diff --git a/client/.env.example b/client/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8360ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Frontend API base URL.
+# Example for local Docker server: backend container is exposed on localhost:13000.
+VITE_API_URL=http://localhost:13000/api/v1
diff --git a/client/src/api/client.ts b/client/src/api/client.ts
index b0de9f1..9cfa713 100644
--- a/client/src/api/client.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/client.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import type {
 } from './types';
 import { emitApiErrorToast } from '../lib/toast-events';
 
-// In dev, Vite proxies /environments /sessions /scenarios to localhost:3000.
-// In production (or when VITE_API_URL is set) we hit the configured origin directly.
-const BASE_URL: string = (import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL as string | undefined) ?? '';
+// API calls are versioned under /api/v1 by default.
+// Set VITE_API_URL (for example, http://localhost:13000/api/v1) to use a different origin.
+const BASE_URL = ((import.meta.env.VITE_API_URL as string | undefined) ?? '/api/v1').replace(/\/$/, '');
 
 async function request<T>(path: string, init?: RequestInit): Promise<T> {
   let res: Response;
diff --git a/client/src/main.tsx b/client/src/main.tsx
index 36128a4..cef3f98 100644
--- a/client/src/main.tsx
+++ b/client/src/main.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { StrictMode } from 'react';
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
-import { HashRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
+import { BrowserRouter } from 'react-router-dom';
 import './i18n';
 import './ui/tokens.css';
 import App from './App';
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import { ToastProvider } from './ui';
 createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
   <StrictMode>
     <ToastProvider>
-      <HashRouter>
+      <BrowserRouter>
         <App />
-      </HashRouter>
+      </BrowserRouter>
     </ToastProvider>
   </StrictMode>,
 );
diff --git a/client/vite.config.ts b/client/vite.config.ts
index 4da88c7..0bffac6 100644
--- a/client/vite.config.ts
+++ b/client/vite.config.ts
@@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
       },
     },
   },
-  server: {
-    proxy: {
-      '/environments': 'http://localhost:13000',
-      '/credentials': 'http://localhost:13000',
-      '/snippets': 'http://localhost:13000',
-      '/sessions': 'http://localhost:13000',
-      '/scenarios': 'http://localhost:13000',
-    },
-  },
   test: {
     projects: [{
       extends: true,
diff --git a/server/src/config/app.config.ts b/server/src/config/app.config.ts
index a09dee5..37ed288 100644
--- a/server/src/config/app.config.ts
+++ b/server/src/config/app.config.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class AppConfig {
   KEYS_DIR: string = "keys";
 
   @IsString()
-  DB_PATH: string = "data/sessions.db";
+  DB_PATH: string = "data/liqa.db";
 
   @IsInt()
   @Min(1)
diff --git a/server/src/health/health.controller.ts b/server/src/health/health.controller.ts
index e3eb9c6..f3f9700 100644
--- a/server/src/health/health.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/health/health.controller.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ import { ApiOperation, ApiResponse, ApiTags } from "@nestjs/swagger";
 @ApiTags("health")
 @Controller()
 export class HealthController {
+  @Get("health")
+  @ApiOperation({ summary: "Health check" })
+  @ApiResponse({ status: 200, description: "Service is healthy" })
+  health(): { status: string } {
+    return { status: "ok" };
+  }
+
   @Get("healthz")
   @ApiOperation({ summary: "Health check" })
   @ApiResponse({ status: 200, description: "Service is healthy" })
diff --git a/server/src/main.ts b/server/src/main.ts
index dacb35e..9e7559b 100644
--- a/server/src/main.ts
+++ b/server/src/main.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { NestFactory } from "@nestjs/core";
 import { ConfigService } from "@nestjs/config";
 import { AppConfig } from "./config/app.config";
-import { ValidationPipe } from "@nestjs/common";
+import { RequestMethod, ValidationPipe } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { TraceLogger } from "./common/trace-logger";
 import { DocumentBuilder, SwaggerModule } from "@nestjs/swagger";
 import { AppModule } from "./app.module";
@@ -11,11 +11,20 @@ import { LoggingInterceptor } from "./interceptors/logging.interceptor";
 import { name as pkgName, version as pkgVersion } from "../package.json";
 
 async function bootstrap() {
+  const API_PREFIX = "api/v1";
   const logger = new TraceLogger("Bootstrap");
   const app = await NestFactory.create(AppModule, {
     logger: new TraceLogger("Bootstrap", { timestamp: true }),
   });
 
+  app.setGlobalPrefix(API_PREFIX, {
+    exclude: [
+      { path: "health", method: RequestMethod.ALL },
+      { path: "healthz", method: RequestMethod.ALL },
+      { path: "mcp", method: RequestMethod.ALL },
+    ],
+  });
+
   app.useGlobalPipes(new ValidationPipe({ transform: true }));
   app.useGlobalFilters(new HttpExceptionFilter());
   app.useGlobalInterceptors(new TraceInterceptor(), new LoggingInterceptor());
@@ -24,6 +33,15 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   const port = config.get("PORT");
   const nodeEnv = config.get("NODE_ENV");
 
+  app.enableCors({
+    origin: [
+      "http://localhost:5173",
+      "http://127.0.0.1:5173",
+    ],
+    methods: ["GET", "HEAD", "PUT", "PATCH", "POST", "DELETE", "OPTIONS"],
+    credentials: true,
+  });
+
   const swaggerConfig = new DocumentBuilder()
     .setTitle(pkgName)
     .setDescription(`${pkgName} API`)
@@ -31,14 +49,14 @@ async function bootstrap() {
     .build();
 
   const document = SwaggerModule.createDocument(app, swaggerConfig);
-  SwaggerModule.setup("api", app, document);
+  SwaggerModule.setup("docs", app, document);
 
   await app.listen(port);
 
   logger.log(
     `Application "${pkgName}" v${pkgVersion} running on port ${port} [${nodeEnv}]`,
   );
-  logger.log(`Swagger UI available at http://localhost:${port}/api`);
+  logger.log(`Swagger UI available at http://localhost:${port}/docs`);
   logger.log(`MCP endpoint available at http://localhost:${port}/mcp`);
 }