diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69209fd40..2ad11bee5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /build/
 node_modules/
 NOTES
+config/local*
 
 # KaTeX files
 *.min.css
diff --git a/config/custom-environment-variables.json b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4076b2e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "fallbackPublicExplorer": "FALLBACK_PUBLIC_EXPLORER",
+    "apiVersion": "API_VERSION",
+    "defaultHttpdPort": "DEFAULT_HTTPD_PORT",
+    "defaultLocalHttpdPort": "DEFAULT_LOCAL_HTTPD_PORT",
+    "defaultHttpdHostname": "DEFAULT_HTTPD_HOSTNAME",
+    "defaultHttpdScheme": "DEFAULT_HTTPD_SCHEME",
+    "defaultNodePort": "DEFAULT_NODE_PORT",
+    "pinned": {
+      "__name": "PINNED_NODES",
+      "__format": "json"
+    }
+  },
+  "supportWebsite": "SUPPORT_WEBSITE",
+  "reactions": {
+    "__name": "REACTIONS",
+    "__format": "json"
+  },
+  "fallbackPreferredSeed": {
+    "__name": "FALLBACK_PREFERRED_SEED",
+    "__format": "json"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/config.json b/config/default.json
similarity index 100%
rename from src/config.json
rename to config/default.json
diff --git a/config/production.json b/config/production.json
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..90abb0c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/production.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+default.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/test.json b/config/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e9033abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "defaultHttpdPort": 8081,
+    "defaultLocalHttpdPort": 8081,
+    "defaultHttpdHostname": "127.0.0.1",
+    "defaultHttpdScheme": "http",
+    "pinned": [
+      {
+        "baseUrl": {
+          "hostname": "127.0.0.1",
+          "port": 8081,
+          "scheme": "http"
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/httpd-client/lib/fetcher.ts b/httpd-client/lib/fetcher.ts
index 82ef422d5..4e36132ff 100644
--- a/httpd-client/lib/fetcher.ts
+++ b/httpd-client/lib/fetcher.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import type { ZodIssue, ZodType, TypeOf } from "zod";
 
-import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+import config from "virtual:config";
 import { compare } from "compare-versions";
 
 export interface BaseUrl {
diff --git a/httpd-client/vite.config.ts b/httpd-client/vite.config.ts
index 0b5959a8c..1ff90c882 100644
--- a/httpd-client/vite.config.ts
+++ b/httpd-client/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-import { defineConfig } from "vite";
+import nodeConfig from "config";
 import path from "node:path";
+import virtual from "vite-plugin-virtual";
+import { defineConfig } from "vite";
 
