diff --git a/.do/app.yaml b/.do/app.yaml
index 37b9e41..10a6629 100644
--- a/.do/app.yaml
+++ b/.do/app.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 name: kiddos
 region: nyc
 
+# Ingress rules to route traffic properly
+ingress:
+  rules:
+    - match:
+        path:
+          prefix: /api
+      component:
+        name: backend
+    - match:
+        path:
+          prefix: /
+      component:
+        name: frontend
+
 # Backend Service
 services:
   - name: backend
@@ -45,7 +59,7 @@ services:
         value: ${INITIAL_ADMIN_PASSWORD}
         type: SECRET
       - key: CORS_ORIGIN
-        value: ${frontend.PUBLIC_URL}
+        value: ${APP_URL}
 
     health_check:
       http_path: /api/health
@@ -64,10 +78,7 @@ static_sites:
 
     envs:
       - key: VITE_API_URL
-        value: ${backend.PUBLIC_URL}/api
+        value: ${APP_URL}/api
 
-    routes:
-      - path: /
-    
     catchall_document: index.html
 
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 1dd0a51..5f6b06f 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "@types/react": "^18.2.43",
     "@types/react-dom": "^18.2.17",
     "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.3.3",
+    "@types/node": "^20.10.5",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.2.1",
     "typescript": "^5.3.3",
     "vite": "^5.0.8"