diff --git a/cli/src/helpers.rs b/cli/src/helpers.rs
index e7b0a1715..fb32e09e0 100644
--- a/cli/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/cli/src/helpers.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pub fn gen_core_config(sub_matches: &ArgMatches) {
         },
         jwt_secret: generate_secret(40),
         github_webhook_secret: generate_secret(30),
+        github_webhook_base_url: None,
         passkey: generate_secret(30),
     };
 
diff --git a/cli/src/types.rs b/cli/src/types.rs
index 31fe7bfde..28346e193 100644
--- a/cli/src/types.rs
+++ b/cli/src/types.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ pub struct CoreConfig {
     // used to verify validity from github webhooks
     pub github_webhook_secret: String,
 
+    // used to form the frontend listener url, if None will use 'host'.
+    pub github_webhook_base_url: Option<String>,
+
     // sent in auth header with req to periphery
     pub passkey: String,
 
diff --git a/core/src/api/mod.rs b/core/src/api/mod.rs
index 30beda652..75f069f30 100644
--- a/core/src/api/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/api/mod.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ pub fn router() -> Router {
                             .map_err(handle_anyhow_error)
                     }),
                 )
+                .route(
+                    "/github_webhook_base_url",
+                    get(|state: StateExtension| async move {
+                        state
+                            .config
+                            .github_webhook_base_url
+                            .as_ref()
+                            .unwrap_or(&state.config.host)
+                            .to_string()
+                    }),
+                )
                 .route("/users", get(get_users))
                 .nest("/build", build::router())
                 .nest("/deployment", deployment::router())
diff --git a/docs/deployments.md b/docs/deployments.md
index db6c9b7aa..65a78f235 100644
--- a/docs/deployments.md
+++ b/docs/deployments.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
-## deploying applications
+# deploying applications
+
+Monitor can deploy any docker images that it can access with the configured docker accounts.
+
+## configuring the image
+
+
+
+[next: permissions](https://github.com/mbecker20/monitor/blob/main/docs/permissions.md)
 
 [back to table of contents](https://github.com/mbecker20/monitor/blob/main/readme.md)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/build/tabs/Tabs.tsx b/frontend/src/components/build/tabs/Tabs.tsx
index 773cf67f9..47f743bcc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/build/tabs/Tabs.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/build/tabs/Tabs.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import SimpleTabs from "../../shared/tabs/SimpleTabs";
 import { Tab } from "../../shared/tabs/Tabs";
 import BuilderConfig from "./builder/BuilderConfig";
 import BuildConfig from "./config/BuildConfig";
-import Owners from "./Permissions";
+import Permissions from "./Permissions";
 import { ConfigProvider } from "./Provider";
 
 const BuildTabs: Component<{}> = (p) => {
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ const BuildTabs: Component<{}> = (p) => {
                 element: () => <BuilderConfig />
               },
               user().admin && {
-                title: "collaborators",
-                element: () => <Owners />,
+                title: "permissions",
+                element: () => <Permissions />,
               },
             ].filter((e) => e) as Tab[]
           }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/build/tabs/config/ListenerUrl.tsx b/frontend/src/components/build/tabs/config/ListenerUrl.tsx
index cd3abe9b3..7bff564ce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/build/tabs/config/ListenerUrl.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/build/tabs/config/ListenerUrl.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, Show } from "solid-js";
-import { pushNotification, URL } from "../../../..";
+import { pushNotification, MONITOR_BASE_URL } from "../../../..";
 import { copyToClipboard, getId } from "../../../../util/helpers";
 import ConfirmButton from "../../../shared/ConfirmButton";
 import Icon from "../../../shared/Icon";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useConfig } from "../Provider";
 
 const ListenerUrl: Component<{}> = (p) => {
 	const { build, userCanUpdate } = useConfig();
-  const listenerUrl = () => `${URL}/api/listener/build/${getId(build)}`;
+  const listenerUrl = () => `${MONITOR_BASE_URL}/api/listener/build/${getId(build)}`;
 	return (
     <Show when={userCanUpdate()}>
       <Grid class="config-item shadow">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/Tabs.tsx b/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/Tabs.tsx
index bcd9ab6e0..2a1d8d62d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/Tabs.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/Tabs.tsx
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ const DeploymentTabs: Component<{}> = () => {
                 },
               ],
               user().admin && {
-                title: "collaborators",
+                title: "permissions",
                 element: () => <Permissions />,
               },
             ]
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/config/Config.tsx b/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/config/Config.tsx
index dbfd7f582..397ac0586 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/config/Config.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/config/Config.tsx
@@ -17,19 +17,16 @@ import { Tab } from "../../../shared/tabs/Tabs";
 import RepoMount from "./mount-repo/RepoMount";
 import { OnClone, OnPull } from "./mount-repo/OnGit";
 import Loading from "../../../shared/loading/Loading";
-import Permissions from "../Permissions";
-import { pushNotification, URL } from "../../../..";
+import { pushNotification, MONITOR_BASE_URL } from "../../../..";
 import { combineClasses, copyToClipboard, getId } from "../../../../util/helpers";
 import { useAppDimensions } from "../../../../state/DimensionProvider";
-import { useUser } from "../../../../state/UserProvider";
 import SimpleTabs from "../../../shared/tabs/SimpleTabs";
 import ExtraArgs from "./container/ExtraArgs";
 
