diff --git a/nuxt.config.js b/nuxt.config.js
index b763fa877..bc5f3d184 100644
--- a/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const pkg = require('./package')
-const envWhitelist = ['NODE_ENV', 'BACKEND_URL', 'MAINTENANCE']
+const envWhitelist = ['NODE_ENV', 'MAINTENANCE']
 const dev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -100,15 +100,39 @@ module.exports = {
   ** Nuxt.js modules
   */
   modules: [
-    '@nuxtjs/apollo',
     ['@nuxtjs/dotenv', { only: envWhitelist }],
-    ['nuxt-env', { keys: envWhitelist }]
+    ['nuxt-env', { keys: envWhitelist }],
+    '@nuxtjs/apollo',
+    '@nuxtjs/axios'
   ],
 
+  /*
+  ** Axios module configuration
+  */
+  axios: {
+    // See https://github.com/nuxt-community/axios-module#options
+    debug: dev,
+    proxy: true
+  },
+  proxy: {
+    '/api': {
+      // make this configurable (nuxt-dotenv)
+      target: process.env.BACKEND_URL || 'http://localhost:4000',
+      pathRewrite: { '^/api': '' },
+      toProxy: true, // cloudflare needs that
+      changeOrigin: true,
+      headers: {
+        Accept: 'application/json',
+        'X-UI-Request': true,
+        'X-API-TOKEN': process.env.BACKEND_TOKEN || 'NULL'
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
   // Give apollo module options
   apollo: {
-    // tokenName: 'yourApolloTokenName', // optional, default: apollo-token
-    tokenExpires: 1, // optional, default: 7 (days)
+    tokenName: 'human-connection-token', // optional, default: apollo-token
+    tokenExpires: 3, // optional, default: 7 (days)
     // includeNodeModules: true, // optional, default: false (this includes graphql-tag for node_modules folder)
     // optional
     errorHandler(error) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c33c4ec8a..261f150be 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@nuxtjs/apollo": "^4.0.0-rc3",
+    "@nuxtjs/axios": "^5.3.6",
     "@nuxtjs/dotenv": "^1.3.0",
     "accounting": "^0.4.1",
     "cross-env": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/pages/login.vue b/pages/login.vue
index 83818a837..3bb4d6c89 100644
--- a/pages/login.vue
+++ b/pages/login.vue
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export default {
       try {
         await this.$store.dispatch('auth/login', { ...this.form })
         this.$toast.success('You are logged in!')
-        this.$router.replace('/')
+        this.$router.replace(this.$route.query.path || '/')
       } catch (err) {
         this.$toast.error(err.message)
       }
diff --git a/plugins/apollo-config.js b/plugins/apollo-config.js
index 866d3ee92..db04e3406 100644
--- a/plugins/apollo-config.js
+++ b/plugins/apollo-config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 export default function({ app }) {
-  const backendUrl = app.$env.BACKEND_URL || 'http://localhost:4000'
   return {
-    httpEndpoint: backendUrl,
+    httpEndpoint: '/api',
     httpLinkOptions: {
       credentials: 'same-origin'
     },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8b38d028a..e050b1af7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -693,6 +693,16 @@
     vue-apollo "^3.0.0-beta.25"
     vue-cli-plugin-apollo "^0.17.0"
 
+"@nuxtjs/axios@^5.3.6":
+  version "5.3.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nuxtjs/axios/-/axios-5.3.6.tgz#1bad5af6e30977809cddd5248dd3b41271d1dc14"
+  integrity sha512-kxtiHW1QCYHaztKEkBnqH/GQoQoVubHdBWMC9+X0cVaA3AwOFsGI3Ef4/dSX8coSto7D+nV8LH3rVjbaFT+KUg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@nuxtjs/proxy" "^1.3.0"
+    axios "^0.18.0"
+    axios-retry "^3.1.1"
+    consola "^1.4.4"
+
 "@nuxtjs/babel-preset-app@^0.7.0":
   version "0.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nuxtjs/babel-preset-app/-/babel-preset-app-0.7.0.tgz#b208a95e0a053259c29b99a9e4ca9ea2604dbdd2"
@@ -732,6 +742,14 @@
     esm "^3.0.79"
     node-fetch "^2.2.0"
 
