diff --git a/frontend/angular.json b/frontend/angular.json
index ea983e9..9c8d4b6 100644
--- a/frontend/angular.json
+++ b/frontend/angular.json
@@ -94,10 +94,12 @@
           "builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:dev-server",
           "configurations": {
             "production": {
-              "browserTarget": "allerta-vvf:build:production"
+              "browserTarget": "allerta-vvf:build:production",
+              "proxyConfig": "proxy.conf.json"
             },
             "development": {
-              "browserTarget": "allerta-vvf:build:development"
+              "browserTarget": "allerta-vvf:build:development",
+              "proxyConfig": "proxy.conf.json"
             }
           },
           "defaultConfiguration": "development"
diff --git a/frontend/proxy.conf.json b/frontend/proxy.conf.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54a7915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/proxy.conf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "/api": {
+    "target": "http://127.0.0.1:8080",
+    "secure": false,
+    "changeOrigin": true
+  }
+}
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