diff --git a/tools/jsdoc/config.json b/tools/jsdoc/config.json
index 10e6b6bc6d..36f827338c 100644
--- a/tools/jsdoc/config.json
+++ b/tools/jsdoc/config.json
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
     "opts": {
         "template": "hifi-jsdoc-template"
     },
+    "deploy": {
+        "root": "https://apidocs.vircadia.dev/"
+    },
     "docdash": {
         "meta": {
             "title": "Vircadia API Docs",
diff --git a/tools/jsdoc/hifi-jsdoc-template/publish.js b/tools/jsdoc/hifi-jsdoc-template/publish.js
index 4ca4eb469e..80b985c8a1 100644
--- a/tools/jsdoc/hifi-jsdoc-template/publish.js
+++ b/tools/jsdoc/hifi-jsdoc-template/publish.js
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ function buildMemberNav(items, itemHeading, itemsSeen, linktoFn) {
 
                     itemsNav += "</ul>";
                 }
-                
-                
+
+
                 itemsNav += '</li>';
                 itemsSeen[item.longname] = true;
             }
diff --git a/tools/jsdoc/hifi-jsdoc-template/tmpl/layout.tmpl b/tools/jsdoc/hifi-jsdoc-template/tmpl/layout.tmpl
index 43cf624f89..49ab106347 100644
--- a/tools/jsdoc/hifi-jsdoc-template/tmpl/layout.tmpl
+++ b/tools/jsdoc/hifi-jsdoc-template/tmpl/layout.tmpl
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <!--[if lt IE 9]>
       <script src="//html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
     <![endif]-->
+    <?js= '<link rel="canonical" href="' + env.conf.deploy.root + title + '.html">' ?>
     <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="styles/prettify.css">
     <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="styles/jsdoc.css">
     <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="styles/night.css">
@@ -33,12 +34,6 @@
         }
     </style>
     <script>
-    var headID = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
-    var link = document.createElement('link');
-    link.rel = 'canonical';
-    link.href = window.location.href;
-    headID.appendChild(link);
-
     //We are running the check here to preload the theme because it may load the incorrect one first for a split second.
     var isLocalStorageSupported = false;
     try { // Edge browsing files on local file system doesn't support localStorage.