diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a777b0b..9f705f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Dependencies
+1# Dependencies
 node_modules/
 
 # Build output
diff --git a/src/components/TopicView.jsx b/src/components/TopicView.jsx
index c31883d..c991020 100644
--- a/src/components/TopicView.jsx
+++ b/src/components/TopicView.jsx
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ function toProxyPath(fullUrl) {
   if (fullUrl.startsWith(LEGACY_BASE_URL)) {
     return fullUrl.slice(LEGACY_BASE_URL.length)
   }
-  // REST API (jupiter.nearle.app): Proxy requests through local server to avoid CORS issues
-  if (fullUrl.startsWith(REST_BASE_URL)) {
-    return fullUrl.slice(REST_BASE_URL.length)
-  }
+  
+  // REST API (jupiter.nearle.app): We used to proxy this to avoid CORS issues,
+  // but we fixed CORS on the Kubernetes backend yesterday (jupiter-cors-proxy)!
+  // So we can now fetch from the full URL directly.
   return fullUrl
 }