 const Config: Component<{}> = () => {
   const { deployment, reset, save, userCanUpdate } = useConfig();
-  const { user } = useUser();
   const { isMobile } = useAppDimensions();
-  const listenerUrl = () => `${URL}/api/listener/deployment/${getId(deployment)}`;
+  const listenerUrl = () => `${MONITOR_BASE_URL}/api/listener/deployment/${getId(deployment)}`;
   return (
     <Show when={deployment.loaded}>
       <Grid class="config">
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/config/container/WebhookUrl.tsx b/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/config/container/WebhookUrl.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08077fd50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/deployment/tabs/config/container/WebhookUrl.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Component, createResource, Show } from "solid-js";
+import { client, pushNotification } from "../../../../..";
+import { copyToClipboard, getId } from "../../../../../util/helpers";
+import ConfirmButton from "../../../../shared/ConfirmButton";
+import Icon from "../../../../shared/Icon";
+import Flex from "../../../../shared/layout/Flex";
+import Grid from "../../../../shared/layout/Grid";
+import Loading from "../../../../shared/loading/Loading";
+import { useConfig } from "../Provider";
+
+const WebhookUrl: Component<{}> = (p) => {
+	const { deployment } = useConfig();
+	const [github_base_url] = createResource(() => client.get_github_webhook_base_url());
+	const listenerUrl = () => {
+		if (github_base_url()) {
+			return `${github_base_url()}/api/listener/deployment/${getId(deployment)}`;
+		}
+	}
+	return (
+    <Grid class="config-item shadow">
+      <h1>webhook url</h1>
+      <Flex
+        justifyContent="space-between"
+        alignItems="center"
+        style={{ "flex-wrap": "wrap" }}
+      >
+        <Show when={listenerUrl()} fallback={<Loading type="three-dot" />}>
+          <div class="ellipsis" style={{ width: "250px" }}>
+            {listenerUrl()}
+          </div>
+        </Show>
+        <ConfirmButton
+          class="blue"
+          onFirstClick={() => {
+            copyToClipboard(listenerUrl() || "");
+            pushNotification("good", "copied url to clipboard");
+          }}
+          confirm={<Icon type="check" />}
+        >
+          <Icon type="clipboard" />
+        </ConfirmButton>
+      </Flex>
+    </Grid>
+  );
+}
+
+export default WebhookUrl;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frontend/src/index.tsx b/frontend/src/index.tsx
index c30dff1c8..af00688ce 100644
--- a/frontend/src/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/index.tsx
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@ import { AppStateProvider } from "./state/StateProvider";
 export const TOPBAR_HEIGHT = 50;
 export const MAX_PAGE_WIDTH = 1200;
 
-export const URL =
+export const MONITOR_BASE_URL =
   import.meta.env.MODE === "production"
     ? location.origin
     : (import.meta.env.VITE_MONITOR_HOST as string) || "http://localhost:9000";
 
-export const UPDATE_WS_URL = URL.replace("http", "ws") + "/ws/update";
+export const UPDATE_WS_URL = MONITOR_BASE_URL.replace("http", "ws") + "/ws/update";
 
 const token =
   (import.meta.env.VITE_ACCESS_TOKEN as string) ||
   localStorage.getItem("access_token") ||
   null;
 
