diff --git a/pkg/epinio/store/epinio-store/actions.ts b/pkg/epinio/store/epinio-store/actions.ts
index 3c307609e1..a56c4441c7 100644
--- a/pkg/epinio/store/epinio-store/actions.ts
+++ b/pkg/epinio/store/epinio-store/actions.ts
@@ -59,11 +59,15 @@ export default {
     return await ps
       .then((prependPath = opt?.prependPath) => {
         if (isSingleProduct) {
-          const url = parseUrl(opt.url);
+          if (opt.url.startsWith('/')) {
+            opt.url = prependPath + opt.url;
+          } else {
+            const url = parseUrl(opt.url);
 
-          if (!url.path.startsWith(prependPath)) {
-            url.path = prependPath + url.path;
-            opt.url = unParseUrl(url);
+            if (!url.path.startsWith(prependPath)) {
+              url.path = prependPath + url.path;
+              opt.url = unParseUrl(url);
+            }
           }
         } else {
           const currentClusterId = clusterId || rootGetters['clusterId'];
diff --git a/shell/nuxt.config.js b/shell/nuxt.config.js
index 60eff53147..0520f6fe7f 100644
--- a/shell/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/shell/nuxt.config.js
@@ -244,8 +244,9 @@ export default function(dir, _appConfig) {
   if ( pl !== STANDARD ) {
     console.log(`PL: ${ pl }`); // eslint-disable-line no-console
   }
+  const rancherEnv = process.env.RANCHER_ENV || 'web';
 
-  console.log(`API: ${ api }`); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+  console.log(`API: '${ api }'. Env: '${ rancherEnv }'`); // eslint-disable-line no-console
 
   const config = {
     dev,
@@ -257,9 +258,10 @@ export default function(dir, _appConfig) {
       dev,
       pl,
       perfTest,
+      rancherEnv
     },
 
-    publicRuntimeConfig: { rancherEnv: process.env.RANCHER_ENV || 'web' },
+    publicRuntimeConfig: { rancherEnv },
 
     buildDir: dev ? '.nuxt' : '.nuxt-prod',
 
@@ -562,6 +564,7 @@ export default function(dir, _appConfig) {
     // Proxy: https://github.com/nuxt-community/proxy-module#options
     proxy: {
       '/k8s':          proxyWsOpts(api), // Straight to a remote cluster (/k8s/clusters/<id>/)
+      '/pp':           proxyWsOpts(api), // For (epinio) standalone API
       '/api':          proxyWsOpts(api), // Management k8s API
       '/apis':         proxyWsOpts(api), // Management k8s API
       '/v1':           proxyWsOpts(api), // Management Steve API
diff --git a/shell/plugins/steve/actions.js b/shell/plugins/steve/actions.js
index 3ce55d662f..d4236700c3 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/steve/actions.js
+++ b/shell/plugins/steve/actions.js
@@ -20,14 +20,18 @@ export default {
 
     // FIXME: RC Standalone - Tech Debt move this to steve store get/set prependPath
     // Cover cases where the steve store isn't actually going out to steve (epinio standalone)
-    const prependPath = process.env.rancherEnv === 'epinio' ? `/pp/v1/epinio/rancher` : '';
+    const prependPath = this.$config.rancherEnv === 'epinio' ? `/pp/v1/epinio/rancher` : '';
 
     if (prependPath) {
-      const url = parseUrl(opt.url);
+      if (opt.url.startsWith('/')) {
+        opt.url = prependPath + opt.url;
+      } else {
+        const url = parseUrl(opt.url);
 
-      if (!url.path.startsWith(prependPath)) {
-        url.path = prependPath + url.path;
-        opt.url = unParseUrl(url);
+        if (!url.path.startsWith(prependPath)) {
+          url.path = prependPath + url.path;
+          opt.url = unParseUrl(url);
+        }
       }
     }