diff --git a/frontend/config/webpack.dev.js b/frontend/config/webpack.dev.js
index 6296df1..f8cea71 100644
--- a/frontend/config/webpack.dev.js
+++ b/frontend/config/webpack.dev.js
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ const dev = {
             stats: "errors-only"
         },
         historyApiFallback: true,
-        // feel free to delete this section if you don't need anything like this
-        onBeforeSetupMiddleware: function (devServer) {
-            // on port 3000
-            devServer.app.get("/test", function (req, res) {
-                res.json({result: "You reached the dev server"});
-            });
-
-        }
+        proxy: {
+            '/backend': {
+                target: 'https://nixos-search-7-1733963800.us-east-1.bonsaisearch.net/',
+                pathRewrite: {'^/backend' : ''},
+                changeOrigin: true
+            },
+        },
     },
 };