diff --git a/src/backend/services/runtimeConfig.ts b/src/backend/services/runtimeConfig.ts
index e0be560..1b9176d 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/runtimeConfig.ts
+++ b/src/backend/services/runtimeConfig.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export function generateRuntimeConfig(
     const envConfig = {
       BASE_PATH: basePath || '/',
       FRONTEND_API_KEY: config.apiKeys.frontend,
+      DEBOUNCE_MS: config.debounceMs,
     };
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
diff --git a/src/frontend/public/env.js b/src/frontend/public/env.js
index e2501bb..3c6d70f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/public/env.js
+++ b/src/frontend/public/env.js
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
 window.env = {
   "BASE_PATH": "/",
-  "FRONTEND_API_KEY": "frontend-dev-key"
+  "FRONTEND_API_KEY": "frontend-dev-key",
+  "DEBOUNCE_MS": 2000
 };
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/pages/Home.tsx b/src/frontend/src/pages/Home.tsx
index 82fb71f..f1b5344 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/pages/Home.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/pages/Home.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import MapComponent from '../components/MapComponent';
 import BitipAPI from '../services/api';
 import { SimplifiedGeoIPResponse } from '../types';
 import './Home.css';
-
-const DEBOUNCE_MS =
-  parseInt(import.meta.env.VITE_DEBOUNCE_MS as string) || 2000;
+import config from '../services/config';
 
 const Home: React.FC = () => {
   const [inputIP, setInputIP] = useState<string>('');
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ const Home: React.FC = () => {
       } finally {
         setLoading(false);
       }
-    }, DEBOUNCE_MS),
+    }, config.DEBOUNCE_MS),
     []
   );
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/services/config.ts b/src/frontend/src/services/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfb5d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/src/services/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const runtimeEnv = window.env || {};
+const compileEnv = import.meta.env;
+
+const DEBOUNCE_MS =
+  runtimeEnv.DEBOUNCE_MS || parseInt(compileEnv.VITE_DEBOUNCE_MS);
+
+const processedEnv = {
+  DEBOUNCE_MS,
+};
+
+const env = { ...compileEnv, ...runtimeEnv, ...processedEnv };
+export default env;
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/types/globals.d.ts b/src/frontend/src/types/globals.d.ts
index 374e990..6b669a6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/types/globals.d.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/types/globals.d.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ declare global {
     env: {
       BASE_PATH: string;
       FRONTEND_API_KEY: string;
+      DEBOUNCE_MS: number;
     };
   }
 }