diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/id.js b/app/assets/javascripts/id.js
index 2d0d01a6fd1..1f325faaf0c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/id.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/id.js
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
   } else {
     var idContext = iD.coreContext();
     idContext.connection().apiConnections([]);
+    var url = location.protocol + "//" + location.host;
     idContext.preauth({
-      url: location.protocol + "//" + location.host,
+      url: url,
+      apiUrl: url === 'https://www.openstreetmap.org' ? 'https://api.openstreetmap.org' : url,
       access_token: container.dataset.token
     });