 export default defineConfig({
+  plugins: [
+    virtual({
+      "virtual:config": nodeConfig.util.toObject(),
+    }),
+  ],
   test: {
     environment: "happy-dom",
     include: ["httpd-client/tests/*.test.ts"],
diff --git a/module.d.ts b/module.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..71193ab34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+declare module "virtual:*" {
+  const config: {
+    nodes: {
+      apiVersion: string;
+      fallbackPublicExplorer: string;
+      defaultHttpdPort: number;
+      defaultHttpdHostname: string;
+      defaultLocalHttpdPort: number;
+      defaultNodePort: number;
+      defaultHttpdScheme: string;
+      pinned: { baseUrl: BaseUrl }[];
+    };
+    reactions: string[];
+    supportWebsite: string;
+    fallbackPreferredSeed: BaseUrl;
+  };
+
+  export default config;
+}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ddff135d7..c1780632e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         "@playwright/test": "^1.42.1",
         "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^3.0.2",
         "@tsconfig/svelte": "^5.0.3",
+        "@types/config": "^3.3.4",
         "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
         "@types/katex": "^0.16.7",
         "@types/lodash": "^4.17.0",
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
         "@types/wait-on": "^5.3.4",
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.4.0",
         "chalk": "^5.3.0",
+        "config": "^3.3.11",
         "eslint": "^8.57.0",
         "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
         "eslint-plugin-no-only-tests": "^3.1.0",
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@
         "svelte-check": "^3.6.8",
         "typescript": "^5.4.3",
         "vite": "^5.2.6",
+        "vite-plugin-virtual": "^0.3.0",
         "vitest": "^1.4.0",
         "wait-on": "^7.2.0"
       },
@@ -1020,6 +1023,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-Ms0t9K0oxioSb0lrZ5NRysx0nE/KsojYOG+db9v6wSaU/+P37vc0WRmh1QE1c8IAtTniD4yEhffGQuTKF8uaPw==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/config": {
+      "version": "3.3.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/config/-/config-3.3.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-qFiTLnWy+TdPSMIXFHP+87lFXFRM4SXjRS+CSB66+56TrpLNw003y1sh7DGaaC1NGesxgKoT5FDy6dyA1Xju/g==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "node_modules/@types/dompurify": {
       "version": "3.0.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/dompurify/-/dompurify-3.0.5.tgz",
@@ -1894,6 +1903,18 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-/Srv4dswyQNBfohGpz9o6Yb3Gz3SrUDqBH5rTuhGR7ahtlbYKnVxw2bCFMRljaA7EXHaXZ8wsHdodFvbkhKmqg==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/config": {
+      "version": "3.3.11",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/config/-/config-3.3.11.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Dhn63ZoWCW5EMg4P0Sl/XNsj/7RLiUIA1x1npCy+m2cRwRHzLnt3UtYtxRDMZW/6oOMdWhCzaGYkOcajGgrAOA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "dependencies": {
+        "json5": "^2.2.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/cross-spawn": {
       "version": "7.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.3.tgz",
@@ -3159,6 +3180,18 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-Bdboy+l7tA3OGW6FjyFHWkP5LuByj1Tk33Ljyq0axyzdk9//JSi2u3fP1QSmd1KNwq6VOKYGlAu87CisVir6Pw==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/json5": {
+      "version": "2.2.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json5/-/json5-2.2.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-XmOWe7eyHYH14cLdVPoyg+GOH3rYX++KpzrylJwSW98t3Nk+U8XOl8FWKOgwtzdb8lXGf6zYwDUzeHMWfxasyg==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "bin": {
+        "json5": "lib/cli.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/jsonc-parser": {
       "version": "3.2.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser/-/jsonc-parser-3.2.1.tgz",
@@ -5017,6 +5050,15 @@
         "url": "https://opencollective.com/vitest"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/vite-plugin-virtual": {
+      "version": "0.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite-plugin-virtual/-/vite-plugin-virtual-0.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-TOtrWw6jKrJNXfxhGRUiQzfAP1gRkYkVzMkJNjHUJ8idLuxf8eeeDKZKZHhdeYfaCc/87rv+KvWE2iCy1QInWA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "vite": "^2.0.0 || ^3.0.0 || ^4.0.0 || ^5.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/vite/node_modules/fsevents": {
       "version": "2.3.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28cf35912..63260635b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
     "check": "scripts/check",
     "format": "npx prettier '**/*.@(ts|js|svelte|json|css|html|yml)' --write",
     "test:unit": "TZ='UTC' vitest run",
-    "test:e2e": "TZ='UTC' playwright test",
-    "test:httpd-api:unit": "TZ='UTC' vitest run --config httpd-client/vite.config.ts --reporter verbose"
+    "test:e2e": "NODE_CONFIG_ENV='test' TZ='UTC' playwright test",
+    "test:httpd-api:unit": "NODE_CONFIG_ENV='test' TZ='UTC' vitest run --config httpd-client/vite.config.ts --reporter verbose"
   },
   "type": "module",
   "engines": {
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "@playwright/test": "^1.42.1",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^3.0.2",
     "@tsconfig/svelte": "^5.0.3",
+    "@types/config": "^3.3.4",
     "@types/dompurify": "^3.0.5",
     "@types/katex": "^0.16.7",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.17.0",
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
     "@types/wait-on": "^5.3.4",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^7.4.0",
     "chalk": "^5.3.0",
+    "config": "^3.3.11",
     "eslint": "^8.57.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-no-only-tests": "^3.1.0",
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
     "svelte-check": "^3.6.8",
     "typescript": "^5.4.3",
     "vite": "^5.2.6",
+    "vite-plugin-virtual": "^0.3.0",
     "vitest": "^1.4.0",
     "wait-on": "^7.2.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/App.svelte b/src/App.svelte
index dd8f2c75b..14df38fb7 100644
--- a/src/App.svelte
+++ b/src/App.svelte
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   void httpd.initialize().finally(() => void router.loadFromLocation());
 
