diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2709bc4..93eae3e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 ## Dev
 
 ```
+$ yarn install --pure-lockfile
 $ npm run serve
 ```
 
 ## Build for production
 
 ```
+$ yarn install --pure-lockfile
 $ npm run build
 ```
 
diff --git a/public/instances.json b/public/instances.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8802df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/instances.json
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+  "total": 1,
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "id": 1,
+      "host": "peertube.social",
+      "name": "Peertube.social",
+      "shortDescription": "Peertube instance for leftist and non-commercial content. Unlimited uploads (up to 500 MB per day)",
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "signupAllowed": false,
+      "userVideoQuota": -1,
+      "categories": [],
+      "languages": [],
+      "autoBlacklistUserVideosEnabled": false,
+      "defaultNSFWPolicy": "do_not_list",
+      "isNSFW": false,
+      "totalUsers": 4,
+      "totalVideos": 10282,
+      "totalLocalVideos": 8,
+      "totalInstanceFollowers": 10,
+      "totalInstanceFollowing": 64,
+      "supportsIPv6": true,
+      "country": "US",
+      "health": 100,
+      "createdAt": "2020-02-08T17:52:18.386Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": 1,
+      "host": "vidcommons.org",
+      "name": "The VidCommons Project",
+      "shortDescription": "A PeerTube instance dedicated to media licensed under the Creative Commons and Public Domain.",
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "signupAllowed": false,
+      "userVideoQuota": -1,
+      "categories": [],
+      "languages": [],
+      "autoBlacklistUserVideosEnabled": false,
+      "defaultNSFWPolicy": "do_not_list",
+      "isNSFW": false,
+      "totalUsers": 4,
+      "totalVideos": 10282,
+      "totalLocalVideos": 8,
+      "totalInstanceFollowers": 10,
+      "totalInstanceFollowing": 64,
+      "supportsIPv6": true,
+      "country": "US",
+      "health": 100,
+      "createdAt": "2020-02-08T17:52:18.386Z"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/InstancesList.vue b/src/components/InstancesList.vue
index 572a71f..5ea5260 100644
--- a/src/components/InstancesList.vue
+++ b/src/components/InstancesList.vue
@@ -501,7 +501,8 @@
           params
         }
 
-        axios('https://instances.joinpeertube.org/api/v1/instances', options)
+        // TODO: need to figure out our own domain
+        axios('http://localhost:8080/instances.json', options)
           .then(response => {
             this.instances = this.shuffle(response.data.data)