diff --git a/backend/ride/location/get.php b/backend/ride/location/get.php
index 7b3de2ed..d04fabc2 100644
--- a/backend/ride/location/get.php
+++ b/backend/ride/location/get.php
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ try {
     // 2. طلب بيانات السائقين من سيرفر اللوكيشن (Redis API)
     //    — يرجع cache hits لو موجودة، وإلا يرجع IDs فقط
     // ==========================================
-    $locationServerUrl = getenv('LOCATION_API_URL'); 
-    $INTERNAL_KEY = trim(file_get_contents(getenv('INTERNAL_SOCKET_KEY_PATH'))); 
+    $locationServerUrl = getenv('LOCATION_API_URL') ?: 'http://nginx/loction_server/api_get_nearby.php'; 
+    $keyPath = getenv('INTERNAL_SOCKET_KEY_PATH') ?: '/keys/.internal_socket_key';
+    $INTERNAL_KEY = getenv('INTERNAL_SOCKET_KEY') ?: (file_exists($keyPath) ? trim((string)@file_get_contents($keyPath)) : (file_exists('/home/location/.internal_socket_key') ? trim((string)@file_get_contents('/home/location/.internal_socket_key')) : '')); 
 
     $ch = curl_init();
     curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $locationServerUrl);