-  if (!window.VITEST && !window.PLAYWRIGHT && import.meta.env.PROD) {
+  if (import.meta.env.PROD) {
     const plausible = Plausible({ domain: "app.radicle.xyz" });
 
     plausible.enableAutoPageviews();
diff --git a/src/App/Settings.svelte b/src/App/Settings.svelte
index 9e1370a36..d44a7797d 100644
--- a/src/App/Settings.svelte
+++ b/src/App/Settings.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { api, changeHttpdPort } from "@app/lib/httpd";
-  import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+  import config from "virtual:config";
   import {
     codeFont,
     codeFonts,
diff --git a/src/components/ErrorMessage.svelte b/src/components/ErrorMessage.svelte
index 41908d09e..bc4a193ad 100644
--- a/src/components/ErrorMessage.svelte
+++ b/src/components/ErrorMessage.svelte
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   import type { ComponentProps } from "svelte";
   import type { ErrorParam } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
 
-  import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+  import config from "virtual:config";
   import Command from "./Command.svelte";
   import ExternalLink from "./ExternalLink.svelte";
   import Icon from "./Icon.svelte";
diff --git a/src/components/ReactionSelector.svelte b/src/components/ReactionSelector.svelte
index f4a145996..78a756499 100644
--- a/src/components/ReactionSelector.svelte
+++ b/src/components/ReactionSelector.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte";
 
-  import config from "@app/config.json";
+  import config from "virtual:config";
 
   import IconButton from "./IconButton.svelte";
   import IconSmall from "./IconSmall.svelte";
diff --git a/src/global.d.ts b/src/global.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 738ac2d2a..000000000
--- a/src/global.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-import type { Config } from "@app/lib/config";
-import type { FakeTimers } from "@sinonjs/fake-timers";
-
-declare global {
-  interface Window {
-    // Defined in vite.config.ts and are available in all environments except
-    // production.
-    VITEST: boolean;
-    PLAYWRIGHT: boolean;
-
-    // APP_CONFIG is set from within Playwright tests at runtime.
-    // To better understand how it works together, have a look at:
-    //   tests/support/fixtures.ts
-    //   src/config.ts
-    APP_CONFIG: Config;
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
-    initializeTestStubs?: Function;
-    e2eTestStubs: {
-      FakeTimers: FakeTimers;
-    };
-  }
-}
-
-export {};
diff --git a/src/lib/config.ts b/src/lib/config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b6564656e..000000000
--- a/src/lib/config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-import type { BaseUrl } from "@httpd-client";
-
-import configJson from "@app/config.json";
-
-export interface Config {
-  nodes: {
-    apiVersion: string;
-    fallbackPublicExplorer: string;
-    defaultHttpdPort: number;
-    defaultHttpdHostname: string;
-    defaultLocalHttpdPort: number;
-    defaultNodePort: number;
-    defaultHttpdScheme: string;
-    pinned: { baseUrl: BaseUrl }[];
-  };
-  supportWebsite: string;
-  fallbackPreferredSeed: BaseUrl;
-}
-
-function getConfig(): Config {
-  if (window.VITEST) {
-    return {
-      nodes: {
-        fallbackPublicExplorer: "https://app.radicle.xyz/nodes/$host/$rid$path",
-        apiVersion: "0.1.0",
-        defaultHttpdHostname: "127.0.0.1",
-        defaultHttpdPort: 8081,
-        defaultLocalHttpdPort: 8081,
-        defaultHttpdScheme: "http",
-        defaultNodePort: 8776,
-        pinned: [],
-      },
-      supportWebsite: "https://radicle.zulipchat.com",
-      fallbackPreferredSeed: {
-        hostname: "seed.radicle.garden",
-        port: 443,
-        scheme: "https",
-      },
-    };
-  } else if (window.PLAYWRIGHT) {
-    return window.APP_CONFIG;
-  } else {
-    // In dev and production environments we use data from config.json.
-    return configJson;
-  }
-}
-
-export const config = getConfig();
diff --git a/src/lib/httpd.ts b/src/lib/httpd.ts
index 04392cc00..29adef623 100644
--- a/src/lib/httpd.ts
+++ b/src/lib/httpd.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { get, writable } from "svelte/store";
 import { withTimeout, Mutex, E_CANCELED, E_TIMEOUT } from "async-mutex";
 