+"@nuxtjs/proxy@^1.3.0":
+  version "1.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nuxtjs/proxy/-/proxy-1.3.1.tgz#7d76179aff321491f126d6560434579a4dc7a89a"
+  integrity sha512-agcTJVRCY0XfZcGV573bdIQLsg9fr5p6zikpxtUzR3xywdUBJ+JMKAiz3ew15bOZGK8lVS8u/PBmZ33iEhr3rg==
+  dependencies:
+    consola "^1.4.4"
+    http-proxy-middleware "^0.19.0"
+
 "@nuxtjs/youch@^4.2.3":
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@nuxtjs/youch/-/youch-4.2.3.tgz#36f8b22df5a0efaa81373109851e1d857aca6bed"
@@ -1547,6 +1565,21 @@ aws4@^1.6.0, aws4@^1.8.0:
   version "1.8.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.8.0.tgz#f0e003d9ca9e7f59c7a508945d7b2ef9a04a542f"
 
+axios-retry@^3.1.1:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios-retry/-/axios-retry-3.1.1.tgz#88d2971f671a9023b21d887c5dcac6c54f332cde"
+  integrity sha512-BeNOxa/CBQQLa9gVuMta1oWIhbL6UETKBfAmFjOXwiBxgcmrDBVVwz/gKZTpzKJlVjmi5DeYC+lP5Ng7ssc1pg==
+  dependencies:
+    is-retry-allowed "^1.1.0"
+
+axios@^0.18.0:
+  version "0.18.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.18.0.tgz#32d53e4851efdc0a11993b6cd000789d70c05102"
+  integrity sha1-MtU+SFHv3AoRmTts0AB4nXDAUQI=
+  dependencies:
+    follow-redirects "^1.3.0"
+    is-buffer "^1.1.5"
+
 babel-code-frame@^6.26.0:
   version "6.26.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-code-frame/-/babel-code-frame-6.26.0.tgz#63fd43f7dc1e3bb7ce35947db8fe369a3f58c74b"
@@ -2828,6 +2861,16 @@ consola@^1.4.3:
     lodash "^4.17.5"
     std-env "^1.1.0"
 
+consola@^1.4.4:
+  version "1.4.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/consola/-/consola-1.4.5.tgz#09732d07cb50af07332e54e0f42fafb92b962c4a"
+  integrity sha512-movqq3MbyXbSf7cG/x+EbO3VjKQVZPB/zeB5+lN1TuBYh9BWDemLQca9P+a4xpO4lXva9rz+Bd8XyqlH136Lww==
+  dependencies:
+    chalk "^2.3.2"
+    figures "^2.0.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.5"
+    std-env "^1.1.0"
+
 console-browserify@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/console-browserify/-/console-browserify-1.1.0.tgz#f0241c45730a9fc6323b206dbf38edc741d0bb10"
@@ -3236,6 +3279,13 @@ debug@2.6.9, debug@^2.1.2, debug@^2.2.0, debug@^2.3.3, debug@^2.6.8, debug@^2.6.
   dependencies:
     ms "2.0.0"
 
+debug@=3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-3.1.0.tgz#5bb5a0672628b64149566ba16819e61518c67261"
+  integrity sha512-OX8XqP7/1a9cqkxYw2yXss15f26NKWBpDXQd0/uK/KPqdQhxbPa994hnzjcE2VqQpDslf55723cKPUOGSmMY3g==
+  dependencies:
+    ms "2.0.0"
+
 debug@^3.1.0:
   version "3.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debug/-/debug-3.2.5.tgz#c2418fbfd7a29f4d4f70ff4cea604d4b64c46407"
@@ -3795,7 +3845,7 @@ event-stream@~3.3.0:
     stream-combiner "^0.2.2"
     through "^2.3.8"
 
