diff --git a/app/src/lib/stores/index.ts b/app/src/lib/stores/index.ts
index b92ae27..ad2e51a 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/stores/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/stores/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from './telemetry';
 export * from './analytics';
 export * from './user';
 export * from './featureFlags';
+export * from './location-store';
diff --git a/app/src/lib/stores/location-store.ts b/app/src/lib/stores/location-store.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e4d4d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/lib/stores/location-store.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { persistentStore } from '$lib/utilities';
+
+export const location = persistentStore('location', '/');
diff --git a/app/src/lib/utilities/index.ts b/app/src/lib/utilities/index.ts
index 6a850f5..acbf139 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/utilities/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/lib/utilities/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ export * from './svelte-utilities';
 export * from './math-utilities';
 export * from './buffer-utilities';
 export * from './model-utilities';
-export * from './location-utilities';
 export * from './position-utilities';
 export * from './string-utilities';
 export * from './color-utilities';
diff --git a/app/src/lib/utilities/location-utilities.ts b/app/src/lib/utilities/location-utilities.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ba138a..0000000
--- a/app/src/lib/utilities/location-utilities.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-export const hostname = 'localhost'; //window.location.hostname;
-
-export const isSecure = true; // window.location.protocol === 'https:';
-
-export const location = 'localhost:5173'; //window.location; //import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL.replace('hostname', hostname);
-
-const socketScheme = isSecure ? 'wss://' : 'ws://';
-
-export const socketLocation = socketScheme + location; // import.meta.env.VITE_SOCKET_URL.replace('hostname', hostname);