 import { HttpdClient } from "@httpd-client";
-import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+import config from "virtual:config";
 import { deduplicateStore } from "@app/lib/deduplicateStore";
 import { experimental } from "./appearance";
 
diff --git a/src/lib/router.ts b/src/lib/router.ts
index 986d1698f..888c8eb24 100644
--- a/src/lib/router.ts
+++ b/src/lib/router.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { get, writable } from "svelte/store";
 
 import * as mutexExecutor from "@app/lib/mutexExecutor";
 import * as utils from "@app/lib/utils";
-import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+import config from "virtual:config";
 import {
   projectRouteToPath,
   projectTitle,
diff --git a/src/lib/seeds.ts b/src/lib/seeds.ts
index 86face2cc..2f4e088a7 100644
--- a/src/lib/seeds.ts
+++ b/src/lib/seeds.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { writable, derived, get } from "svelte/store";
 import { number, string, object } from "zod";
 
 import { api, httpdStore, type HttpdState } from "./httpd";
-import { config } from "./config";
+import config from "virtual:config";
 
 const preferredSeedSchema = object({
   hostname: string(),
diff --git a/src/modals/ErrorModal.svelte b/src/modals/ErrorModal.svelte
index 749ad561c..dbeec1330 100644
--- a/src/modals/ErrorModal.svelte
+++ b/src/modals/ErrorModal.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+  import config from "virtual:config";
 
   import Command from "@app/components/Command.svelte";
   import ExternalLink from "@app/components/ExternalLink.svelte";
diff --git a/src/views/nodes/router.ts b/src/views/nodes/router.ts
index 70a8de2e0..c8300b66c 100644
--- a/src/views/nodes/router.ts
+++ b/src/views/nodes/router.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { BaseUrl, NodeStats, Policy, Scope } from "@httpd-client";
 import type { ErrorRoute, NotFoundRoute } from "@app/lib/router/definitions";
 
 import { HttpdClient } from "@httpd-client";
-import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+import config from "virtual:config";
 import { baseUrlToString } from "@app/lib/utils";
 import { handleError } from "@app/views/nodes/error";
 
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Header/CloneButton.svelte b/src/views/projects/Header/CloneButton.svelte
index 6beb35439..0154d9e9e 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Header/CloneButton.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Header/CloneButton.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import type { BaseUrl } from "@httpd-client";
 
-  import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+  import config from "virtual:config";
   import { parseRepositoryId } from "@app/lib/utils";
 
   import Button from "@app/components/Button.svelte";
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Header/ShareButton.svelte b/src/views/projects/Header/ShareButton.svelte
index d5a013158..399e3b36f 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Header/ShareButton.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Header/ShareButton.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   import { activeUnloadedRouteStore, routeToPath } from "@app/lib/router";
   import { api } from "@app/lib/httpd";
-  import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+  import config from "virtual:config";
   import { formatPublicExplorer } from "@app/lib/utils";
   import { queryProject } from "@app/lib/projects";
 
