-

diff --git a/DuolingoMobile/Metadata/DuolingoMobile-Info.plist b/DuolingoMobile/Metadata/DuolingoMobile-Info.plist
index f7468fd02..24042ace7 100644
--- a/DuolingoMobile/Metadata/DuolingoMobile-Info.plist
+++ b/DuolingoMobile/Metadata/DuolingoMobile-Info.plist
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<key>CFBundlePackageType</key>
 	<string>APPL</string>
 	<key>CFBundleShortVersionString</key>
-	<string>5.2.26</string>
+	<string>5.2.30</string>
 	<key>CFBundleSignature</key>
 	<string>????</string>
 	<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		</dict>
 	</array>
 	<key>CFBundleVersion</key>
-	<string>5.2.26.0</string>
+	<string>5.2.30.explanations.qa.0</string>
 	<key>FacebookAppID</key>
 	<string>234536436609303</string>
 	<key>FacebookDisplayName</key>
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@
 		<string>MuseoSansRounded-700.otf</string>
 	</array>
 	<key>UIBackgroundModes</key>
-	<array>
-	</array>
+	<array/>
 	<key>UILaunchStoryboardName</key>
 	<string>LaunchScreen</string>
 	<key>UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities</key>
diff --git a/DuolingoMobile/Sources/Explanations/ExplanationRoutes.swift b/DuolingoMobile/Sources/Explanations/ExplanationRoutes.swift
index b35c721c0..4ff755886 100644
--- a/DuolingoMobile/Sources/Explanations/ExplanationRoutes.swift
+++ b/DuolingoMobile/Sources/Explanations/ExplanationRoutes.swift
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 import Foundation
 
 /// The base URL for the explanations microservice.
-private let ExplanationServiceBaseURLString = "https://explanations.duolingo.com/"
-#if DEBUG
-//private let ExplanationServiceBaseURLString = "https://explanations-stage.duolingo.com/diagnostics-api/explanations/"
-#endif
+//private let ExplanationServiceBaseURLString = "https://explanations.duolingo.com/"
+//#if DEBUG
+private let ExplanationServiceBaseURLString = "http://6e88b5e4.ngrok.io/" //"https://explanations-stage.duolingo.com/"
+//#endif
 
 /// Base explanations route.
 protocol ExplanationRoute: APIRoute {}
diff --git a/DuolingoMobile/Sources/Library/Networking/DUOWebManager.m b/DuolingoMobile/Sources/Library/Networking/DUOWebManager.m
index e1cbf9344..aec567756 100644
--- a/DuolingoMobile/Sources/Library/Networking/DUOWebManager.m
+++ b/DuolingoMobile/Sources/Library/Networking/DUOWebManager.m
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@ - (void)checkForcedOfflineTimer
 
 - (NSString *)baseAPIURLString
 {
+    return @"http://next-1.duolingo.com/";
+
     // Check if a custom API URL command line argument is present.
     NSString *testHostURLString = DUOCommandLineCustomAPIURL();
     if (!testHostURLString) {