diff --git a/ui/src/index.tsx b/ui/src/index.tsx
index 6f244b19..02caa06e 100644
--- a/ui/src/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/index.tsx
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ import {loadStoredTheme} from './store/ui-actions.ts';
 import {Provider} from 'react-redux';
 import store from './store/index';
 
-// the development server of vite will proxy this to the backend
-const devUrl = '/api/';
-
 const {port, hostname, protocol, pathname} = window.location;
 const slashes = protocol.concat('//');
 const path = pathname.endsWith('/') ? pathname : pathname.substring(0, pathname.lastIndexOf('/'));
@@ -25,10 +22,8 @@ const urlWithSlash = url.endsWith('/') ? url : url.concat('/');
 const prodUrl = urlWithSlash;
 
 const clientJS = async () => {
-    if (import.meta.env.MODE === 'production') {
-        config.set('url', prodUrl);
-    } else {
-        config.set('url', devUrl);
+    config.set('url', prodUrl);
+    if (import.meta.env.MODE !== 'production') {
         config.set('register', true);
     }
 
diff --git a/ui/vite.config.ts b/ui/vite.config.ts
index 84adfb21..fb6bf080 100644
--- a/ui/vite.config.ts
+++ b/ui/vite.config.ts
@@ -66,16 +66,14 @@ export default defineConfig({
     server: {
         host: '0.0.0.0',
         proxy: {
-            '/api': {
+            '^/(application|message|client|current|user|plugin|version|image)': {
                 target: 'http://localhost:3000/',
                 changeOrigin: true,
                 secure: false,
-                rewrite: (p) => p.replace(/^\/api/, ''),
             },
-            '/api/stream': {
+            '/stream': {
                 target: 'ws://localhost:3000/',
                 ws: true,
-                rewrite: (p) => p.replace(/^\/api/, ''),
                 rewriteWsOrigin: true,
             }
         },
@@ -83,16 +81,14 @@ export default defineConfig({
     },
     preview: {
         proxy: {
-            '/api': {
+            '^/(application|message|client|current|user|plugin|version)': {
                 target: 'http://localhost:3000/',
                 changeOrigin: true,
                 secure: false,
-                rewrite: (p) => p.replace(/^\/api/, ''),
             },
-            '/api/stream': {
+            '/stream': {
                 target: 'ws://localhost:3000/',
                 ws: true,
-                rewrite: (p) => p.replace(/^\/api/, ''),
                 rewriteWsOrigin: true,
             }
         },