diff --git a/api/catalog/api/models/media.py b/api/catalog/api/models/media.py
index 2b7cc9788..2ed74f058 100644
--- a/api/catalog/api/models/media.py
+++ b/api/catalog/api/models/media.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class AbstractMediaReport(models.Model):
     deleted_class: type[models.Model] = None
     """the class storing deleted media e.g. ``DeletedImage`` or ``DeletedAudio``"""
 
-    BASE_URL = "https://search.creativecommons.org/"
+    BASE_URL = settings.BASE_URL
 
     REPORT_CHOICES = [(MATURE, MATURE), (DMCA, DMCA), (OTHER, OTHER)]
 
diff --git a/api/catalog/settings.py b/api/catalog/settings.py
index 472e3d539..a97fcee1d 100644
--- a/api/catalog/settings.py
+++ b/api/catalog/settings.py
@@ -376,3 +376,5 @@
 MAX_ANONYMOUS_PAGE_SIZE = 20
 MAX_AUTHED_PAGE_SIZE = 500
 MAX_PAGINATION_DEPTH = 20
+
+BASE_URL = config("BASE_URL", default="https://wordpress.org/openverse/")