diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/build.gradle b/android/Omnivore/app/build.gradle
index 9a55d5953..4bb871bc5 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/build.gradle
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 plugins {
     id 'com.android.application'
     id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android'
+    id 'kotlin-kapt'
+    id 'dagger.hilt.android.plugin'
 }
 
 android {
@@ -101,5 +103,17 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation "androidx.security:security-crypto:1.0.0"
     implementation "androidx.datastore:datastore-preferences:1.0.0"
+
+
+
+// Activity KTX for viewModels()
+    // TODO: remove this since compose-activity imports ktx?
+//    implementation "androidx.activity:activity-ktx:1.3.1"
+
+//Dagger - Hilt
+    implementation 'com.google.dagger:hilt-android:2.43.2'
+    kapt 'com.google.dagger:hilt-compiler:2.43.2'
+
+    implementation 'androidx.hilt:hilt-lifecycle-viewmodel:1.0.0-alpha03'
 }
 
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/Constants.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/Constants.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67d2cd529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/Constants.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package app.omnivore.omnivore
+
+object Constants {
+  const val serverProdURL = "https://api-demo.omnivore.app"
+}
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/MainActivity.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/MainActivity.kt
index 43a236ee7..fa310f6ae 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/MainActivity.kt
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ fun LoginView(viewModel: LoginViewModel = LoginViewModel()) {
   }
 }
 
-//Log.v(TAG, "${numerator / denominator}")
 @Composable
 fun LoginFields(
   email: String,
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/RESTNetworker.kt b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/RESTNetworker.kt
index 4336f88ad..d9bbf1ed6 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/RESTNetworker.kt
+++ b/android/Omnivore/app/src/main/java/app/omnivore/omnivore/RESTNetworker.kt
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ interface EmailLoginSubmit {
 }
 
 object RetrofitHelper {
-  private const val baseUrl = "https://api-demo.omnivore.app"
-
   fun getInstance(): Retrofit {
-    return Retrofit.Builder().baseUrl(baseUrl)
+    return Retrofit.Builder().baseUrl(Constants.serverProdURL)
       .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
       .build()
   }
diff --git a/android/Omnivore/build.gradle b/android/Omnivore/build.gradle
index 8c51a74fc..a78e10a1b 100644
--- a/android/Omnivore/build.gradle
+++ b/android/Omnivore/build.gradle
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ buildscript {
         compose_version = '1.1.0-beta01'
         lifecycle_version = '2.5.1'
     }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "com.google.dagger:hilt-android-gradle-plugin:2.43.2"
+    }
+
 }// Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 plugins {
     id 'com.android.application' version '7.2.1' apply false
@@ -13,3 +18,4 @@ plugins {
 task clean(type: Delete) {
     delete rootProject.buildDir
 }
+