diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index afb3da5d0..2299c5e20 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /.tx/tmp/
 npm-debug.log
 package-lock.json
+.env
 
 transifex.auth
 
@@ -26,4 +27,4 @@ land.html
 /img
 /css/img
 /test/css
-/test/img
\ No newline at end of file
+/test/img
diff --git a/config/envs.mjs b/config/envs.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4de13ed1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/envs.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+
+dotenv.config();
+const envs = {
+  ID_PRESETS_CDN_URL: JSON.stringify(process.env.ID_PRESETS_CDN_URL || null)
+}
+
+export default envs;
diff --git a/config/esbuild.config.min.mjs b/config/esbuild.config.min.mjs
index ccee45138..7a6f4352f 100644
--- a/config/esbuild.config.min.mjs
+++ b/config/esbuild.config.min.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import esbuild from 'esbuild';
+import envs from './envs.mjs';
 
 esbuild
   .build({
+    define: envs,
     minify: true,
     bundle: true,
     sourcemap: true,
diff --git a/config/esbuild.config.mjs b/config/esbuild.config.mjs
index 5aa555396..9ab2fa1df 100644
--- a/config/esbuild.config.mjs
+++ b/config/esbuild.config.mjs
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import esbuild from 'esbuild';
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import parse from 'minimist';
+import envs from './envs.mjs';
 
 let args = parse(process.argv.slice(2), {boolean: true});
 delete args._;
 
 const context = await esbuild.context({
+  define: envs,
   bundle: true,
   sourcemap: true,
   entryPoints: ['./modules/id.js'],
@@ -23,4 +25,4 @@ if (args.watch) {
     fs.writeFileSync('./dist/esbuild.json', JSON.stringify(build.metafile, null, 2));
   }
   await context.dispose();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/config/id.js b/config/id.js
index eceadde24..7ce496caf 100644
--- a/config/id.js
+++ b/config/id.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+//import * as env from 'env';
+
 // cdns for external data packages
-const presetsCdnUrl = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema@{presets_version}/';
+const presetsCdnUrl = ENV__ID_PRESETS_CDN_URL || 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@openstreetmap/id-tagging-schema@{presets_version}/';
 const ociCdnUrl = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/osm-community-index@{version}/';
 const wmfSitematrixCdnUrl = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/wmf-sitematrix@{version}/';
 const nsiCdnUrl = 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/name-suggestion-index@{version}/';
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7f0742372..6d0a90dee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@
     "cldr-localenames-full": "^41.0.0",
     "concat-files": "^0.1.1",
     "d3": "~7.8.1",
+    "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
     "editor-layer-index": "github:osmlab/editor-layer-index#gh-pages",
-    "esbuild": "^0.17.3",
+    "esbuild": "^0.17.10",
     "esbuild-visualizer": "^0.4.0",
     "eslint": "^8.8.0",
     "fetch-mock": "^9.11.0",