diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 7b12289..f2cca7f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
 <div id="chatContainer">
     <div id="header">
         <div>🤖 LM Studio Chat with Streaming</div>
-        <div style="font-size: 0.9em; opacity: 0.9;">Connected to: <code>http://plato.lan:1234</code></div>
+        <div style="font-size: 0.9em; opacity: 0.9;">Connected to: <code>/api (proxied to plato.lan:1234)</code></div>
     </div>
     
     <div id="chatLog"></div>
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
 
 <script>
 // Configuration
-const API_BASE_URL = 'http://plato.lan:1234/v1'
+const API_BASE_URL = '/api'
 const API_KEY = 'not-needed'
 
 // Global state
diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index 21d1ab6..242caa9 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ server {
         try_files /index.html =404;
     }
 
+    # Proxy API requests to plato.lan
+    location /api/ {
+        proxy_pass http://plato.lan:1234/v1/;
+        proxy_set_header Host $host;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
+    }
+
     # Gzip compression for better performance
     gzip on;
     gzip_vary on;