diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index ab060070fc..54a9f2a6a2 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ IMAGE_BASE_URL='https://s3.amazonaws.com/freecodecamp/images/'
 HOME_LOCATION='http://localhost:8000'
 API_LOCATION='http://localhost:3000'
 FORUM_LOCATION='https://forum.localhost'
-FORUM_PROXY_LOCATION='https://proxy.localhost'
+NEWS_LOCATION='https://news.localhost/latest'
 LOCALE=english
 
 TEST_CHALLENGES_FOR_LANGS=english
diff --git a/tools/scripts/ensure-env.js b/tools/scripts/ensure-env.js
index 163e8716ff..5a9eab8317 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/ensure-env.js
+++ b/tools/scripts/ensure-env.js
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ const log = debug('fcc:tools:ensure-env');
 
 const { NODE_ENV } = process.env;
 
-const { homeLocation: home, apiLocation: api, forumLocation: forum, locale } = env;
+const {
+  apiLocation: api,
+  forumLocation: forum,
+  locale,
+  newsLocation: news
+} = env;
 
 const apiPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../api-server');
 const clientPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../client');
@@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ const clientStaticPath = path.resolve(clientPath, 'static');
 const globalConfigPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../config');
 
 if (NODE_ENV === 'production') {
-  const redirects = createRedirects({ api, home, forum });
+  const redirects = createRedirects({ api, news, forum });
   fs.writeFile(`${clientStaticPath}/_redirects`, redirects, function(err) {
     if (err) {
       log('Error');