diff --git a/backend/src/fastify.ts b/backend/src/fastify.ts
index 7a1682f..ab2db3a 100644
--- a/backend/src/fastify.ts
+++ b/backend/src/fastify.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ export const startupFastifyServer = async (): Promise<FastifyInstance> => {
     logger: false,
   });
 
+  fastify.addHook("onRoute", (routeOptions) => {
+    routeOptions.url = `/api${routeOptions.url}`;
+  });
+
   fastify.register(fastifySensible);
   fastify.register(fastifyMultipart);
   fastify.register(FastifySSEPlugin);
diff --git a/backend/src/services/user/routes.ts b/backend/src/services/user/routes.ts
index 4455c03..c265708 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/user/routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/user/routes.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ export const userService = fastifyPlugin(
     fastify.get("/me", {
       onRequest: [fastify.authenticate],
       handler: async (request: FastifyRequest, reply) => {
-        console.log("using mongo uri", container.cradle.connectionString);
         const userService = container.cradle.userService;
         const requestUser = request.user;
         const user = await userService.findById(requestUser._id);
-
-        console.log("user", user);
         if (!user) {
           throw new Error(`User not found with id ${requestUser._id}`);
         }
diff --git a/frontend/.env.development b/frontend/.env.development
index 1dbd38f..0eb6119 100644
--- a/frontend/.env.development
+++ b/frontend/.env.development
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://127.0.0.1:5174
+VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://127.0.0.1:5174/api
diff --git a/frontend/.env.production b/frontend/.env.production
index 1d2d7a1..d3f9829 100644
--- a/frontend/.env.production
+++ b/frontend/.env.production
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://0.0.0.0:5174
+VITE_BACKEND_URL=http://0.0.0.0:5174/api
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/userUserData.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/userUserData.ts
index bc5dd5b..a28a7e5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/userUserData.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/userUserData.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const useUserData = (): {
   const { data, error, isLoading } = useSWR<UserData>(
     `${import.meta.env.VITE_BACKEND_URL}/me`,
     fetcher,
-    { refreshInterval: 10000 }
+    { refreshInterval: 1000 }
   );
   return {
     userData: data,