-eventemitter3@^3.1.0:
+eventemitter3@^3.0.0, eventemitter3@^3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eventemitter3/-/eventemitter3-3.1.0.tgz#090b4d6cdbd645ed10bf750d4b5407942d7ba163"
 
@@ -4168,6 +4218,13 @@ flush-write-stream@^1.0.0:
     inherits "^2.0.1"
     readable-stream "^2.0.4"
 
+follow-redirects@^1.0.0, follow-redirects@^1.3.0:
+  version "1.5.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.5.10.tgz#7b7a9f9aea2fdff36786a94ff643ed07f4ff5e2a"
+  integrity sha512-0V5l4Cizzvqt5D44aTXbFZz+FtyXV1vrDN6qrelxtfYQKW0KO0W2T/hkE8xvGa/540LkZlkaUjO4ailYTFtHVQ==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "=3.1.0"
+
 for-in@^0.1.3:
   version "0.1.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/for-in/-/for-in-0.1.8.tgz#d8773908e31256109952b1fdb9b3fa867d2775e1"
@@ -4678,6 +4735,25 @@ http-errors@1.6.3, http-errors@~1.6.2, http-errors@~1.6.3:
     setprototypeof "1.1.0"
     statuses ">= 1.4.0 < 2"
 
+http-proxy-middleware@^0.19.0:
+  version "0.19.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-proxy-middleware/-/http-proxy-middleware-0.19.1.tgz#183c7dc4aa1479150306498c210cdaf96080a43a"
+  integrity sha512-yHYTgWMQO8VvwNS22eLLloAkvungsKdKTLO8AJlftYIKNfJr3GK3zK0ZCfzDDGUBttdGc8xFy1mCitvNKQtC3Q==
+  dependencies:
+    http-proxy "^1.17.0"
+    is-glob "^4.0.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.11"
+    micromatch "^3.1.10"
+
+http-proxy@^1.17.0:
+  version "1.17.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-proxy/-/http-proxy-1.17.0.tgz#7ad38494658f84605e2f6db4436df410f4e5be9a"
+  integrity sha512-Taqn+3nNvYRfJ3bGvKfBSRwy1v6eePlm3oc/aWVxZp57DQr5Eq3xhKJi7Z4hZpS8PC3H4qI+Yly5EmFacGuA/g==
+  dependencies:
+    eventemitter3 "^3.0.0"
+    follow-redirects "^1.0.0"
+    requires-port "^1.0.0"
+
 http-signature@~1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/http-signature/-/http-signature-1.2.0.tgz#9aecd925114772f3d95b65a60abb8f7c18fbace1"
@@ -5090,7 +5166,7 @@ is-resolvable@^1.0.0, is-resolvable@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-resolvable/-/is-resolvable-1.1.0.tgz#fb18f87ce1feb925169c9a407c19318a3206ed88"
 
-is-retry-allowed@^1.0.0:
+is-retry-allowed@^1.0.0, is-retry-allowed@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-retry-allowed/-/is-retry-allowed-1.1.0.tgz#11a060568b67339444033d0125a61a20d564fb34"
 
@@ -8127,6 +8203,11 @@ require-uncached@^1.0.3:
     caller-path "^0.1.0"
     resolve-from "^1.0.0"
 
+requires-port@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/requires-port/-/requires-port-1.0.0.tgz#925d2601d39ac485e091cf0da5c6e694dc3dcaff"
+  integrity sha1-kl0mAdOaxIXgkc8NpcbmlNw9yv8=
+
 resolve-cwd@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-cwd/-/resolve-cwd-2.0.0.tgz#00a9f7387556e27038eae232caa372a6a59b665a"