diff --git a/tests/base/local_wiki.js b/tests/base/local_wiki.js
index 84c9cb7..f8cc132 100644
--- a/tests/base/local_wiki.js
+++ b/tests/base/local_wiki.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 const { Mwn, log, expect, assert, sinon, verifyTokenAndSiteInfo } = require('./test_base');
 
+const localApiUrl = 'http://localhost:8080/api.php';
+
 const baseConfig = {
 	silent: true,
-	apiUrl: 'http://localhost:8080/api.php',
+	apiUrl: localApiUrl,
 	password: '12345678901234567890123456789012',
 	userAgent: 'mwn (https://github.com/siddharthvp/mwn)',
 	defaultParams: {
@@ -30,4 +32,4 @@ async function setup() {
 async function teardown() {}
 
 // Export everything
-module.exports = { Mwn, bot, bot2, log, expect, assert, sinon, setup, teardown };
+module.exports = { Mwn, bot, bot2, localApiUrl, log, expect, assert, sinon, setup, teardown };
diff --git a/tests/core.test.js b/tests/core.test.js
index d8059e0..36c7c9c 100644
--- a/tests/core.test.js
+++ b/tests/core.test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const { MwnError } = require('../build/error');
 const nock = require('nock');
 
 const { expect, Mwn } = require('./base/test_base');
-const { bot, setup, teardown, sinon } = require('./base/local_wiki');
+const { bot, setup, teardown, sinon, localApiUrl } = require('./base/local_wiki');
 
 describe('core', function () {
 	this.timeout(5000);
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('core', function () {
 		it('honours method passed in custom options', async function () {
 			sinon.spy(Request.prototype, 'handlePost');
 			sinon.spy(Request.prototype, 'handleGet');
-			let scope = nock('http://localhost:8080/api.php').post(/.*?/).times(1).reply(200, '{}');
+			let scope = nock(localApiUrl).post(/.*?/).times(1).reply(200, '{}');
 			await bot.request({ action: 'query' }, { method: 'post' });
 			expect(Request.prototype.handlePost).to.have.been.calledOnce;
 			expect(Request.prototype.handleGet).to.not.have.been.called;
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('core', function () {
 		after('teardown', teardown);
 
 		it('logs on network errors and retries them', async function () {
-			nock('http://localhost:8080/api.php', { allowUnmocked: true }).get(/.*?/).times(1).reply(500, 'body', {});
+			nock(localApiUrl, { allowUnmocked: true }).get(/.*?/).times(1).reply(500, 'body', {});
 			sinon.spy(console, 'log');
 			await expect(bot.query({ action: 'query' })).to.be.eventually.deep.eq({ batchcomplete: true });
 			expect(console.log).to.have.been.calledTwice;
diff --git a/tests/errors.test.js b/tests/errors.test.js
index c0f8136..ef6594c 100644
--- a/tests/errors.test.js
+++ b/tests/errors.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { sinon, bot, bot2, expect, setup, teardown } = require('./base/local_wiki');
+const { sinon, bot, bot2, expect, setup, teardown, localApiUrl } = require('./base/local_wiki');
 const nock = require('nock');
 const { Request, Response } = require('../build/core');
 const utils = require('../build/utils');
@@ -151,5 +151,5 @@ describe('testing for error recoveries', function () {
 });
 
 function mockApi(times, body, headers) {
-	nock('http://localhost:8080/api.php', { allowUnmocked: true }).get(/.*?/).times(times).reply(200, body, headers);
+	nock(localApiUrl, { allowUnmocked: true }).get(/.*?/).times(times).reply(200, body, headers);
 }