-export const client = new Client(URL, token);
+export const client = new Client(MONITOR_BASE_URL, token);
 
 export const { Notifications, pushNotification } = makeNotifications();
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/util/client.ts b/frontend/src/util/client.ts
index ff80c267e..105a2bdc8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/util/client.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/util/client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import axios from "axios";
 import fileDownload from "js-file-download";
-import { URL } from "..";
+import { MONITOR_BASE_URL } from "..";
 import {
   AwsBuilderConfig,
   BasicContainerInfo,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class Client {
     const params = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
     const exchange_token = params.get("token");
     if (exchange_token) {
-      history.replaceState({}, "", URL);
+      history.replaceState({}, "", MONITOR_BASE_URL);
       try {
         const jwt = await this.exchange_for_jwt(exchange_token);
         this.token = jwt;
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ export class Client {
   }
 
   login_with_github() {
-    location.replace(`${URL}/auth/github/login`);
+    location.replace(`${MONITOR_BASE_URL}/auth/github/login`);
   }
 
   login_with_google() {
-    location.replace(`${URL}/auth/google/login`);
+    location.replace(`${MONITOR_BASE_URL}/auth/google/login`);
   }
 
   async login(credentials: UserCredentials) {
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ export class Client {
     }
   }
 
-  async get_username(user_id: string): Promise<string> {
+ get_username(user_id: string): Promise<string> {
     return this.get(`/api/username/${user_id}`);
   }
 
-  async list_users(): Promise<User[]> {
+  list_users(): Promise<User[]> {
     return this.get("/api/users");
   }
 
@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ export class Client {
     return this.post("/auth/exchange", { token: exchange_token });
   }
 
+  get_github_webhook_base_url(): Promise<string> {
+    return this.get("/api/github_webhook_base_url")
+  }
+
   // deployment
 
   list_deployments(
@@ -470,8 +474,8 @@ export class Client {
     return this.post("/api/permissions/modify_create_build", body);
   }
 
-  async get<R = any>(url: string): Promise<R> {
-    return await axios({
+  get<R = any>(url: string): Promise<R> {
+    return axios({
       method: "get",
       url: this.baseURL + url,
       headers: {
@@ -480,8 +484,8 @@ export class Client {
     }).then(({ data }) => data);
   }
 
-  async post<B = any, R = any>(url: string, body?: B): Promise<R> {
-    return await axios({
+  post<B = any, R = any>(url: string, body?: B): Promise<R> {
+    return axios({
       method: "post",
       url: this.baseURL + url,
       headers: {
@@ -491,8 +495,8 @@ export class Client {
     }).then(({ data }) => data);
   }
 
-  async patch<B = any, R = any>(url: string, body: B): Promise<R> {
-    return await axios({
+  patch<B = any, R = any>(url: string, body: B): Promise<R> {
+    return axios({
       method: "patch",
       url: this.baseURL + url,
       headers: {
@@ -502,8 +506,8 @@ export class Client {
     }).then(({ data }) => data);
   }
 
-  async delete<R = any>(url: string): Promise<R> {
-    return await axios({
+  delete<R = any>(url: string): Promise<R> {
+    return axios({
       method: "delete",
       url: this.baseURL + url,
       headers: {
diff --git a/lib/monitor_client/src/lib.rs b/lib/monitor_client/src/lib.rs
index f1b0c4fd6..04b2e6daf 100644
--- a/lib/monitor_client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/monitor_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -119,19 +119,31 @@ impl MonitorClient {
             json!({ "username": username.into(), "password": password.into() }),
         )
         .await
+        .context("failed at call to create_user")
     }
 
     pub async fn get_user(&self) -> anyhow::Result<User> {
-        self.get("/api/user", Option::<()>::None).await
+        self.get("/api/user", Option::<()>::None)
+            .await
+            .context("failed at call to get_user")
     }
 
     pub async fn get_username(&self, user_id: &str) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
         self.get_string(&format!("/api/username/{user_id}"), Option::<()>::None)
             .await
+            .context("failed at call to get_username")
     }
 
     pub async fn list_users(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<User>> {
-        self.get("/api/users", Option::<()>::None).await
+        self.get("/api/users", Option::<()>::None)
+            .await
+            .context("failed at call to list_users")
+    }
+
+    pub async fn get_github_webhook_base_url(&self) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+        self.get("/api/github_webhook_base_url", Option::<()>::None)
+            .await
+            .context("failed at call to get_github_webhook_base_url")
     }
 
     async fn get<R: DeserializeOwned>(
diff --git a/lib/types/src/config.rs b/lib/types/src/config.rs
index 116ecf8ff..60adb959d 100644
--- a/lib/types/src/config.rs
+++ b/lib/types/src/config.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ pub struct CoreConfig {
     // used to verify validity from github webhooks
     pub github_webhook_secret: String,
 
+    // used to form the frontend listener url, if None will use 'host'.
+    pub github_webhook_base_url: Option<String>,
+
     // sent in auth header with req to periphery
     pub passkey: String,