diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3e0c8a3c..9240ecb8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Self‑hostable, secure & private offline transcription. Drop in a recording, ge
 
 ## Sponsors
 
-![recall.ai-logo](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/620d732b1f1f7b244ac89f0e/66b294e51ee15f18dd2b171e_recall-logo.svg) Meeting Transcription API
+![recall.ai-logo](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/620d732b1f1f7b244ac89f0e/66b294e51ee15f18dd2b171e_recall-logo.svg) Meeting Transcription API   
 If you're looking for a transcription API for meetings, consider checking out [Recall.ai](https://www.recall.ai/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=sponsorship&utm_campaign=rishikanthc-scriberr), an API that works with Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and more.
 Recall.ai diarizes by pulling the speaker data and seperate audio streams from the meeting platforms, which means 100% accurate speaker diarization with actual speaker names.
 
@@ -207,22 +207,19 @@ Scriberr exposes a clean REST API for most features (transcription, chat, notes,
 
 Issues and PRs are welcome. Please open an issue to discuss large changes first and keep PRs focused.
 
-Local development setup:
+Local dev overview:
 
-```sh
-# Backend
+```bash
+# Backend (dev)
+cp -n .env.example .env || true
 go run cmd/server/main.go
 
-# Frontend
+# Frontend (dev)
 cd web/frontend
 npm ci
 npm run dev
-# The vite server will proxy /api calls over to the server port
-```
 
-Release build:
-
-```sh
+# Full build (embeds UI in Go binary)
 ./build.sh
 ./scriberr
 ```
diff --git a/web/frontend/vite.config.ts b/web/frontend/vite.config.ts
index f10d1410..2134c6bd 100644
--- a/web/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/web/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import path from "path"
 
 import { VitePWA } from 'vite-plugin-pwa'
 
-const BACKEND_PORT = process.env.PORT || '8080'
-
 // https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [
@@ -66,12 +64,4 @@ export default defineConfig({
     chunkSizeWarningLimit: 1000,
   },
   base: "/",
-  server: {
-    proxy: {
-      '/api': {
-        target: `http://localhost:${BACKEND_PORT}`,
-        changeOrigin: true,
-      }
-    }
-  }
 })