diff --git a/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/vite.config.ts b/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/vite.config.ts
index c28056b..46b8668 100644
--- a/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/vite.config.ts
+++ b/understand-anything-plugin/packages/dashboard/vite.config.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import crypto from "crypto";
 // Generate a one-time token when the server process starts.
 // This token is printed to the terminal and must be in the URL
 // to fetch knowledge-graph.json or diff-overlay.json.
-const ACCESS_TOKEN = crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
+const ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.UNDERSTAND_ACCESS_TOKEN || crypto.randomBytes(16).toString("hex");
 const MAX_SOURCE_FILE_BYTES = 1024 * 1024;
 
 function graphFileCandidates(fileName: string): string[] {