diff --git a/src/views/projects/Share.svelte b/src/views/projects/Share.svelte
index 5f645b7e8..b22272e2e 100644
--- a/src/views/projects/Share.svelte
+++ b/src/views/projects/Share.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   import debounce from "lodash/debounce";
   import { api, httpdStore } from "@app/lib/httpd";
   import { isLocal, toClipboard } from "@app/lib/utils";
-  import { config } from "@app/lib/config";
+  import config from "virtual:config";
 
   import Button from "@app/components/Button.svelte";
   import IconSmall from "@app/components/IconSmall.svelte";
diff --git a/tests/e2e/landingPage.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/landingPage.spec.ts
index 8057a7385..56bebcd19 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/landingPage.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/landingPage.spec.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-import { appConfigWithFixture, expect, test } from "@tests/support/fixtures.js";
-
-test.use({
-  customAppConfig: true,
-});
+import { expect, test } from "@tests/support/fixtures.js";
 
 test("show pinned projects", async ({ page }) => {
   await page.addInitScript(() => localStorage.setItem("experimental", "true"));
-  await page.addInitScript(appConfigWithFixture);
   await page.goto("/");
   await expect(page.getByText("Local projects")).toBeVisible();
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/router.ts b/tests/e2e/router.ts
index 58b1f1527..c0f99f961 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/router.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/router.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {
   aliceMainHead,
   aliceRemote,
-  appConfigWithFixture,
   expect,
   sourceBrowsingUrl,
   test,
@@ -13,8 +12,6 @@ import {
 } from "@tests/support/router.js";
 
 test("navigate between landing and project page", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.addInitScript(appConfigWithFixture);
-
   await page.goto("/");
   await expect(page).toHaveURL("/");
 
diff --git a/tests/support/fixtures.ts b/tests/support/fixtures.ts
index a7395b7fe..c44d348ab 100644
--- a/tests/support/fixtures.ts
+++ b/tests/support/fixtures.ts
@@ -24,16 +24,13 @@ const fixturesDir = Path.resolve(supportDir, "..", "./fixtures");
 export const test = base.extend<{
   // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-invalid-void-type
   forAllTests: void;
-  customAppConfig: boolean;
   stateDir: string;
   peerManager: PeerManager;
   authenticatedPeer: RadiclePeer;
   outputLog: Stream.Writable;
 }>({
-  customAppConfig: [false, { option: true }],
-
   forAllTests: [
-    async ({ customAppConfig, outputLog, page }, use) => {
+    async ({ outputLog, page }, use) => {
       const browserLabel = logLabel.logPrefix("browser");
       let sinonPath = fileURLToPath(import.meta.resolve("sinon"));
       // The exports in sinon-esm.js mess up our test pipeline
@@ -78,41 +75,6 @@ export const test = base.extend<{
         });
       }
 
-      if (!customAppConfig) {
-        // Remember: `page.addInitScript()` is run in the browser which
-        // is completely isolated from the test environment, so we don't have
-        // access to any variables that we have in the test.
-        await page.addInitScript(() => {
-          window.APP_CONFIG = {
-            nodes: {
-              fallbackPublicExplorer:
-                "https://app.radicle.xyz/nodes/$host/$rid$path",
-              apiVersion: "0.1.0",
-              defaultHttpdPort: 8081,
-              defaultHttpdHostname: "127.0.0.1",
-              defaultLocalHttpdPort: 8081,
-              defaultHttpdScheme: "http",
-              defaultNodePort: 8776,
-              pinned: [
-                {
-                  baseUrl: {
-                    hostname: "127.0.0.1",
-                    port: 8081,
-                    scheme: "http",
-                  },
-                },
-              ],
-            },
-            supportWebsite: "https://radicle.zulipchat.com",
-            fallbackPreferredSeed: {
-              hostname: "seed.radicle.garden",
-              port: 443,
-              scheme: "https",
-            },
-          };
-        });
-      }
-
       const playwrightLabel = logLabel.logPrefix("playwright");
 
       function isLocalhost(url: URL) {
@@ -221,35 +183,6 @@ function log(text: string, label: string, outputLog: Stream.Writable) {
   }
 }
 
