 // Repository configs
-export const REPO_API_HOST = 'http://localhost:8080';
 export const REPO_API_TENANT = '-default-';
 
 // Admin details
diff --git a/e2e/utilities/repo-client/apis/repo-api.ts b/e2e/utilities/repo-client/apis/repo-api.ts
index dd512d914..ec9cdc08f 100644
--- a/e2e/utilities/repo-client/apis/repo-api.ts
+++ b/e2e/utilities/repo-client/apis/repo-api.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
  * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+import { browser } from 'protractor';
 import { AlfrescoApi } from '@alfresco/js-api';
-import { REPO_API_HOST } from '../../../configs';
 import { RepoClientAuth } from '../repo-client-models';
 
 export abstract class RepoApi {
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ export abstract class RepoApi {
         private username: string = RepoClientAuth.DEFAULT_USERNAME,
         private password: string = RepoClientAuth.DEFAULT_PASSWORD
     ) {
-        this.alfrescoJsApi.setConfig({
-            provider: 'ECM',
-            hostEcm: REPO_API_HOST
-        });
+        this.alfrescoJsApi.setConfig(browser.params.config);
     }
 
     apiAuth() {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7fcdbe80b..0b47f7323 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "lint": "ng lint && npm run spellcheck && npm run format:check && npm run e2e.typecheck",
     "wd:update": "webdriver-manager update --gecko=false $VERSION_CHROME",
     "e2e.typecheck": "tsc -p ./e2e/tsconfig.e2e.typecheck.json",
-    "e2e": "npm run wd:update && protractor --baseUrl=http://localhost:4000 $SUITE",
+    "e2e": "npm run wd:update && protractor --baseUrl=${TEST_BASE_URL:-http://localhost:4000} $SUITE",
     "e2e.local": "npm run wd:update && protractor --baseUrl=http://localhost:4200 $SUITE",
     "wait:app": "wait-on http://localhost:8080 && wait-on http://localhost:4000",
     "start:docker": "docker-compose up -d --build && npm run wait:app",
diff --git a/protractor.conf.js b/protractor.conf.js
index 4f1be31d7..1df8d849f 100755
--- a/protractor.conf.js
+++ b/protractor.conf.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ const downloadFolder = `${projectRoot}/e2e-downloads`;
 const width = 1366;
 const height = 768;
 
+const REPO_API_HOST = process.env.REPO_API_HOST || 'http://localhost:8080';
+
 function rmDir(dirPath) {
   try {
     var files = fs.readdirSync(dirPath);
@@ -28,10 +30,17 @@ function rmDir(dirPath) {
   fs.rmdirSync(dirPath);
 }
 
+const appConfig = {
+  ecmHost: REPO_API_HOST,
+  providers: 'ECM',
+  authType: 'BASIC'
+};
+
 exports.config = {
   allScriptsTimeout: 50000,
 
   params: {
+    config: appConfig,
     downloadFolder: downloadFolder
   },