diff --git a/api/index.php b/api/index.php
index 7c266a1..0b32953 100644
--- a/api/index.php
+++ b/api/index.php
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli-server') {
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
 
+if (!defined('FRONTEND')) {
+    define('FRONTEND', false);
+}
+
 // Instantiate the app
 $settings = require __DIR__ . '/../src/settings.php';
 $local_settings = require __DIR__ . '/../src/settings-local.php';
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 7db27ee..cc44863 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-$frontend = true;
+define('FRONTEND', true);
 include(__DIR__ . '/api/index.php');
 
diff --git a/src/middleware.php b/src/middleware.php
index 049920e..a465a17 100644
--- a/src/middleware.php
+++ b/src/middleware.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-if(isset($frontend) && $frontend) {
+if(FRONTEND) {
   $container = $app->getContainer();
 
   $app->get('/', function ($request, $response) {
diff --git a/src/routes/asset.php b/src/routes/asset.php
index 936b79a..8ce9470 100644
--- a/src/routes/asset.php
+++ b/src/routes/asset.php
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // Asset routes
 
 // Searches through the list of assets
-$app->get('/asset', function ($request, $response, $args) { global $frontend;
+$app->get('/asset', function ($request, $response, $args) {
   $params = $request->getQueryParams();
 
   $category = '%';
-  if(isset($frontend) && $frontend) {
+  if(FRONTEND) {
     $category_type = $this->constants['category_type']['any'];
   } else {
     $category_type = $this->constants['category_type']['addon'];
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ $get_asset = function ($request, $response, $args) {
 };
 // Binding to multiple routes
 $app->get('/asset/{id:[0-9]+}', $get_asset);
-if(isset($frontend) && $frontend) {
+if(FRONTEND) {
   $app->get('/asset/{id:[0-9]+}/edit', $get_asset);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/asset_edit.php b/src/routes/asset_edit.php
index 5c92f7f..30bbf9e 100644
--- a/src/routes/asset_edit.php
+++ b/src/routes/asset_edit.php
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ $get_edit = function ($request, $response, $args) {
 
 // Binding to multiple routes
 $app->get('/asset/edit/{id:[0-9]+}', $get_edit);
-if(isset($frontend) && $frontend) {
+if(FRONTEND) {
   $app->get('/asset/edit/{id:[0-9]+}/edit', $get_edit);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/auth.php b/src/routes/auth.php
index cdd5ecc..2c17c9a 100644
--- a/src/routes/auth.php
+++ b/src/routes/auth.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 // Initializes the connection by sending all categories available
-$app->get('/configure', function ($request, $response, $args) { global $frontend;
+$app->get('/configure', function ($request, $response, $args) {
   $params = $request->getQueryParams();
 
   $category_type = $this->constants['category_type']['addon'];
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $app->get('/configure', function ($request, $response, $args) { global $frontend
       'categories' => $query->fetchAll(),
       'token' => $token,
       'login_url' => $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] .
-        (isset($frontend) && $frontend ? dirname($request->getUri()->getBasePath()) : $request->getUri()->getBasePath()) .
+        (FRONTEND ? dirname($request->getUri()->getBasePath()) : $request->getUri()->getBasePath()) .
         '/login#' . urlencode($token),
       // ^ TODO: Make those routes actually work
     ], 200);
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ $app->post('/login', function ($request, $response, $args) {
   }
 });
 
-if(isset($frontend) && $frontend) { // Doesn't work for non-frontend, since we can't unissue tokens -- to logout from api/ just drop the token.
+if(FRONTEND) { // Doesn't work for non-frontend, since we can't unissue tokens -- to logout from api/ just drop the token.
   $app->get('/logout', function ($request, $response, $args) {
     return $response->withJson([
       'authenticated' => false,
diff --git a/src/routes/user.php b/src/routes/user.php
index 7befbd4..383b186 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.php
+++ b/src/routes/user.php
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ $get_feed = function ($request, $response, $args) {
 
 // Binding to multiple routes
 $app->post('/user/feed', $get_feed);
-if(isset($frontend) && $frontend) {
-	$app->get('/user/feed', $get_feed);
+if(FRONTEND) {
+  $app->get('/user/feed', $get_feed);
 }