-export function appConfigWithFixture(defaultLocalHttpdPort = 8081) {
-  window.APP_CONFIG = {
-    nodes: {
-      fallbackPublicExplorer: "https://app.radicle.xyz/nodes/$host/$rid$path",
-      apiVersion: "0.1.0",
-      defaultHttpdPort: 8081,
-      defaultHttpdHostname: "127.0.0.1",
-      defaultLocalHttpdPort,
-      defaultHttpdScheme: "http",
-      defaultNodePort: 8776,
-      pinned: [
-        {
-          baseUrl: {
-            hostname: "127.0.0.1",
-            port: 8081,
-            scheme: "http",
-          },
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-    supportWebsite: "https://radicle.zulipchat.com",
-    fallbackPreferredSeed: {
-      hostname: "seed.radicle.garden",
-      port: 443,
-      scheme: "https",
-    },
-  };
-}
-
 export async function createSourceBrowsingFixture(
   peerManager: PeerManager,
   palm: RadiclePeer,
diff --git a/tests/visual/desktop/landingPage.spec.ts b/tests/visual/desktop/landingPage.spec.ts
index 8a6f11424..b127b8337 100644
--- a/tests/visual/desktop/landingPage.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/visual/desktop/landingPage.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import { test, expect, appConfigWithFixture } from "@tests/support/fixtures.js";
-
-test.use({
-  customAppConfig: true,
-});
+import { test, expect } from "@tests/support/fixtures.js";
 import sinon from "sinon";
 
 test("pinned projects", async ({ page }) => {
@@ -14,12 +10,11 @@ test("pinned projects", async ({ page }) => {
     });
   });
 
-  await page.addInitScript(appConfigWithFixture);
   await page.goto("/", { waitUntil: "networkidle" });
   await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot();
 });
 
-test("load error", async ({ page }) => {
+test("load projects error", async ({ page }) => {
   await page.addInitScript(() => {
     sinon.useFakeTimers({
       now: new Date("November 24 2022 12:00:00").valueOf(),
@@ -29,18 +24,15 @@ test("load error", async ({ page }) => {
   });
 
   await page.route(
-    ({ pathname }) =>
-      pathname === "/api/v1/projects/rad:z4BwwjPCFNVP27FwVbDFgwVwkjcir",
+    ({ pathname }) => pathname === "/api/v1/projects",
     route => route.fulfill({ status: 500 }),
   );
 
-  await page.addInitScript(appConfigWithFixture, 8090);
   await page.goto("/", { waitUntil: "networkidle" });
   await expect(page).toHaveScreenshot();
 });
 
 test("response parse error", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.addInitScript(appConfigWithFixture);
   await page.route("*/**/v1/projects*", route => {
     return route.fulfill({
       json: [{ name: 1337 }],
@@ -51,7 +43,6 @@ test("response parse error", async ({ page }) => {
 });
 
 test("response error", async ({ page }) => {
-  await page.addInitScript(appConfigWithFixture);
   await page.route("*/**/v1/projects*", route => {
     return route.fulfill({
       status: 500,
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 0d1746d0d..f385af244 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import config from "config";
 import path from "node:path";
+import virtual from "vite-plugin-virtual";
 import { defineConfig } from "vite";
 import { svelte } from "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte";
 
@@ -9,6 +11,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     reporters: "verbose",
   },
   plugins: [
+    virtual({
+      "virtual:config": config.util.toObject(),
+    }),
     svelte({
       // Reference: https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte/issues/270#issuecomment-1033190138
       dynamicCompileOptions({ filename }) {
@@ -56,9 +61,4 @@ export default defineConfig({
       },
     },
   },
-
-  define: {
-    VITEST: process.env.VITEST !== undefined,
-    PLAYWRIGHT: process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_TEST_BASE_URL !== undefined,
-  },
 });