diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 53c4cd9b..a05a13d1 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 module.exports = {
   directory: 'components', 
   json:      'component.json'
+  endpoint:  'https://bower.herokuapp.com/', 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/core/source.js b/lib/core/source.js
index 36cb024e..faf5b386 100644
--- a/lib/core/source.js
+++ b/lib/core/source.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ var request  = require('request');
 var _        = require('underscore');
 var config   = require('../config');
 
-var endpoint = 'https://bower.herokuapp.com/packages';
+var endpoint = config.endpoint + 'packages';
 
 exports.lookup = function (name, callback) {
   request.get(endpoint + '/' + encodeURIComponent(name), function (err, response, body) {