diff --git a/comms/discovery/config/config.go b/comms/discovery/config/config.go
index 6f629593a5b..e8c9037e06a 100644
--- a/comms/discovery/config/config.go
+++ b/comms/discovery/config/config.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type DiscoveryConfig struct {
 	MyWallet           string
 	MyPrivateKey       *ecdsa.PrivateKey `json:"-"`
 	IsStaging          bool
+	IsSandbox          bool // audius-d sandbox (comms_sandbox env var)
 	IsDev              bool
 	IsRegisteredWallet bool
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func Parse() *DiscoveryConfig {
 	c.MyHost = misc.TrimTrailingSlash(os.Getenv("audius_discprov_url"))
 	c.IsStaging = os.Getenv("AUDIUS_IS_STAGING") == "true"
 	c.IsDev = os.Getenv("comms_dev_mode") == "true"
+	c.IsSandbox = os.Getenv("comms_sandbox") == "true"
 
 	pk, err := parsePrivateKey(os.Getenv("audius_delegate_private_key"))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/comms/discovery/discovery_main.go b/comms/discovery/discovery_main.go
index 449abd3e8cb..974312b7126 100644
--- a/comms/discovery/discovery_main.go
+++ b/comms/discovery/discovery_main.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func backgroundRefreshRegisteredPeers(discoveryConfig *config.DiscoveryConfig) {
 }
 
 func refreshRegisteredPeers(discoveryConfig *config.DiscoveryConfig) error {
-	if discoveryConfig.IsDev {
+	if discoveryConfig.IsDev || discoveryConfig.IsSandbox {
 		discoveryConfig.IsRegisteredWallet = true
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/comms/discovery/pubkeystore/recover.go b/comms/discovery/pubkeystore/recover.go
index 05b5656082f..553dabc909c 100644
--- a/comms/discovery/pubkeystore/recover.go
+++ b/comms/discovery/pubkeystore/recover.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 
 	"comms.audius.co/discovery/config"
@@ -53,6 +54,13 @@ func Dial(discoveryConfig *config.DiscoveryConfig) error {
 		finalPoaBlock = -1
 	}
 
+	if discoveryConfig.IsSandbox {
+		acdcEndpoint = os.Getenv("audius_web3_eth_provider_url")
+		poaEndpoint = os.Getenv("audius_web3_host")
+		verifyingContract = os.Getenv("audius_contracts_entity_manager_address")
+		finalPoaBlock = -1
+	}
+
 	poaClient, err = ethclient.Dial(poaEndpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/comms/discovery/server/server.go b/comms/discovery/server/server.go
index 28bffbf3c34..6ce5653e49a 100644
--- a/comms/discovery/server/server.go
+++ b/comms/discovery/server/server.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (s *ChatServer) getStatus(c echo.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (s *ChatServer) isHealthy() bool {
-	if s.config.IsDev {
+	if s.config.IsDev || s.config.IsSandbox {
 		return true
 	}
 	return s.config.IsRegisteredWallet && s.websocketError == nil