diff --git a/public/scripts/openai.js b/public/scripts/openai.js
index 3e8447cb4..b8cdc818f 100644
--- a/public/scripts/openai.js
+++ b/public/scripts/openai.js
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ function openRouterGroupByVendor(array) {
 }
 
 async function sendAltScaleRequest(messages, logit_bias, signal, type) {
-    const generate_url = '/generate_altscale';
+    const generate_url = '/api/backends/scale-alt/generate';
 
     let firstSysMsgs = [];
     for (let msg of messages) {
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index fd0802c6d..41e074551 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ util.inspect.defaultOptions.maxStringLength = null;
 const basicAuthMiddleware = require('./src/middleware/basicAuthMiddleware');
 const { jsonParser, urlencodedParser } = require('./src/express-common.js');
 const contentManager = require('./src/endpoints/content-manager');
-const { readSecret, migrateSecrets, SECRET_KEYS } = require('./src/endpoints/secrets');
+const { migrateSecrets } = require('./src/endpoints/secrets');
 const {
     getVersion,
     getConfigValue,
@@ -622,72 +622,6 @@ function cleanUploads() {
     }
 }
 
-app.post('/generate_altscale', jsonParser, function (request, response_generate_scale) {
-    if (!request.body) return response_generate_scale.sendStatus(400);
-
-    fetch('https://dashboard.scale.com/spellbook/api/trpc/v2.variant.run', {
-        method: 'POST',
-        headers: {
-            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            'cookie': `_jwt=${readSecret(SECRET_KEYS.SCALE_COOKIE)}`,
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({
-            json: {
-                variant: {
-                    name: 'New Variant',
-                    appId: '',
-                    taxonomy: null,
-                },
-                prompt: {
-                    id: '',
-                    template: '{{input}}\n',
-                    exampleVariables: {},
-                    variablesSourceDataId: null,
-                    systemMessage: request.body.sysprompt,
-                },
-                modelParameters: {
-                    id: '',
-                    modelId: 'GPT4',
-                    modelType: 'OpenAi',
-                    maxTokens: request.body.max_tokens,
-                    temperature: request.body.temp,
-                    stop: 'user:',
-                    suffix: null,
-                    topP: request.body.top_p,
-                    logprobs: null,
-                    logitBias: request.body.logit_bias,
-                },
-                inputs: [
-                    {
-                        index: '-1',
-                        valueByName: {
-                            input: request.body.prompt,
-                        },
-                    },
-                ],
-            },
-            meta: {
-                values: {
-                    'variant.taxonomy': ['undefined'],
-                    'prompt.variablesSourceDataId': ['undefined'],
-                    'modelParameters.suffix': ['undefined'],
-                    'modelParameters.logprobs': ['undefined'],
-                },
-            },
-        }),
-    })
-        .then(response => response.json())
-        .then(data => {
-            console.log(data.result.data.json.outputs[0]);
-            return response_generate_scale.send({ output: data.result.data.json.outputs[0] });
-        })
-        .catch((error) => {
-            console.error('Error:', error);
-            return response_generate_scale.send({ error: true });
-        });
-
-});
-
 /**
  * Redirect a deprecated API endpoint URL to its replacement. Because fetch, form submissions, and $.ajax follow
  * redirects, this is transparent to client-side code.
@@ -836,6 +770,9 @@ app.use('/api/backends/kobold', require('./src/endpoints/backends/kobold').route
 // OpenAI chat completions
 app.use('/api/backends/chat-completions', require('./src/endpoints/backends/chat-completions').router);
 
+// Scale (alt method)
+app.use('/api/backends/scale-alt', require('./src/endpoints/backends/scale-alt').router);
+
 const tavernUrl = new URL(
     (cliArguments.ssl ? 'https://' : 'http://') +
     (listen ? '0.0.0.0' : '127.0.0.1') +
diff --git a/src/endpoints/backends/scale-alt.js b/src/endpoints/backends/scale-alt.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edcb7f83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/endpoints/backends/scale-alt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+const express = require('express');
+const fetch = require('node-fetch').default;
+
+const { jsonParser } = require('../../express-common');
+
+const { readSecret, SECRET_KEYS } = require('../secrets');
+
+const router = express.Router();
+
+router.post('/generate', jsonParser, function (request, response) {
+    if (!request.body) return response.sendStatus(400);
+
+    fetch('https://dashboard.scale.com/spellbook/api/trpc/v2.variant.run', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            'cookie': `_jwt=${readSecret(SECRET_KEYS.SCALE_COOKIE)}`,
+        },
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+            json: {
+                variant: {
+                    name: 'New Variant',
+                    appId: '',
+                    taxonomy: null,
+                },
+                prompt: {
+                    id: '',
+                    template: '{{input}}\n',
+                    exampleVariables: {},
+                    variablesSourceDataId: null,
+                    systemMessage: request.body.sysprompt,
+                },
+                modelParameters: {
+                    id: '',
+                    modelId: 'GPT4',
+                    modelType: 'OpenAi',
+                    maxTokens: request.body.max_tokens,
+                    temperature: request.body.temp,
+                    stop: 'user:',
+                    suffix: null,
+                    topP: request.body.top_p,
+                    logprobs: null,
+                    logitBias: request.body.logit_bias,
+                },
+                inputs: [
+                    {
+                        index: '-1',
+                        valueByName: {
+                            input: request.body.prompt,
+                        },
+                    },
+                ],
+            },
+            meta: {
+                values: {
+                    'variant.taxonomy': ['undefined'],
+                    'prompt.variablesSourceDataId': ['undefined'],
+                    'modelParameters.suffix': ['undefined'],
+                    'modelParameters.logprobs': ['undefined'],
+                },
+            },
+        }),
+    })
+        .then(res => res.json())
+        .then(data => {
+            console.log(data.result.data.json.outputs[0]);
+            return response.send({ output: data.result.data.json.outputs[0] });
+        })
+        .catch((error) => {
+            console.error('Error:', error);
+            return response.send({ error: true });
+        });
+
+});
+
+module.exports = { router };